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The USGS records two aftershocks of 5.8 and 4.8 after the powerful earthquake of 7.7 which hit the coasts of western Canada.

Sandy is expected to gain further strength before making landfall anywhere between Maryland and Southern England.

Man accuses his wife of cheating by undergoing plastic surgery which made her appear beautiful.

Hurricane Sandy is expected to make landfall in the US east coast early next week.

Conservatives pledged tax breaks for married couples in their 2010 manifesto.

Former City trader cries as he takes stand to deny claims he defrauded UBS out of £1.4bn

Britain feared war crimes hearings would become Soviet-style show trials but US wanted Nazi high command held to account in court.

Past finally catches up with child sex abuser whose new life in Australia unravelled when victims tracked him down.

Statistics show lung cancer kills more women than any other form of the disease and fatalities increasing.

Hockey star gets London 2012 medal back after appealing on Twitter and scouring eBay - but rower Alex Partridge still to find his own missing decoration.

Tom Watson's PMQs bombshell about former PM aide link to paedophile ring exhumes memories of shadowy campaign group with links to British elite.

Far-right frontman says 'it's a fact' that heterosexuals find gay people kissing creepy, before telling homosexuals to 'get over it'.

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi sentenced and banned from public office.

Police say prisoner, also known as Lee Cyrus, could be anywhere in UK and poses serious threat.

Fossil of a 3.3 million-year-old child shows humans abandoned climbing much later than previously thought.

As two Pussy Riot members are condemned to old SOviet gulag, the violent methods of Russian police spark fear of Stalin era comeback, human rights group say

Six members of staff jailed and five given suspended sentences following “horrific” abuse uncovered by BBC Panorama documentary.

Ten TV personalities believed to be in sights of detectives in 'landmark investigation'.

Savile believed to have been driven though most of London Marathon course on two occasions.

The San Juan Hills Golf Club course staff believe the leopard shark was plucked from the Pacific Ocean by a sea bird and then dropped as it headed inland with its feast.

Scottish SPCA managed to safely recover 18-inch snake, feisty Furtivo, after being discovered on plane at Glasgow airport having flown from Cancun in Mexico.

Nanny Yoselyn Ortega stabbed children in bath of their luxury apartment near Central Park, before attempting suicide by stabbing herself in the neck.

Forecasters say hurricane which has already claimed 21 lives could merge with northeastern arctic storm on approach to US east coast.

Retired boss of Brooklands International Freight Services will change plea to reduce 35-year jail sentence.

NYPD officer discussed 'profoundly disturbing' cannibal plans on online fetish chat forums, judge told.

Faeces transplant found to beat Clostridium Difficile in 90% of cases.

The grave is thought to be of K'utz Chman, who is believed to have laid the foundation of the Mayan civilisation.

iPhone users in the US can continue to jailbreak their iPhones legally but those doing the same to their iPads will now be breaking the law.

Reports suggest Mockford shot three times in 'assassination-style' killing after emerging from restaurant with wife.