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Californian boy faces 11 years in state custody if judged responsible, but lawyer says defendant 'conditioned to violence' by far-right father.

Saad Al-Hilli's daughter Zeena tells investigators mother told her to hide under skirt before shooting which left four dead.

New York Stock Exchange stays closed as record flooding hit lower Manhattan.

Both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have decided to focus on relief measures rather than on election campaign.

US Nuclear Regulatory Commission declares alert at Oyster Creek nuclear power plant after Frankenstorm Sandy makes landfall.

Super-storm Sandy causes severe flooding in lower Manhattan leaving up to three million people without electricity.

Sandy lashes into southern New Jersey with winds of 85mph.

Meteorologist predict landfall any minute, with Atlantic City already flooded and 600,000 people without electricity.

Future of Egypt's ancient Coptic church in five-year-old's hands as worshippers fear for future amid rising tide of Islamist attacks.

Ryan Coleman-Farrow wrote out fake Scotland Yard reports on cases and then left allegations unresolved.

BBC3 documentary follows gay men in US who say they are being treated to become heterosexual.

Flooded gambling hub is first city to be affected by huge approaching storm.

Hudson River bursts banks and floodwaters rise in deserted city streets as Frankenstorm nears.

Kim Aveston in Leominster, Massachusetts, tells Lianna Brinded about panic buying, emergency electricity generators and people fearing the worst after last year’s storm.

Chidgey sentenced to 15 months for hiding Mark Howells' body so pub could stay open.

Airports and airlines cancelling hundreds of flights to and from America's eastern seaboard because of 'Frankenstorm'.

Cheap test for diseases and viruses 10 times more sensitive than current methods for measuring biomarkers.

All potentially dangerous munitions recovered following investigation led by North-West Counter Terrorism Unit.

Professionals are taking night courses in Mandarin yet government’s partnership with China does not appear to increase uptake in schools.

Fears grow for safety of missing 12-year-old lost in storm after discovery of shoe and damaged bicycle.

Brazil's attorney general says Migliorini should be deported back to home country and have visa revoked for prostitution.

Report claims government crackdown on gang chiefs has created power vacuum and persuaded younger members to perpetrate acts of extreme violence.

Dame Janet Smith opens wide-ranging inquiry on anniversary of death of 'prolific sex offender' Savile.

US east coast landfall imminent by storm described as potential worst to hit US.

Friends and family say Ortega struggling emotionally and financially before she murdered Lucia and Leo Krim.

Schools and transport services across US eastern seaboard have been suspended with 'Frankenstorm' due to make landfall.

Forecasters do not rule out the possibility of high waves.

Millions of Muslims from 189 countries stone the three adjacent pillars which are said to represent Satan.

Metropolitan Police investigating Savile child abuse claims arrest former pop star Gary Glitter.