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Boy, 10, forced to live in a coal shed for over a year by his mother and her lover, it was alleged.

Baghdad's Shiite districts targeted by five bomb attacks stoking fears of rising sectarian violence.

Drug gang rivals kill 31 prisoners and injure 13 in deadly territorial dispute inside Mexico's Santa Amalia jail.

Google and Oracle lock horns in a legal dispute over Android infringements with Java technology. Google has amassed potential firepower with thousands of patent acquisitions from Motorola and IBM. The patent wars should only get interesting as Microsoft, Apple, Samsung and HTC join the fray.

15-year-old Jamie Gonzales was holding a weapon which looked like a handgun when he was shot dead by two officers at Cummings Middle School in Brownsville, Texas.

Twins Ena Pugh and Lily Milward, born when Edward VII was on throne, celebrate world record.

Google gets 217 IBM patents

Zoo officials begin painstaking count of London Zoo's animal population, believed to number 16,000.

The Advertising Standards Authority has reportedly banned TalkTalk's ad campaign after finding the campaign to be misleading and fraudulent.

On the anniversary of Mohammed Bouazizi's death, what sort of legacy has been created by the 26-year-old fruit seller?

Paedophile who sexually abused Catholic schoolboys and evaded capture for two decades jailed for five years.

Hospital blunder only discovered after parents use DNA tests to settle marital dispute.

Crackdown on cosy relationship between police and reporters urged as hacking fallout continues.

Stephen Lawrence murder trial sentences "only one step in a long, long journey", says victim's father Neville Lawrence.

Iorworth Hoare victim who fought for compensation after he won £7.2 million waives anonymity.

David Norris and Gary Dobson sentenced to life imprisonment for murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence in 1993 racist attack.

White House agrees in principle to release Taliban leaders as part of peace negotiations.

Antonio Vazquez Alba has predicted that Syria will be invaded this year, but refused to give any other details.

Treasure hunter finds salacious 2,000-year-old coin in river mud.

Poison hotpot murder plot leads to arrest of government official in south China.

Murder victim may be 17-year-old Latvian girl who went missing in August.

Following an ominous threat from Anonymous, Sony and Nintendo have both dropped their support for the controversial Stop Online Piracy Action (SOPA) bill.

Rumours have it that her party planner sister Pippa and brother-in-law Prince Harry are making arrangements for a big bash for the Duchess of Cambridge on the occasion of her first birthday as a member of the royal family.

Police release picture of Michael Atherton, who killed three people then himself in New Year’s Day shotgun rampage.

Mitt Romney won the Republican Iowa Caucus just by eight votes.

A Youtube user, derDon1234, has posted a 10-minute video showing important events from 1911 to 2011.

Latest Republican Iowa caucus results show no clear favourite for November Presidential polls.

Alain Juppe says Iran should face tighter sanctions over controversial nuclear programme.

Doreen Lawrence blasts police handling of Stephen's murder after conviction of Norris and Dobson.