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Newham Riot Suspect's Image Released

The Metropolitan Police have released an image of a man they suspect of having committed two assaults, in Newham, during the London riots in August, 2011.
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Amanda Knox Back Home, Feels 'Overwhelmed'

A day after an Italian court overturned her murder conviction, American student Amanda Knox came home to Seattle Tuesday. Barely able to contain her emotions, she said she felt "overwhelmed" and everything felt like it "wasn't real."
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Scientist Died of Cancer, Unaware of Winning Nobel Prize

Ralph M. Steinman, 68, a professor at New York's Rockefeller University, died of pancreatic cancer on Spet. 30. What is particularly heartbreaking is that he never knew he had been awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize for Medicine! Steinman was acknowledged by the Nobel Foundation for his research into the human immune system.
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Man Attacks Teenager Over Death in Online Game

In an incident that will definitely provide more fodder for anti-games activists, Mark Bradford, 46, of Plymouth, Devon, is accused of assaulting a 13-year-old schoolboy, after the latter killed his character while playing "Call of Duty: Black Ops", a computer game, against each other on the Internet.
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Home Secretary: Abolish Human Rights Act

Ahead of the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, British Home Secretary Theresa May suggested that this might be a good time to abolish the Human Rights Act.
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Pensioner Arrested Over Own Fake Death

A pensioner has been sentenced to six years jail after being found guilty of faking his own death in Central America to secure £520,000 life insurance payout.