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Paper Planes singer on "insane" reaction to her middle fingered salute.

Images said to be Jesus and Virgin Mary snapped over A5 near Walensee in Switzerland.

WHO confirms 10 cases of Wild poliovirus type 1 in Syria as civil war wrecks immunisation programme.

Kremlin reportedly attempted to spy on world leaders and advisers with 'Trojan horse' welcome pack.

Leader of the right-wing South African group Boeremag sentenced to 35 years for plotting coup

WHO confirms five more cases of cholera as outbreak creeps closer to Texas.

Adam Wiercinski wins damages against workers who called him 'dirty Jew' and threw pennies at him.

Journalist Hamza Kashgari who faced blasphemy charges freed.

CCTV camera showed soldiers looting while military operation was ongoing.

Scientists say lake of molten rock underneath Yellowstone National Park is 80km long and 20km wide.

Butcher accused of trying to dispose of pregnant girlfriend at wildlife reserve near Madrid.

Loloi photographs very overweight women to challenge West's notions of beauty.

Storm which killed four in Britain claims more lives across Germany, Netherlands and Denmark.

Chinese police are investigating two men from the restive Xinjiang region near the Central Asian border for the suspected suicide attack.

Having children early and in quick succession resulting in high infant mortality rates.

Istanbul's underwater rail tunnel conceived by Ottoman sultan.

SWIFT agreement, signed after 9/11, allows US to track bank transfer data in EU to scrutinise terrorists' financial transactions.

Reports stating that the Facebook Giraffe riddle is a hoax are doing the rounds on the Internet.

Foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said US spying violates other countries' sovereignty.

SEA posts links to video supporting Syrian regime on US president's official social media accounts.

Toddler from Terrasson in France may never have seen daylight locked in car boot.

Feminist demonstrators support campaign to let women in Saudi Arabia drive with strip protest at Berlin embassy.

German police hunt suspects after dog tethered outside Neukolln supermarket stolen and sexually assaulted.

Ten miners trapped and five injured in deep mine of Santa Lucia in northern Spain.

Police offer £2,000 reward for man who has stabbed at least 25 women in the last month.

Detention centre staff accused of forced injections and electric shock treatment.

13-year-old girl dumped in roadside grave by two men after rape in Punjab's Toba Tek Singh district.

Three men arrested over anti-Semitic attack in Sydney suburb that left five people injured.

Low wages force workers to endure factory death traps - and perpetuate the cycle of neglect which brought tragedy at Rana Plaza.