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Leathers portrays Weiner as persistent, jealous and hypocritical - and says she is proof that he has not changed.

Silence of the Lambs writer Thomas Harris was inspired by a murderer he met in 1963, The Times reports.

Father of NSA whistleblower hits out at FBI tactics and praises Vladimir Putin for keeping son safe.

Chieti councillor Ivo D'Agostino allegedly lured women into having sex in council offices in exchange for homes.

University of California student who drank his own urine wins $4.1m payout.

Zawahiri, leader of Sunni militant outfit al-Qaida, raps Iran and Hezbollah over Syria conflict.

Free Saudi editor's conviction attracts global condemnation.

EL James' bondage trilogy is said to be the most requested book at the camp, it has been claimed.

New centrifuges add to 12,000 already running at Iran's nuclear facilities.

Zimbabwe is heading to presidential polls with incumbent president, Robert Mugabe, aged 89, confident of extending his 33-year rule.

Polls opened across Zimbabwe on Wednesday (July 31), with long queues of people braving a bout of unseasonably cold weather to stand in line from well before dawn.

US Secretary of State John Kerry held talks with Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni and Palestine's chief negotiator Saeb Erekat.

Weiner ducks question about his current texting habits - but says he can still win New York mayor race.

Wealthy Greeks who are likely targets of criminals and terrorists will have to pay for their own police protection under new cost-cutting plans.

Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett has controversial views on Palestinian prisoners.

Catherine Ashton meets Muslim Brotherhood leader Morsi and Egyptian government officials in Cairo.

Campaigners to protest against virginity tests in strongly Christian country.

Woman beating daughter to death and faces further charges of torture in Australia

Heavily armed insurgents attack DI Khan Central Jail in northwestern Pakistan.

A latest study on Capacocha, the ritual of human sacrifice as a part of Inca Empire, reveals that children were drugged before death.

Many injured and 10 people remain unaccounted for following explosions at Blue Rhino gas plant in Florida.

Six taken to hospital after building collapse while rescue workers continue search for survivors.

Britons are ignorant of tiger's plight but one in five children would pay to save the creature.

Agents working with decade-old Innocence Lost campaign arrest 150 pimps in Operation Cross Country.

Jorge Mario Bergoglio speaks about living in Vatican with Pope Emeritus Joseph Ratzinger.

Pontiff speaks about homosexuality on flight back from Roman Catholic World Youth Day (WYD) festival in Brazil.

Driver admits lapse of concentration to judges investigating Santiago de Compostela derailment.

Leaders from North Korea, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Syria to attend.

Documents obtained by IBTimes UK lift lid on Eritrean government collecting illegal tax in violation of UN and Foreign Office.