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The Duchess of Cambridge was dubbed 'Waity Katie' before Prince William finally proposed to her. The nickname has come back to haunt her, as Kate Middleton continues her preparations for her first child.

Prime Minister pledges to press ahead with economic reform, as Liberal Democrats and allies claim 73 seats in Upper House.

A video showing women in burqas at a weapons training camp in Pakistan is believed to be part of a recruitment drive to attract women to 'global jihad'.

Halalgoogling blocks pornography, nudity and homosexuality, all of which are considered un-Islamic.

Explorers have uncovered silver ingots worth £20m in a British merchant ship sunk by a Nazi U-boat in 1941.

Unidentified suspect arrested for murder of three black women, whose bodies were found trussed up in plastic.

Fisherman dragged underwater by giant Ahi tuna that caused his boat to capsize.

New York woman allegedly faked traumatic brain injury, and was not even in Boston at the time of the tragedy.

Feroz-ud-Din Mir says he married his first wife in 1890, and has a birth certificate issued by the government on 10 March 1872.

Islamic clerics in Pakistan ban women from shopping unless accompanied by a close male relative.

LDP likely to take control of upper house, allowing PM Shinzo Abe to implement political and economic reforms.

Four men found in 'deplorable' conditions in house in Houston, Texas.

Movie stuntmen saved the life of a woman who was threatening to leap from the 14th floor of a San Diego building.

US President intervenes on vexed issue of race, telling voters that everyday experience has affected African-American perception of the verdict.

US Secretary of State John Kerry says preliminary agreement on return to negotiating table has been reached.

An original copy of the list of 801 Jews whom Oskar Schindler saved from the Holocaust is up for sale on eBay, with the starting bid set at $3 million.

Convicted opposition leader Navalny hopes to win election following release pending appeal.

Hamas, which controls Gaza Strip, says President Mahmoud Abbas lacks legitimacy to represent Palestinians.

Media mogul upset at Russian crackdown on opposition and its policy over Syria.

Even 5,000 miles from their original homeland, descendants of French refugees in South Africa make the effort to mark Bastille Day. Cath Everett joins them.

Emilio Fede, Lele Mora and Nicole Minetti sentenced to prison in ongoing scandal.

Over 1,000 ivory tusks found in 20ft container from Togo.

Singer Jampel releases single in tribute to radical and often suicidal political protests.

Marte Deborah Dalelv, who was in Dubai for a business trip, had gone to the police on 6 March to report rape and assault.

Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates confirm more cases of deadly coronavirus.

1967 ceasefire line agreement believed to be at centre of peace deal offer by US Secretary of State John Kerry.

Convicted murderers Alfredo Stranieri and Germain Gaiffe tie the knot in France's first official behind-bars gay wedding.

Mandla Mandela seeks to overturn court decision over burial place of former president's children.

Islamist outfits launch widespread attacks in Sinai over Egypt unrest.