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Those commit suicide on train lines are 'very selfish' as they traumatise train drivers and cause inconvenience to commuters, the Top Gear presenter told a BBC show.

Britain is powerless to prevent some "very unsavoury individuals" entering the country under the guise of protecting Russia''s Olympic team, Dr Fox has reportedly said.

In today's career-oriented world, there are many highly paid and high-profile jobs that are normally the dream positions for almost anyone. But are they the happiest jobs in the world? Have a look at the happiest jobs in the world as listed by Forbes magazine.

It's a miracle that the baby is alive, a source has told the Sun.

"I'm nothing but a bloody amoeba," the Duke reportedly complained when the Queen ascended the throne in 1952

The most fascinating people of 2011.

Jeremy Clarkson’s ‘joke’ on the One Show about shooting the striking public sector workers in front of their family was given the thumbs up by producers before the show.

A man who attempted to hold up a bank that closed 17 years ago was jailed for seven years in a case which the tabloid Bild called "Germany's dumbest bank robber".

The release of Spy Files by Wikileaks is just the first stage of tackling the global problem of civilian surveillance, according to Privacy International founder, Simon Davies.

With "experts" now poo pooing the Mayan December, 2012 doomsday prophecy the IBTimes has chosen to celebrate the fact the world will keep-turning yet another year, offering you the lucky reader a breakdown of the top 10 most entertaining defunct doomsday prophecies.

With the Mayan's December end of the world prediction causing a few "special" people to sweat, experts have come forward to calm the populace, confirming the world will survive to see the 25th.

The Bush family is continuing its health awareness African trip despite Amnesty's international calls for the former President's arrest over human rights violations.

The U.S.-based Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has slammed a new campaign by Israel's Ministry of Absorption to entice expat Israelis to return home.

Experts have warned that a Mayan prophecy predicting the world will end on 21 December, 2012 may be just an error in translation.

A South African human rights organization has announced its intention to file a law suit against Qatar and its broadcaster Al-Jazeera after a journalist was deported from the Gulf state because he was HIV positive.

Ohio State University College of Medicine have concluded that early sexual experiences during the development of the brain.

Five men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after illegal immigrants travelling from Libya to Italy were thrown overboard in a voodoo ritual.

Muammar Gaddafi's daughter Aisha has this week reiterated calls for the overthrow of the Libyan transitional government. Is she positioning herself to be the leader of a Libyan counter revolution?

Italian public broadcasting service RAI banned use of the word profilattico, or condom, on World AIDS Day, Italian newspapers reported.

Chicken fast-food chain Nando's has pulled the controversial television ad that teased Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's president, following an angry backlash in his home country.

Private conversations between Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife have been secretly recorded, according the Turkish EU Minister.

While on a training break in California on Apache helicopters, the third-in-line to the throne won a 6ft giant toy at the Universal Studios theme park.

Adrian Rowland was in India on a business trip while the incident occurred.

Aung San Suu Kyi, has insisted that Burma's advances towards democracy are real and that trusting the government's promises is a risk worthwhile taking, ahead of Chatham House Prize win on Thursday.

The European Union agreed Thursday it would impose fresh sanctions on Iran as a response to the country's alleged nuclear programme.

Aisha Gaddafi's Call for the overthrow of the National Transitional Council (NTC) in Libya has angered Algeria, it emerged Thursday.

The governors of Rhode Island and Washington state have filed a petition with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration asking to reclassify marijuana as a drug with medical uses.

Whistleblowing website Wikileaks today released 287 files that it claims detail phone bugging and surveillance of whole populations by governments in what has been described as an "uncontrolled cancerous growth".

Moscow has launched a team of Space Defence Troops, a combat arm of air, space and missile defence commands.