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Russell Brand has been fined $500 and ordered to do 20 hours of community service for damaging a photographer's mobile phone

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Actor Russell Brand has been fined $500 and ordered to do 20 hours of community service for damaging a photographer's mobile phone. It relates to...
Members of Egypt's Olympic team have been given fake Nike gear, Yomna Khallaf, a synchronized swimmer, has alleged

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Members of Egypt's Olympic team have been given fake Nike gear, Yomna Khallaf, a synchronized swimmer, has alleged. Yomna Khallaf said her workout bags had...
Japanese women have fallen behind Hong Kong in terms of global life expectancy rankings for the first time in 25 years

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Japanese women have fallen behind Hong Kong in terms of global life expectancy rankings for the first time in 25 years. This was partly due to...
A new research suggests that shift workers are slightly more at risk of having a heart attack or stroke than day workers

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A new research suggests that shift workers are slightly more at risk of having a heart attack or stroke than day workers. An analysis of...
The Olympic torch has been welcomed to Buckingham Palace by members of the royal family, including Princes William and Harry and the Duchess of Cambridge

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The Olympic torch has been welcomed to Buckingham Palace by members of the royal family, including Princes William and Harry and the Duchess of...
A team at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid was able to recreate the image of an iris from digital codes of real irises stored in security databases

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Security researchers have shared at the annual Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas a way to replicate a person's eye to bypass iris-scanning...
The Twitter.com site was unreachable for almost an hour, and continued to suffer intermittent faults thereafter

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Parts of Twitter became inaccessible today, in the eve of Olympic Games opening, before thousands of fans are expected to start tweeting. The Twitter.com site...
Mike du Toit, the mastermind of a white supremacist plot to kill Nelson Mandela, has been convicted of treason

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Mike du Toit, the mastermind of a white supremacist plot to kill Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first black president, has been convicted of treason. A...
The "stability update" disabled the Galaxy S3's ability to search the web, contacts, apps and other on-device material through a single interface

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Samsung has admitted it made a mistake in releasing a software update that removed the search function from international versions of its Galaxy S3 smartphone. The...
Cuba’s President Raul Castro has made a seemingly impromptu address at a Revolution Day ceremony and said he is willing to hold talks with the US

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Cuba’s President Raul Castro has made a seemingly impromptu address at a Revolution Day ceremony and said he is willing to hold talks with...
Gabe Newell, Valve Software's boss, has said that OS Windows 8 will be a "catastrophe" for PC game makers

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Gabe Newell, Valve Software's boss, has said that OS Windows 8 will be a "catastrophe" for PC game makers. Speaking at the Casual Connect game...
A lawmaker, quoting intelligence officials, said they believed Ri Sol-Ju had visited South Korea in 2005 and had studied singing in China

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More details are emerging in South Korea about Ri Sol-Ju, the woman identified as the wife of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un. A lawmaker, quoting...
Susanne Lothar, one of German best-known film actresses with roles in such international hits as The Reader and The White Ribbon, has died aged 51

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Susanne Lothar, one of German best-known film actresses with roles in such international hits as The Reader and The White Ribbon, has died aged...
Gu Kailai, the wife of disgraced Chinese political leader Bo Xilai, has been charged with murder

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Gu Kailai, the wife of disgraced Chinese political leader Bo Xilai, has been charged with murder, state news agency Xinhua has reported. Gu Kailai and...
Highlights of the collection include gold, silver and bronze logos on T-shirts with Karl Lagerfeld's name on them, sunglasses in medal hues, and metallic trims in the form of glittering gold collars

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Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel creative head, last night joined in with the countdown to London Games as he launched a new collection at Selfridges with a...
The Wild Africa Trek is a pricy tour Disney added 18 months ago to give some guests the opportunity to have a more personalized view of the Animal Kingdom

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Dozens of tourists who shelled out $350 for an exclusive African safari at Walt Disney World in Orlando were sickened with a debilitating stomach...
It's being alleged that Scott Disick videotaped girls he had sex with when he was a teenager

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New revelations about a seedy, criminal past of Scott Disick could see him sent from the flock for good. It's being alleged that Scott Disick...
Jermaine, Janet and Rebbie stood close around an anxious Katherine Jackson as she read out a prepared statement at the luxury resort where she has been staying

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Katherine Jackson, Michael Jackson’s mother, has broken her silence after “deserting” her grandchildren for ten days - to claim she “wasn't kidnapped” and “just...
Jose Manuel Barroso is heading to Athens for talks on Thursday amid concern over whether Greece has done enough to get its next tranche of bailout loans

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European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso is heading to Athens for talks on Thursday amid concern over whether Greece has done enough to get...
A study of the Hadza tribe, who still exist as hunter gatherers, suggests the amount of calories we need is a fixed human characteristic

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A new research has contradicted the idea that exercise is more important than diet in the fight against obesity. A study of the Hadza tribe,...
Mary Tamm, Doctor Who star, who played companion Romana alongside Tom Baker, has died aged 62

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Mary Tamm, Doctor Who star, who played companion Romana alongside Tom Baker, has died aged 62. Mary Tamm, who was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire,...
James Holmes sent a notebook describing a massacre to a psychiatrist at his university

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James Holmes, the man suspected of shooting 12 people dead at a Colorado cinema last week, sent a notebook describing a massacre to a...
A court in Los Angeles has decided to give temporary guardianship of Michael Jackson's three children to their cousin, Tito Jackson Jr

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A court in Los Angeles has decided to give temporary guardianship of Michael Jackson's three children to their cousin, Tito Jackson Jr. The children's grandmother...
London Olympic organizers have apologized to the North Korean women's football team after their images were shown on a screen beside a South Korean flag

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London Olympic organizers have apologized to the North Korean women's football team after their images were shown on a screen beside a South Korean...
Syrian diplomats’ defection comes amid intensifying clashes in the key city of Aleppo

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Two more senior Syrian diplomats have defected amid mounting pressure on the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, the US has confirmed. Syria's representatives in the...