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Volcanic ash cloud: new threat to flights

Air traffic control company Nats has said the "situation was worsening" in some areas as a "new ash cloud" is spreading towards the UK, leaving air passengers facing the possibility of further delays.

Cameron issues message to counteract Clegg

Cameron scrapped broadcast attacking Labour to issue a message aimed at counteracting the growing appeal of Lib Dems.

'Clockwork Orange' killers beat homosexual to death

Two teenage girls kicked a gay man to death as he lay in Trafalgar Square in a killing likened to a scene from movie Clockwork Orange.

Popular Iranian support for nuclear plans wanes

Iran's economy is struggling and widespread support for nuclear technology is starting to wane.

Iraq's senior al-Qaeda leaders killed by Iraqi and US forces

Two of Iraq's senior al-Qaeda leaders, Abu Ayub al-Masri and Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, were killed by rockets as they sheltered an underground bunker.

Do Lib Dem policies represent change?

Do you think that the Liberal Democrats have the policies required to change Britain for the better?

TB sufferer's rap is YouTube hit

An Australian man with tuberculosis has built up a following after rapping about his experience from quarantine.

Migraine triggers Chinese accent

A British woman is believed to be suffering from Foreign Accent Syndrome after suffering a severe migraine.

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'Restore the Constitution' gun rally at Fort Hunt Park in Alexandria

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Darrell D'Silva as Mark Anthony performed at the Royal Shakespeare Company

RSC actor injured by pistol

Lead in Antony and Cleopatra must perform the production with one arm.

A Thai soldier stands outside a go-go bar on Patpong Road

Bangkok army a go-go

Thai troops guard go-go bars around Silom, Bangkok's business district.

Travel insurance: what exactly are you covered for?

Cheap and cheerful travel policies often do not pay out.

Met Office blamed for unnecessary flight ban

The Met Office has been blamed for triggering the “unnecessary” six-day closure of British airspace which has cost airlines, passengers and the economy more than £1.5 billion.

Lib Dem Karen Chilvers apologises over sick joke

Karen Chilvers, a Liberal Democrat candidate, has apologised after making tasteless jokes about the unborn child of Samantha Cameron.

Anthony Steen claims on expenses for London home

Anthony Steen, the Tory grandee who said anger over his expenses claims was due to 'jealousy' of his 'very, very large house', wisely decided not to brave the voters at this election. Before standing down, however, he found time to make a new expenses claim.

Volcanic ash cloud: Business counts the cost of shutdown

Impact on European airline industry said to be more severe than the September 11 terrorist attacks, with losses reaching £165m a day

Bragg and BNP's Barnbrook clash in Barking

Singer Billy Bragg and the British National party candidate for Barking and Dagenham, Richard Barnbrook, have clashed over the party's immigration policy.

Funeral urns with human ashes found at bottom of Swiss lake

Divers searching for a boat sun-shield that had fallen in Lake Zurich on Sunday instead discovered thirteen funeral urns containing human ashes, Swiss police said.

William Yates

Eccentric politician who served in both Westminster and Canberra, where he kept bees in parliament

Australia's 'smiling assassin' killed in high security prison

Carl Williams, Australia's most notorious underworld killer, was supposed to be safe from assassination in prison.

Venezuelan boxer found hanged with own clothes in jail cell

Edwin Valero, Venezuela's champion boxer, was found hanged with his own clothes in a police cell on Monday after being detained over his wife's murder.

Iran demands $300,000 from British Museum

Iran has demanded $300,000 (£200,000) in compensation from the British Museum after its refusal to hand over the Cyrus Cylinder - a tablet regarded as the first declaration of human rights.

Mexican actress accused of sham marriage to pizza man

Fernanda Romero, a well known Mexican soap opera actress, has been arrested on suspicion of tying the knot with a pizza delivery man in a sham marriage so she could get residency in the United States.

Indian minister resigns over IPL cricket scandal

A high-profile minister in India was forced to resign after a cricket official disclosed that his girlfriend was given a £10 million stake in an Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket team.

Grammar row over Spanish poster to boost English schools

A £1.6m advertising campaign that uses the slogan "Yes, we want!" to promote English language teaching in Madrid schools has prompted criticism because it is grammatically incorrect.

Bragg and BNP's Barnbrook clash in Barking

Singer Billy Bragg and the British National party candidate for Barking and Dagenham, Richard Barnbrook, have clashed over the party's immigration policy.

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