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Ruth Rendell, crime writer, dies aged 85

Saturday, 2 May 2015, 15:13 Last update: about 10 years ago

Ruth Rendell, one of Britain's best-loved and most admired authors, who delighted fans for decades with her dark, intricately plotted crime novels, has died at the age of 85. Rendell had...

Nepal: 1,000 EU citizens still unaccounted for, says envoy

Saturday, 2 May 2015, 10:41 Last update: about 10 years ago

Officials are struggling to find 1,000 EU citizens who are unaccounted for in Nepal, six days after an earthquake that killed more than 6,000 people. An EU official said most are thought to have...

Femen activists disrupt Marine Le Pen speech in Paris

Friday, 1 May 2015, 19:18 Last update: about 10 years ago

Three activists from Feman today disrupted a speech that French Far Right leader Marine Le Pen was making in honour of Joan of Arc in Paris.The three activists appeared on a balcony in Place de...

Earthquake of magnitude 7.1 strikes off Papua New Guinea

Friday, 1 May 2015, 12:12 Last update: about 10 years ago

An earthquake of magnitude 7.1 struck off Papua New Guinea today, 80 miles south-south-west of Rabaul, at a depth of 38 miles, the United States Geological Survey reported. The quake...

Speculation grows that the Great Kate Wait is over

Friday, 1 May 2015, 11:51 Last update: about 10 years ago

Movement at the Lindo Wing in London and outside the Middleton's house in Buckleberry spark speculation that today is the day. Sources in Bucklebury have reported seeing a two-car convoy of...

Magnitude-3.7 earthquake shakes buildings across Los Angeles

Thursday, 30 April 2015, 16:52 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

A small earthquake has rattled a wide swath of greater Los Angeles, shaking buildings downtown. The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude-3.7 quake hit at 7:01 a.m. near Carson. The...

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