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Al-Shabab lose major Somali town

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Christine Lagarde, the International Monetary Fund managing director who provoked an angry reaction from the Greek people after telling them to pay their taxes, does not pay tax on her own salary

Blair allowed to leave Leveson inquiry early after telling judge ‘I never used spin’

Authorities in Beijing have set new standards for public toilets, including a stipulation that they should contain no more than two flies.

Charles Taylor ‘should serve 80 years’

Up to 4,500 border staff to strike next week in a move that will worsen lengthy queues at Heathrow.

Murderer freed from prison early to kill a second time is told he will never be released as judge jails him again

He threatened to “escalate” the matter with ministers who were likely to take a “very dim view”.