Canoe man and wife jailed for six years

John and Anne Darwin were each jailed for more than six years today for carrying out a £250,000 insurance con by faking his death in a canoeing accident.

The killer oceans: What really wiped out the dinosaurs?

Did asteroids really wipe out the dinosaurs? Scientists now think rising sea-levels were to blame – and they could threaten our survival too. Sanjida O'Connell reports
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Malware 'has infected major Government websites'

Key Government websites have been infected by cyber-criminals aiming to steal browsers' personal details, it was reported today.
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Karadzic 'is planning to defend himself'

The news sets up the prospect of the former Bosnian Serb leader using The Hague court as a soapbox.

As Europe celebrates arrest of Karadzic, hunt is on for Mladic

Obama's peace pledge

Barack Obama promised he would work for a negotiated breakthrough in the Middle East conflict, "starting from the minute I'm sworn into office".

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Vodafone shares plunge on recession fears

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Experiments on animals rose to 3.2m last year

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Renzo Rosso, the owner of Diesel, has bought a majority share of the Viktor & Rolf company

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