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Bus wreckage Pakistan bus fire kills 16 children

At least 16 children and a teacher are killed in a fire on their school bus in the eastern Pakistan of Gujrat, police say.

The closed road on Artillery Place near the scene in Woolwich UK murder sparks anti-Muslim backlash

There has been a huge increase in anti-Muslim incidents since the murder of a British soldier in London, an inter-faith charity says.

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The reason we struggle to recall memories from our early childhood is down to high levels of neuron production during the first years of life, say Canadian researchers.

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Social networking giant postpones the launch of its "Facebook phone" after negative feedback and disappointing sales.

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Cockroaches are outsmarting our efforts to kill them by evolving to avoid the taste of sugar traps, a study reveals.

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Ataque en Londres: arrestan a hombre tras entrevista a la BBC

Abu Nusaybah, amigo de Michael Adebolajo, uno de los sospechosos del ataque en Londres el miércoles, fue arrestado tras conceder una entrevista a la BBC.

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台湾在野的民进党召开全国党员代表大会,未来在包括总统在内的各项选举,仍将以民调决定该党候选人。

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