A Chinese businessman has bought an old MiG-21f fighter jet for nearly $25,000 (£14,000) on eBay to decorate his office, a ...

It was a way that people tried to legitimise racist beliefs and practices, but over the years scientists rejected such theories. Within 20 years or so, people had begun to shorten the terms to racism ...

A South Korean man dies after reportedly playing an online computer game for 50 hours with few breaks.

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The CPS says there was not enough evidence to act sooner against jailed Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri.

Charismatic, outspoken, and often controversial, Brian Clough is widely considered to be the best manager England never had ...

Freddie Garrity, lead singer of 1960s Manchester pop group Freddie and the Dreamers, dies in north Wales.

Called a coloboma, the defect can appear as a keyhole shape A girl resembling Madeleine McCann has been spotted in France by a woman who says she had the same eye blemish as the missing girl's. Police ...

Using a rare and unbroken document trail, scholars have succeeded in tracing a 10-year old girl from her kidnap in Sierra Leone 249 years ago to her life on the plantation in the United States where ...

A conversion attempt comes after a try is scored.After a team has scored a try (including a penalty try), they are awarded a "conversion" kick at goal. A successful kick is worth two points. The kick ...

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The full text of Nelson Mandela's speech in London's Trafalgar Square for the campaign to end poverty in the developing world. I am privileged to be here today at the invitation of The Campaign to ...