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Wikileaks founder Assange 'arbitrarily' detained - UN panel ruling

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange should be allowed to walk free and paid compensation, a UN panel has ruled. Assange claimed asylum at the Ecuadorian

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Syria: world leaders ask for massive aid donation

Hundreds gather to raise billions

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London festival toasts China's Lunar New Year

One of the UK’s earliest examples of English landscape gardens has been taken over by Chinese lanterns as part of London’s Lunar New Year

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Jonathan Yeo adopts actress Cara Delevingne for new exhibition

Jonathan Yeo is one of the UK’s most highly regarded portrait artists. He is known for his portrayal of famous subjects, from politicians and royalty

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Pamuk's Musuem of Innocence opens in London

Turkey’s Orhan Pamuk is arguably the world’s first ever writer to create a novel and a museum about his work as well as to have a documentary made

Economy

Electric taxi maker wins court ruling over London "copy" cabs

A judge has ruled that London black cabs are not distinctive enough to be trademarked and dismissed a trademark case brought by the London Taxi Company.

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Probable Russian state involvement in Litvinenko murder 'deeply disturbing'

The British government says probable Russian state involvement in the murder of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko is “deeply disturbing.” It

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Leibovitz women's portraits to tour the world

Her latest exhibition in London comes fifteen years after an initial show of portraits of some of the world’s most famous women. This time round

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Homage to David Bowie at men's fashion week in London

The first of this new year’s fashion weeks got off to a subdued start as the world learnt of the death of David Bowie. “I guess the thing is for us

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European shares fall sharply as China accelerates depreciation of the yuan

There was panic on global markets for a second time since the start of the year as China accelerated the depreciation of the yuan. European shares

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London's New Year's Day Parade marks 30 years

Marching bands, cheerleaders and acrobats helped mark the 30th year of London’s New Year’s Day parade. More than 8,500 performers from 20 different

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'Glad to be back' - Hiddink on Chelsea return

Dutchman Guus Hiddink has said he is ‘glad to back’ at Chelsea after being hired as caretaker manager to replace Jose Mourinho, who was sacked at the

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US Fed rate decision boosts confidence as markets rally

European shares surged in early trading on Thursday on news of the Fed’s decision. The European FTSEurofirst 300 index was up 1.8 percent by just

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Stars and fans invade London for the premiere of The Force Awakens

London went Star Wars crazy as the full cast turned out on the red carpet for the European premiere of The Force Awakens. Simon Pegg, Gwendoline

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Fans get first glimpse of Star Wars, The Force Awakens

Fans dressed as stormtroopers and Darth Vader queued for hours as Star Wars, The Force Awakens, opened in Paris and several other European cities

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Protesters call for end to British airstrikes in Syria

Protesters have taken to the streets of London, to call on the government to end its airstrikes in Syria. They marched through the centre of the

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London: What a fright!

Passers-by in the Shepherds Bush neighborhood of West London, Uxbridge Street, get a major fright when the roof of a building collapses onto the

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Defiant Londoners keep living their lives despite Tube stabbing and terror threat

Undaunted London-dwellers were still taking the Tube on Sunday at Leytonstone station, despite the knife attack there a day earlier by a man

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Stabbing at London tube station is a possible "terrorist incident" - police

UK police are treating a stabbing at a London underground station as a terrorist incident. Three people were injured one seriously after a man

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UK police treat stabbing at metro station as a "terrorist incident"

UK police are treating a stabbing at Leytonstone underground station in east London as a terrorist incident. Three people were injured, one of them

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