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Now, that is luck

A British couple might just be the luckiest lottery winners in the world after taking home £1m in the EuroMillions draw for the second
1 April 2015

Now, that is luck

A British couple might just be the luckiest lottery winners in the world after taking home £1m in the EuroMillions draw for the second
1 April 2015

Lufthansa knew about co-pilot’s depression

Lufthansa said the Germanwings co-pilot suspected of deliberately crashing his plane into the Alps had disclosed about his depression earlier
1 April 2015

Bloody end to Turkey prosecutor hostage crisis

A Turkish prosecutor and two gunmen who took him hostage have been killed after a shootout at a courthouse in Istanbul
1 April 2015

Alps crash: Lubitz 'had treatment for suicidal tendencies'

The co-pilot of the crashed Germanwings plane, Andreas Lubitz, had received treatment for suicidal tendencies before getting his pilot license
30 March 2015

Germanwings crash: 78 DNA strands isolated

Five days after Germanwings flight 4U 9525 crashed in the French Alps killing all 150 on board, investigators say they have isolated 78 DNA strands.
29 March 2015

Dickens' desk saved for public display thanks to grant

The desk used by Charles Dickens to write Great Expectations is now finally on public display after a £780,000 grant, which has been used to purchase the desk from private ownership.
29 March 2015

IS followers send 'up to 1 lakh tweets a day: EU police chief

A European police chief says that the sophisticated online communications which is developing everyday has become the biggest problem for security agencies tackling terrorism.
29 March 2015

Germanwings co-pilot knew French Alps

The co-pilot suspected of crashing a German airliner into the French Alps, killing himself and 149 others, knew the region from gliding holidays
28 March 2015

Russian army TV offers Clarkson job

Russia's Zvezda television, a channel run by the defence ministry, unexpectedly revealed yesterday that it has offered a job to disgraced
26 March 2015

The pilot who 'killed 149'

The co-pilot of the Germanwings Airbus A320 that crashed in the French Alps has been named by French authorities as German national Andreas Lubitz.
26 March 2015

Prince Charles' secret letters to go public

Britain's top court yesterday overruled the government to allow the publication of a series of letters from Prince Charles to ministries, in a
26 March 2015

Bus hits mine in east Ukraine; four killed

Four people were killed and 20 injured when a passenger bus hit a landmine near a government-controlled town in eastern Ukraine, local officials said yesterday.
26 March 2015

Co-pilot ‘wanted to destroy the plane’

The co-pilot of the Germanwings plane that crashed into the French Alps on Tuesday appears to want to "destroy the plane"
26 March 2015

Germanwings plane crash: Victims' families to visit site

Relatives and friends of the 150 passengers and crew on Germanwings Flight 4U 9525 are due to go to the crash site high in the French Alps.
26 March 2015

Italy SC extends Knox drama to Friday

Italy's top court has put back a ruling on Amanda Knox's murder conviction to Friday, delaying what could be the final act of an eight-
25 March 2015

BBC sacks 'Top Gear' Clarkson

The BBC announced yesterday that it was dropping one of its most popular presenters, "Top Gear" host Jeremy Clarkson, after he verbally
25 March 2015

Search on for bodies, clues

French, Spanish and German leaders yesterday visited a makeshift rescue base near the site of the Germanwings air crash, as investigators stepped up their probe into the mysterious disaster that killed 150. French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel flew over the crash site to see the devastation for themselves before meeting rescue workers outside the crisis centre set up on Tuesday after the worst crash in France in four decades.
25 March 2015

Damaged black box, 2 minutes key clues in Alpine jet crash

A cockpit voice recorder badly damaged when a German jetliner smashed into an Alpine mountainside and a crucial two-minute span when the pilot lost contact are vital clues into what caused the plane to go down, killing all 150 people on board
25 March 2015

Europe's Main Air Crashes In Past 10 years

2014 - July 17: UKRAINE - Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, a Boeing 777 flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, is shot down over a
24 March 2015