Typhoon Haiyan Leaves Tacloban Devastated

By Mark Stone, Asia Correspondent, in Tacloban City Tacloban City is hell. It is a place completely devastated and entirely broken in every way except one. Dead bodies still lie in the streets The resilience of the Filipino people has been humbling...

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Typhoon Haiyan: China Pledges $100,000 Aid

China has risked further straining its fragile relations with the Philippines by donating $100,000 (£63,000) to the Typhoon Haiyan relief effort. The donation is matched by $100,000 from the Chinese Red Cross - but is still dwarfed by the effort from...

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India's Top Cop Under Fire For Rape Remarks

India's top police chief is facing calls for his resignation after he said: "If you can't prevent rape, you might as well enjoy it." Ranjit Sinha, director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) - India's equivalent of the United States' FBI -...

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Iceberg Eight Times The Size Of Manhattan Adrift

An iceberg eight times the size of Manhattan has broken off a glacier in the Antarctica and could threaten busy international shipping lanes. Scientists in Britain have been awarded a £50,000 grant to track the giant ice island, which came away from...

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Starfish Dying Due To 'Wasting Disease'

Huge numbers of starfish are dying along the US West Coast due to a disease that turns them into white goo and disintegrates them. The disease is affecting a vast area, stretching from Alaska and Canada to Southern California. It has killed up to 95%...

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Crack-Smoking Mayor Ford's Bobbleheads Sell Out

Hundreds of people have lined up to buy bobblehead dolls of Rob Ford, signed by the embattled Toronto mayor himself. The limited-edition figurines quickly sold out as some 300 people went to City Hall, both supporters and critics of the mayor who admitted...

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Bolshoi Ballerina 'Told To Pay £6k For Solos'

A teenager who trained and danced with Russia's renowned Bolshoi ballet has said she was asked to pay $10,000 (£6,280) to allow her to perform solos. American Joy Womack, 19, said she dreamed of dancing alone on stage but had her hopes dashed by a "specific...

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Nasa Video: Mars' Evolution From Watery World

Nasa has released a video revealing what Mars may have looked like as a young planet billions of years ago. It appears to have had a thick atmosphere that was warm enough to support oceans of liquid water - a crucial ingredient for life. The animation,...

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US: Drama On Passenger Jet As Windshield Cracks

An American Airlines flight from Miami to Boston has had to make an unscheduled stop in Orlando after the cockpit windshield cracked. Flight 160 landed in Orlando late on Tuesday after the pilot's double-paned windshield cracked while the aircraft was...

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Typhoon Haiyan Survivors' Fear And Desperation

Gunshots have reportedly forced the delay of a mass burial of victims of the huge typhoon that smashed into the Philippines. The mayor of Tacloban, the provincial capital of Leyte province where 16ft waves flattened nearly everything in their path,...

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