Silk Road: Millions In Bitcoins Forfeited

US prosecutors have announced the forfeiture of $28m (£17m) worth of Bitcoins seized from Silk Road, a hidden online marketplace that was used to shop for drugs and other illegal activities. Preet Bharara, the US Attorney for the Southern District of...

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Spying: Obama To Set Out NSA Reforms

President Barack Obama is expected to announce some curbs to US spying operations in a major speech in response to months of revelations by whistleblower Edward Snowden. The leaks by Snowden, a former security contractor, have shown that surveillance...

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Texas Rhino Hunter Receives Death Threats

A Texas man who won an auction to hunt an endangered black rhino in Namibia has said he has received death threats from animal lovers. Corey Knowlton paid $350,000 (£212,000) for a permit which was auctioned by the Dallas Safari Club to raise money...

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Japan's Hidden WWII Jungle Soldier Onoda Dies

A Japanese soldier who hid in the jungle for three decades, refusing to believe World War Two was over, has died in Tokyo at the age of 91. The soldier, centre, leaves the jungle nearly 30 years after the war ended Hiroo Onoda only came out of the...

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Weibo: Millions Stop Using 'Chinese Twitter'

Users of China's Twitter-like microblogging site Weibo has fallen for the first time amid challenges from new instant-messaging applications and stricter government controls. According to a report published by China Internet Network Information Centre...

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China Defends Blocking Some Western Websites

By Mark Stone, China Correspondent in Beijing China's ambassador to the UK has defended his country's long-standing decision to block some Western media companies, in an interview with Sky News. Speaking to Sky's Jeff Randall, Ambassador Liu Xiaoming said...

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Tiger Attacks: 'Man-Eater' Kills Seven People

The number of people killed by a tiger on the loose in India has reportedly risen to seven, as thousands of terrified villagers are forced to stay inside. Hunters are looking for the female "man-eater" who has been prowling for food across a forested...

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German Economy Slips As World Forecast Raised

The World Bank raised its forecast for global growth for the first time in three years just as Germany reported its worst economic performance since 2009. The bank's latest Global Economics Prospects report predicts world output will firm from 2.4%...

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Iraq Car Bomb Attacks Kill Dozens In Baghdad

At least 44 people have been killed in a series of bomb blasts in Iraq, authorities in the country have said. Car bombs exploded across the Iraqi capital Baghdad's mostly Shi'ite districts, killing dozens and wounding many more, police and hospital...

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John Kerry 'Undeterred' By Messiah Jibe

By Tom Rayner, Middle East News Editor, Jerusalem The US Secretary of State has said he will work "undeterred" on peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians, despite being labelled "obsessive and messianic" by a leading Israeli minister....

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Giant Squid Caught By Japanese Fishermen

A group of Japanese fishermen have landed a giant squid while on the hunt for a completely different catch. Shigenori Goto and his crew were hoping for a catch of yellowtail fish but instead the mammoth squid - weighing 163kg (360lbs) - came into view...

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Hollande: Like The Others But Without Charisma

The whole thing is very French - the Actress and Le President. What's more, it is the one thing the French refuse to get angry about. They'll bring Paris to a standstill over proposed changes to taxi laws - as happened on Monday - but it would be positively...

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Egypt: Voting Begins On New Constitution

Voting on Egypt's new constitution is under way, the first ballot since the military ousted President Mohamed Morsi last year. A yes vote is expected and the result could encourage a bid for the presidency by the head of the army, General Abdel Fattah...

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CAR Violence: Harrowing Stories From Conflict

By Alex Crawford, Special Correspondent The most senior Muslim leader in the Central African Republic is to travel to Britain in a few days' time to appeal for help from Prime Minister David Cameron as religious attacks raged on in the poverty-stricken...

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Francois Hollande Faces Media Over Affair Claims

Hollande: Like The Others But Without Charisma Updated: 12:20pm UK, Tuesday 14 January 2014 By Jason Farrell, Sky News Correspondent, in Paris The whole thing is very French - the Actress and Le President. What's more, it is the one thing the...

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Ariel Sharon Remembered As 'Military Legend'

'Bulldozer' Sharon Ruthless But Courageous Updated: 1:54pm UK, Saturday 11 January 2014 By Sam Kiley, Middle East Correspondent In October 1953, Israeli paratroops and commandos from the Jewish State's first special forces unit, attacked the Arab...

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Mexico Vigilantes Seize Town From Drug Cartel

Hundreds of heavily armed vigilantes have seized a key stronghold of a Mexican drug cartel. Fierce gunfire erupted as members of the so-called self-defence group, riding in more than 100 pickup trucks, entered the western town of Nueva Italia, in Michoacan...

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Polar Vortex II Set To Strike US This Week

America is set to be hit by another blast from the polar vortex - although temperatures are likely to be higher than last week's extreme conditions. The polar plunge is expected to move south from Canada, bringing colder air and sub-zero temperatures...

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Central African Republic: 'Anarchy Is Over'

The "anarchy" in the Central African Republic between rival Christian and Muslim groups is over, the country's interim president has said. Alexandre-Ferdinand Nguendet said during a speech at police headquarters: "To the ex-Seleka, to the anti-balaka...

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Ireland Chess Killer 'Ate Victim's Body Parts'

A lodger has admitted killing a man during a row over a game of chess - and is said to have eaten his victim's heart. Saverio Bellante claimed to have eaten his landlord's organ after a violent argument. But a post-mortem found that while one...

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Germany Plane Crash: 'Four Die' As Jet On Fire

Four people are believed to have died after a small jet flying from West Sussex crashed near an airfield in Germany. The plane damaged an electricity pylon as it came down at a landfill site and was in flames when firefighters arrived at the scene...

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Ariel Sharon: Ex-Leader's Body Lies In State

The body of former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon is lying in state at his country's parliament building, the day after he died aged 85. Mr Sharon's coffin is sitting in the plaza outside the Knesset in Jerusalem until 6pm local time (4pm UK time)...

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Black Rhino Hunt: Permit Sells For $350k

A US hunting club has been criticised for selling a permit to kill an endangered black rhino in Namibia for $350,000 (£212,000). Dallas Safari Club defended the sale, saying the cash would go towards animal conservation in the cash-strapped African...

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Venezuela: Vow To 'Rip Heads Off' Corrupt Cops

Venezuela's interior minister has given out his mobile phone number on television and asked police to call him and report corruption in their ranks. Miguel Rodriguez said authorities would act on the information and "rip the head off" crooked officers....

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Hollande 'Affair': First Lady In Hospital

The French first lady is being treated in hospital amid claims President Francois Hollande has been having an affair. Valerie Trierweiler was in a hospital in Paris following revelations about an alleged affair between her partner, the French president,...

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