Leveson Inquiry: Media vilified me, Christopher Jefferies says

The landlord wrongly arrested over Joanna Yeates's murder has told the inquiry into media ethics that the media had "shamelessly vilified" him. Christopher Jefferies' statement to the Leveson Inquiry told of a "frenzied campaign to blacken his character". He said the tabloid press had decided he was guilty of the murder, which happened in Bristol in December 2010. Some headlines over which Mr Jefferies successfully sued included "The Strange Mr Jefferies: Creepy". In other evidence on Monday,...

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Ken Russell, Women In Love director, dies at 84

Film director Ken Russell, who was Oscar-nominated for his 1969 film Women In Love, has died at the age of 84.His son, Alex Verney-Elliott, said he died in hospital on Sunday following a series of strokes. During his career, he became known for his controversial films including Women In Love, which featured Oliver Reed and Alan Bates wrestling nude. He also directed the infamous religious drama The Devils and The Who's rock opera, Tommy, in 1975. "My father died peacefully, he died with a smile...

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DR Congo votes amid delays and violence

Voters in DR Congo are choosing their leaders in elections marred by violence and logistical difficulties.At least four people have died after gunmen attacked polling stations in the second city, Lubumbashi, officials say. Voting has been delayed in some areas because of a lack of ballot papers in polls contested by President Joseph Kabila and 10 other candidates. It is the second election since the end of successive wars which left some four million people dead. At least three people were killed on Saturday in election clashes, leading to...

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The former Penn State coach at the centre of a child abuse investigation that has shocked the US has admitted in an interview showering with young boys, but denies being a paedophile.Jerry Sandusky told NBC News that he had "horsed around with kids", hugged them and touched their legs, but was innocent of the charges against him. In a phone interview, he said he should not have showered with the children. Mr Sandusky, 67, is accused of abusing at least eight boys over 15 years. According to...

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Libyan factions in deadly clashes near Zawiya

Several days of fighting between rival factions near the Libyan coastal city of Zawiya have left at least seven people dead, reports say.The BBC's Karen Allen in Libya says rival communities have been fighting for an area previously controlled by Gaddafi loyalists. The interim government said the fighting had been resolved. However analysts say the violence raises questions about stability in post-Gaddafi Libya. The country is still awash with weapons and armed groups following the rebellion...

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Australia's Gillard urges U-turn on India uranium sales

Australia's prime minister has called for the country's ban on selling uranium to India to be overturned.Julia Gillard wrote in a newspaper column that it made no sense to sell nuclear material to China, Japan and the US, but not to India. Ms Gillard's Labor Party introduced the ban in 2008 because India had not signed the non-proliferation treaty. Australia holds about 40% of the world's proven reserves of uranium and supplies about 20% of the world market. The country has no nuclear power facilities...

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Occupy Wall Street: New York police clearing protest

Police in New York have launched a pre-dawn operation to clear the Occupy Wall Street camp in Zuccotti Park.The city mayor's office said on Twitter that the protesters should "temporarily leave and remove tents and tarps" but could return once the park was clear. Occupy Wall Street was set up in September to protests against economic inequality and had been followed by dozens of protests around the world. A camp in Oakland, California was cleared overnight on Monday. The New York Times said that...

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Euro crisis 'opportunity for UK' to reclaim powers - PM

 The current turmoil in Europe is an opportunity for the UK to "refashion" its relationship with Brussels, David Cameron has said.In a speech in London, the prime minister argued powers should "ebb back" from Brussels to Westminster as part of "fundamental" future reform. Although the EU is "out of touch" on many issues, he said it is not in the UK's national interest to exit. The PM is under pressure from many of his MPs to renegotiate UK membership. Some Conservatives want to go further...

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Dozens killed in Syria as Jordan king tells Assad to go

Dozens of people are reported to have died in continuing unrest across Syria, as the king of neighbouring Jordan urged President Assad to stand down.In one incident, about 20 troops were killed in a clash with army defectors in a southern town near the Jordan border, activists say. King Abdullah became the first Arab leader to openly urge Mr Assad to quit. He told the BBC that if he were in Mr Assad's position, he would start talks to ensure an orderly transition. "I would step down and make sure whoever comes behind me has the ability to change...

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Syria defiant over Arab League suspension

 Opposition supporters rallied in the Syrian town of Hula on SundayContinue reading the main story Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem has reacted defiantly to the Arab League's suspension of Syria over its crackdown on protesters.He denounced the move as a "dangerous step" and said it was an illegitimate decision prompted by US incitement.He said Syria would not budge from what he called its strong positions, adding that all "plots" against it would fail.The Arab League voted on Saturday...

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Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi is in a coma at his Tripoli home in Libya, it is being reported.CNN said Megrahi appeared to be "at death's door" in the care of family. He is technically on licence but his whereabouts were thought to be unknown. Megrahi was freed from a Scottish prison in 2009 on health grounds. There have been calls for him to be returned to jail in the UK or tried in the US. But Libyan rebel leaders have said they do not intend to allow his extradition. Megrahi had...

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Baghdad mosque attack:

Suicide bomber kills at least 28 in bagdad masque. A suicide bomber has killed at least 28 people and wounded at least 30 more after blowing himself up inside a Sunni mosque in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, local officials say.The attack took place during prayers in the Umm al-Qura mosque in west Baghdad, the city's largest Sunni mosque. Officials said parliamentarian Khalid al-Fahdawi was among the dead in the strike, the Associated Press reported. The attack comes towards the end of the Muslim...

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Beyonce reveals pregnancy at MTV Music Video Awards

Beyonce revealed her baby bump after performing - courtesy MTV Video Music Awards Singer Beyonce Knowles has outlined a baby bump to photographers after months of speculation she might be pregnant. The R&B star, 29, used her hands to frame her baby bump under a loose-fitting dress as she arrived at the MTV Music Video Awards in Los Angeles. Beyonce did not talk to media but her publicist later confirmed the pregnancy, Associated Press reported. It will be the first child for Beyonce and her...

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Irene: US East Coast left counting cost after storm

The US East Coast has begun clearing up after the devastation of tropical storm Irene, which killed at least 21 people.The storm is now lashing Canada's north-east, after causing severe flooding in the US and leaving some five million homes without power. But New York was not nearly as badly affected as state officials had feared. President Barack Obama has warned that the impact of the storm will be felt for some time and that the recovery effort will last for weeks. Flooding and power cuts...

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Arnold Schwarzenegger museum opens in Austrian hometown

Bethany Bell takes a look around the new museum in Arnold Schwarzenegger's childhood home Arnold Schwarzenegger's childhood home in Austria has opened as a museum.It came as the former Mr Universe, who went on to be a Hollywood star and governor of California, turned 64. On display at the museum are his childhood bed, a motorbike from one of the Terminator films, some of his first dumb-bells, and a copy of the desk he used as governor of California.  The family lived in the first...

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Italian committee approves face veil ban bill

An Italian parliamentary committee has passed a draft law which will ban women from wearing veils which cover their faces in public.The bill, which has the backing of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's central-right coalition, would prohibit the wearing of a burka, niqab or any headwear which covers the face. The bill will go to a parliamentary vote after the summer recess. Belgium and France have already banned the full-face veil in public. 'Annihilates dignity' If passed, those who...

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Norway attacks: Breivik makes 'unrealistic' demands

The man who has confessed to killing 77 people in Norway has made a list of "unrealistic" demands, his lawyer says. Anders Behring Breivik wanted the government to resign and Japanese specialists to assess his mental health, Geir Lippestad told reporters. The far-right extremist admits killing eight people with a bomb in Oslo and shooting dead 69 on Utoeya island. Meanwhile, the leader of the right-wing Progress Party has warned that Norway still faces a serious Islamist threat. "All the debates...

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Four Ethiopian UN peacekeeping troops have been killed by a landmine in Sudan's disputed region of Abyei.A UN spokesman said seven other peacekeepers were injured by the blast in Mabok, south-east of Abyei town, which was occupied by northern forces. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was "saddened" by the deaths, he added. The deaths come less than a week after the 4,200-strong Ethiopian peacekeeping force arrived in Abyei, claimed by the governments of Sudan and South Sudan. UN spokesman Martin...

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Armed forces cuts prompt defence committee concerns

Cuts to the UK's armed forces may leave them unable to fulfil required tasks after 2015, a report by MPs has warned.The Commons defence committee rejected the prime minister's assurance of a "full spectrum" defence capability. The committee warned that without firm commitments to improved funding in the very near future, politicians risked "failing" the country's military. Defence Secretary Liam Fox said the idea that the military was not being funded for its role was "not true". 'Wish list' ...

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Oxygen finally spotted in space

"Hidden" oxygen may be released from dust grains and ice in star-forming regions One of astronomy's longest-running "missing persons" investigations has concluded: astronomers have found molecular oxygen in space.While single atoms of oxygen have been found alone or incorporated into other molecules, the oxygen molecule - the one we breathe - had never been seen. The Herschel space telescope spotted the molecules in a star-forming region in the constellation of Orion. The find will be...

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Data of Sun website users stolen

Thousands of people who entered competitions on The Sun website have been warned that their personal information may have been stolen.The paper's publisher, News Group, said the data was taken when the site was hacked on 19 July. Some of the details, including applications for the Miss Scotland contest, have been posted online. The company said it had reported the matter to the police and the Information Commissioner. News International, News Group's parent company, issued a statement that said:...

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