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Peru drugs woman: guilty plea could save 19 years in prison
Guilty plea could cut 19 years off the prison sentence for Melissa Reid, the 20-year-old Scot in Peru charged with cocaine smuggling.
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Who wants to run New York? Leave it to the voters
The race has had everything, from sexting scandals to allegations of raicsm. Now it is decision time as Democrats choose their candidate for New York’s next mayor.
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Nelson Mandela discharged from hospital
Former South African President Nelson Mandela is discharged from hospital and returns home after treatment for a recurring lung infection, but remains in a critical condition, the government confirms.
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Helicopter crash sparks offshore safety row
In the wake of the Shetland helicopter crash which killed four people at the weekend, unions and the oil industry are facing off over safety for offshore workers.
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US diplomat: ‘We can’t meet violence with violence’
Cynthia P Schneider, a former US diplomat speaks to Jackie Long about the problems in Syria and what the US can do next.
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Peru formally charges UK pair over alleged drug trafficking
Michaella McCollum and Melissa Reid, the two women arrested in Peru on suspicion of cocaine smuggling, are formally charged, prosecutors say.
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River of refugees flee Syria for Iraq
A flood of 30,000 Syrian refugees have entered Kurdish Iraq in the past three days. It is the biggest single wave of refugees to leave Syria since the 2011 uprising started says the UN.
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Peru drugs accused ‘was kidnapped’
A solicitor for one of the British women arrested for smuggling cocaine in Peru says she was kidnapped and forced to carry the drugs by a gang of 14 armed men.
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Missouri says sorry over Obama rodeo clown
Racism – or just clowning around? Missouri State Fair says sorry after a clown in an Obama mask was paraded before baying crowds, and calls the behaviour “unacceptable”.
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Egypt faces the aftermath of a massacre
Channel 4 News reports on the chaos and bloodshed in Cairo where the death toll from the government crackdown on protest camps could be four times higher than reported.
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Brits catch glimpse of meteor shower
People across the UK turned into amateur astronomers on Monday night as they looked out for the “shooting stars” created by material falling from the tail of Comet Swift-Tuttle.
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Peru drugs pair ‘terrified and emotional’
Melissa Reid, 19, and Michaella McCollum Connolly, 20, are being held in custody in Lima on suspicion of drug trafficking after they were stopped from boarding a flight to Madrid.
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Meteor shower lights up sky in natural fireworks display
Skies above the UK are expected to shimmer tonight as the annual Perseids meteor shower takes place. Watch out for shooting stars at a rate of up to 60 an hour.
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UK and US condemn ‘cowardly’ Iraq bomb attacks
“Cowardly”, “shocking” and “inhuman”: global powers condemn a wave of car bomb attacks that sources say killed nearly 80 people in Iraq on Saturday.
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Nelson Mandela health: ‘slow but steady improvement’
Nelson Mandela’s health is gradually improving, South African President Jacob Zuma says, in the first government update on his health in two weeks.