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Denmark wins Eurovision, Bonnie comes 19th
Bonnie Tyler is eclipsed by bookies’ favourite Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden but the Welsh singer says she had “a night to remember”.
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Eurovision Song Contest 2013: who will win?
Russia will win the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 on Saturday – that is if statistical analysis from Channel 4 News is correct.
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Bonnie Tyler hopes for UK ‘hero’ at this year’s Eurovision
Bonnie Tyler, whose smash hits include Total Eclipse of the Heart, will represent the UK at this year’s Eurovision competition in May.
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Eurovision in Baku: two tales of one city
Is Baku a city rich in culture and heritage or a city at the centre of an oppressive regime? Ahead of Eurovision, Channel 4 News hears from two men with two very different tales of one city.
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Millions tune in to Eurovision despite opposition protests
Viewing figures for the Eurovision Song Contest are expected to top 125 million despite controversy over the staging of the competition in Azerbaijan.
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Eurovision 2012: 'Expect the unexpected'
Jonathan Miller blogs on his experiences in Baku ahead of Eurovision and says we should expect the unexpected over the coming days.
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Eurovision: the alternative map of Baku
Saturday’s Eurovision song contest will present Baku as a glittering show city. But away from the dry ice, Channel 4 News takes an alternative tour of Azerbaijan’s controversial capital.
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FactCheck: Jailbird juveniles – too much, too soon?
The United Kingdom is locking up her children too young and too often – and it’s not helping to rehabilitate them, says Europe’s human rights watchdog.The Ministry of Justice hasn’t reviewed the minimum age since the 1960s. But does it need to?
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Israel blames Iran for attack on embassy in Delhi
After bombers attacked staff at Israeli embassies in India and Georgia, injuring four people, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu accuses Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah of being involved.
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Miracle rescue amid rising death toll of Turkish quake
As the number of deaths in the Turkish earthquake rises to 432, three members of the same family are pulled from the rubble in a “miracle” rescue.
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‘Chechnya’s bin Laden’ killed by Russian troops
Russian security forces have killed al-Qaeda’s envoy to Chechnya four days after Osama bin Laden was shot dead in Pakistan. Channel 4 News understands he had visited Pakistan in the past few months.
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Duke of York: friends in low places
As turmoil rages in the Middle East, the Duke of York’s business connections are beginning to unravel.
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Prince Andrew: ‘Cheerleader in chief for the arms industry’
As Prince Andrew is reported to have met the Queen to discuss criticism of his trade role, Campaign Against the Arms Trade tell Channel 4 News: “He is cheerleader in chief for the arms industry.”
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BP reports losses after oil spill but will pay dividend
BP reports its first annual loss in nearly 20 years after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. But as Siobhan Kennedy reports, the disaster has not stopped BP renewing its focus on deep sea exploration.
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Obama avoids the 'g' word on his Turkey tour
Before Barack Obama swept into town, I spent an evening in an Istanbul hospital, visiting the bedside of an old friend. My friend is a true Levantine, perhaps one of the last; his forebears built railways for the Ottoman Sultans in the 19th Century, coming to what was then Constantinople from what was then the…