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World Cup 2014: tough draw for England
England face a tough group D in the 2014 football World Cup in Brazil after they were drawn to play Italy, Uruguay and Costa Rica. England, Italy and Uruguay have all won the tournament before.
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Austerity kids: have young Italians stopped dreaming?
As youth unemployment in Italy reaches a new all-time high of 40.1 per cent, our newest “Austerity Kid”, Agata Scionti, 26, tells Channel 4 News that young Italians “are unable to dream any more”.
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Is this the biggest wave ever surfed?
Brazilian professional surfer Carlos Burle rides a wave that onlookers in Portugal said may have been as high as 100 feet – potentially breaking the world record of 78 feet.
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FactCheck: child deaths in Britain
The Department of Health says five more children die each day in Britain compared to Sweden, as it introduces a new child health policy. Is that just because there are more children in Britain? What is the difference?
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Portuguese police re-open Madeleine McCann inquiry
The Metropolitan Police confirm a Portuguese police inquiry into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann is to be re-launched after new lines of inquiry emerged from an internal review.
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Roma couple charged with abducting mystery girl Maria
A Roma couple in Greece are charged with the abduction of a mystery blonde, green eyed girl and procuring false documents.
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Greek plea over mystery girl found in Roma gypsy camp
Police are investigating the identity of a four-year-old girl found living with a Roma couple in Greece, on suspicion she may have been abducted. Kate and Gerry McCann say it gives them “great hope”.
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Cyprus: ‘We are the generation of 500 euros’
Just over six months on from the Cyprus bailout, what’s the situation like for people on the ground? Grim, says our newest “Austerity Kid”, 24-year old Maria Christodoulou.
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Ireland breathes ‘sigh of relief’ after 2014 budget
Ireland’s seventh austerity budget set out 2.5bn euros of cuts and taxes, including cuts to benefits for under 25s. But our Austerity Kid in Dublin says many are just relieved it wasn’t worse.
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Madeleine McCann ‘snatched in pre-planned abduction’
Madeleine McCann may have been taken in “a pre-planned abduction”, police say, as more than 1,000 people contact them with information following a fresh television appeal.
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Police issue e-fit images in new Madeleine McCann appeal
Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are asking for the public’s help to identify a man they say is of “vital importance”.
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Madeleine: Police timeline of critical 90 minutes changes
New research has “significantly changed” what the police believe happened the night three-year-old Madeleine McCann disappeared in Portugal, opening new lines of investigation.
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Newspapers’ plans for press regulation rejected
Culture Secretary Maria Miller tells the Commons that the newspaper industry’s proposals for self-regulation have been rejected – and that the government will now press ahead with its own charter.
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Madeleine McCann investigation to target phone records
Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are, for the first time, to target mobile phone records of thousands of holidaymakers in the Portuguese holiday resort of Praia da Luz.
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Irish students take to the streets to protest against cuts
Austerity kids: young people in Ireland are demonstrating against education cuts and rising student fees. One student on the march tells Channel 4 News about the “mental strain” of having no money.