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A nine-year-old girl from Wales has died in a rafting accident while on holiday in Turkey.

Britain's Jessica Ennis gets her bid for European heptathlon gold off to a strong start by winning the 100m hurdles and the high jump events in Barcelona.

What could drive a mother to kill a child in first few minutes of life?

A coroner raises ongoing safety fears as an inquest jury blames a points failure for the Potters Bar train crash.

Forest fires kill at least 23 people in central Russia, while a forecast of heavy rain brings relief to Moscow.

The incoming BP chief executive has said it is time to scale back some parts of the oil spill clean-up in the Gulf of Mexico.

US forces suffered the deadliest month of their nine-year Afghan campaign, with 66 service members killed in July.

Floods caused by heavy monsoon rain kill at least 385 people in Pakistan and Afghanistan, washing away whole villages, roads and bridges.

Three Kenyans are charged with the murders of 76 people killed when bombs exploded as they watched the World Cup on TV in Kampala, Uganda.

The coalition government issues detailed responses to the public's policy suggestions but says there will be no changes.

A 28-year-old man is arrested in connection with the murder of Kevin "Gerbil" Carroll in Glasgow.

A French mother who admitted killing eight of her newborn babies is relieved that her secret is finally out in the open, her lawyer says.

An exhibition of paintings by a seven-year-old artist from Norfolk sells out, fetching about £150,000 in half an hour.

Jessica Ennis continues her heptathlon campaign while British athletes go for a hatful of medals on day four in Barcelona.

Fugitive Polly Peck tycoon Asil Nadir, who fled to northern Cyprus in 1993, confirms he will come back to the UK to stand trail on theft charges.

The new identity of Jon Venables must be kept secret because there is "compelling evidence" of a threat to his safety, a judge says.

Syria's president and the Saudi king call on Lebanon's rival factions to avoid turning to violence amid mounting political tensions in the country.

Government and society must have the guts to confront past wrongs in NI if the region is to look to a better future, a senior Catholic bishop says.

Wild fires have continued to rage in central and western Russia, with more than 20 people now reported to have died.

The widow of a man believed to have been killed by the IRA in 1981 said she felt sad but relieved that her husband's remains appeared to have been found.