US forces kill Osama bin Laden

Andrew Buncombe and Omar Waraich: End to the hunt for the world’s most elusive person after al-Qa’ida leader is killed.

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Talk of the town: The etymology of UK places

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Jerome Taylor: Scientists have recreated the famous Dambusters mission on a lake in Canada.

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For 29 MPs, opposition to voting reform is a matter of political survival, The Independent has found.

For the future of the Coalition, leaders play down the AV vitriol

'We will never cease our struggle until we bring down Assad'

Robert Fisk hears the defiance of Syrian refugees.

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Obama addresses nation after 'historic day'

US President Barack Obama announced that al-Qa’ida leader Osama Bin Laden has been killed in a US-led operation.

Sir Alex Ferguson has lost Rio Ferdinand, denting United's hopes of winning the European Cup, league and FA Cup

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Manchester United manager attacks officials in the wake of leaders' 1-0 defeat to Arsenal.

Footage from Sir David Attenborough's Life series will feature in the BBC film One Life, to be narrated by Daniel Craig

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Kate and William head off for their quietweekend

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Some 7 per cent of the world?s red kites now live in the UK

Record sightings as red kites enjoy second wind

Red kites, the majestic birds of prey which 20 years ago were one of Britain's rarest creatures and confined to the Welsh mountains, are now being regularly seen in gardens around Britain, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has found.

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It is the quickest way to slender thighs and a pert behind, and has been practised for more than 30 years. But no one knew if liposuction – the physical removal of fat from the abdomen, bottom, hips, or elsewhere – worked in the long term.

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