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Rebuilding lessons from tornado alley

May 22, 2013 - 10:13pm
Rebuilding in tornado alley will take time, says Tara KcKelvey

In pictures: Masseurs of Mumbai

May 22, 2013 - 9:33pm
The lives of the male masseurs of Mumbai

GPs 'will not shore up unsafe NHS'

May 22, 2013 - 9:31pm
Family doctors are not prepared to shore up an emergency health care system left unsafe by "political meddling", a GP leader is to warn in a speech.

US 'faith healers killed own baby'

May 22, 2013 - 9:10pm
A US couple who reject medicine in favour of faith healing are charged with murder over their infant son's death, four years after another son died.

Community nursing service under fire

May 22, 2013 - 9:09pm
Health unions say the state of NHS services for people who can't get to a GP in many parts of England is "lamentable".

In pictures: Kabul kids on wheels

May 22, 2013 - 9:02pm
Why Afghan children are learning the art of skateboarding

Twitter boosts security after hacks

May 22, 2013 - 8:02pm
Micro-blogging site Twitter says it is bringing in a two-step login for users to beef up security following recent high-profile breaches.

Man dead in suspected terror attack

May 22, 2013 - 7:12pm
A man is killed in a machete attack and two suspects shot and wounded by police in London, with footage emerging of a man with bloodied hands shouting political statements near the scene.

VIDEO: US mayor to push tornado shelter law

May 22, 2013 - 7:08pm
The mayor of the tornado-devastated town of Moore in Oklahoma has vowed to push for a new law on shelters, after a huge twister there killed at least 24.

VIDEO: US showman's unbelievable oddballs

May 22, 2013 - 7:03pm
The connoisseur of the weird and strange long before reality TV

Kerry condemns Hezbollah over Syria

May 22, 2013 - 6:55pm
US Secretary of State John Kerry says Lebanon's Hezbollah and Iran are perpetuating President Bashar al-Assad's "campaign of terror" in Syria.

Boston bomb investigators kill man

May 22, 2013 - 6:30pm
A Florida man was shot and killed as he became violent under questioning by Boston bombing investigators, FBI officials say.

Montreal told to boil drinking water

May 22, 2013 - 6:09pm
More than one million Montreal residents must boil drinking and cooking water after a mishap at a water treatment plant, officials warn.

International Booker for Lydia Davis

May 22, 2013 - 5:13pm
American writer Lydia Davis is named as winner of the Man Booker International prize for her "achievement in fiction on the world stage".

Hewlett-Packard shares jump 12%

May 22, 2013 - 5:10pm
Hewlett-Packard shares leap in after-hours trading, despite quarterly results showing a seventh consecutive fall in sales.

US mayor to push tornado shelter law

May 22, 2013 - 4:55pm
The mayor of the tornado-devastated town of Moore in Oklahoma vows to push for a new law on shelters, after Monday's deadly twister.

Bernanke hails benefits of stimulus

May 22, 2013 - 3:23pm
US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke tells Congress that it is too soon to end the central bank's monetary stimulus programme or raise interest rates.

Farc deny kidnapping Spanish couple

May 22, 2013 - 3:15pm
The Colombian rebel group Farc denies taking part in the kidnapping of two Spanish tourists in the north-east of the country last Friday.

SA opposition rejects Gupta report

May 22, 2013 - 2:47pm
South Africa's main opposition party condemns as a cover-up an official probe into the use of a military base for an Indian society wedding.

April accused told 'web of lies'

May 22, 2013 - 2:23pm
A man accused of murdering five-year-old April Jones told a "complex web of lies" about her death, the prosecution says.