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Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi says the Nobel Peace Prize she received in 1991 had given her hope Burma had not been forgotten.

Nik Wallenda, the seventh generation of a famed daredevil family, has successfully completed his attempt to tightrope walk across Niagara Falls.

High street department stores of yesteryear

Campaigning in Greece ends ahead of a crucial election on Sunday which could ultimately decide its future in the eurozone.

Tiger Woods maintains his challenge to join fellow Americans Jim Furyk and David Toms in the halfway lead of the 112th US Open at the Olympic Club.

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Rupert Murdoch called Tony Blair urging him not to delay the invasion of Iraq, former Number 10 communications chief Alastair Campbell claims in his diaries.

For most people, the last person on Earth you would want to accidentally bump into on holiday, would be your manager from work. But are the chances of that happening greater than you think?

How one Polish village ignores its Jewish history

Dense wing bones help a tiny South American bird to sing make its unique “wing violin music”, say scientists.

China sends its first woman into space as 33-year-old fighter pilot Liu Yang is one of three astronauts travelling to the orbiting Tiangong space lab.

A "super head" knighted by the Queen is among 15 head teachers to be recognised in her Birthday Honours.

Hollywood star on the gags that follow him around

Facebook's chief technology officer announces he is leaving the social network site in the coming weeks to start up a new company.

A service will be held in Clydebank later to mark the 72nd anniversary of Britain's worst maritime disaster.

Take That's Gary Barlow and a couple who have fostered more than 200 children over 40 years, are among the people recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.

The Prince of Wales is awarded honorary five-star ranks in all three armed services by the Queen, the highest in the military.

Lady Archer has become a Dame in the Queen's Birthday Honours list, for services to the NHS in Cambridgeshire.

Shadow Olympics minister Tessa Jowell becomes a dame in the Queen's Birthday Honours - one of several political figures to be recognised.

Comedian and writer Armando Iannucci leads the Scots included in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.