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Reports that a banana was thrown on to the pitch during the match between Italy and Croatia are being investigated by Uefa.

A Kurdish man who is deaf and unable to speak may be jailed for 25 years in Turkey for supporting terrorism, with a half-lemon cited as evidence.

China has named the female astronaut who on Saturday is set to become the nation's first woman in space.

The former Pussycat Doll singer is to replace Kelly Rowland on the judging panel for the new series.

Campaigners have warned that there are fresh efforts by the Ethiopian government to clamp down on certain types of internet use in the country.

A blind man has been given the job of reading the news on South Korea's state broadcasting channel.

Four Bosnian Serbs are sentenced to a total of 142 years in prison for their roles in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.

Three people die and one is critically injured in a shooting in the early hours of Friday on the University of Alberta campus in Edmonton, Canada.

Social network Habbo Hotel is to let its members chat again as it works on ways to help protect members from sexual predators.

Argyle and Bute Council Leader Roddy McCuish tells the The World at One that he had instructed senior officials to lift the ban on Martha Payne's blog.

Wild foxes are trained to answer the "sit" command normally used during dog training.

A girl who became an internet hit after blogging about her school dinners is allowed to continue taking photographs of her meals.

Gordon Brown says Cabinet Office records prove he did not call Rupert Murdoch to declare "war" on News Corp - but the media mogul "stands by" his story.

The chief schools inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, has launched a review of the educational achievements of the poorest communities.

A pregnant woman from Birmingham has appeared in court in Pakistan after being arrested last month with heroin worth �3.2m in several suitcases.

A convicted sex offender who admitted robbing, raping and murdering a pensioner in her sheltered housing home in Edinburgh is jailed for life.

A girl who who contracted tuberculosis died from natural causes but neglect played a part, a coroner rules.

The head of the UN Supervision Mission in Syria warns that both sides are pushing towards military advances rather than a peaceful transition.

Championship leader Jorge Lorenzo believes Briton Cal Crutchlow has the talent and potential to become a future MotoGP champion.

A youth who said he had lived in woods near Berlin for years is a Dutch 20-year-old who was living in the Netherlands until September, police say.