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Tuesday, 16. March 2010
Europe
Italian police use social networking site Facebook to track and trap one of the country's most-wanted mafia fugitives.
Tuesday, 16. March 2010
Europe
France's rail operator mistakenly puts a statement on its website saying more than 100 people had died in a train explosion.
Sunday, 14. March 2010
Europe
Panic is sparked in Georgia after a bogus TV news report said Russian tanks had invaded and the president was dead.
Saturday, 13. March 2010
Education
Children's strange misconceptions about science are revealed in a science knowledge quiz.
Monday, 15. March 2010
Scotland
The story of a woman who was stranded by snow for a month after she popped out to buy a turkey could be made into a Hollywood film.
Friday, 12. March 2010
Entertainment
Film director Peter Jackson may face legal action over his plans to install a version of the famous Hollywood sign in New Zealand.
Friday, 12. March 2010
Gloucestershire
The annual cheese-rolling event at Cooper's Hill in Gloucestershire is cancelled due to concerns about crowd safety.
Friday, 12. March 2010
Africa
A South African sex worker goes to court, saying she was unfairly sacked from a Cape Town massage parlour.
Friday, 05. February 2010
Technology
Not just cats and pianos: New ways to watch TV online
Wednesday, 27. January 2010
Magazine
Why is the REM song associated with suicide?
