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Lifeboats and military helicopters rescued hundreds of people overnight in northern England and a policeman was killed as torrential rain flooded homes, washed away bridges and closed roads.

Astronaut in space while wife giving birth

Shuttle Atlantis astronaut Randy Bresnik can be forgiven if he's having a tough time focusing on work -- his wife is due to give birth on Friday to a baby girl.

H1N1 flu spreading east - WHO

The H1N1 flu is moving eastwards across Europe and Asia after appearing to peak in parts of western Europe and the United States, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday.

French hotel offers guests a night as a hamster

Concerns over the environment and terrorism have not only affected how people lived in the past decade but also their language, with "global warming" and "9/11" topping a list of the most used words of the 2000s.

1 conjoined twin talking after separation surgery

Chinese docotors provide free eye surgery in Vietnam

Dozens of people staged a sit-in on a highway in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday after the army accidentally hit a house with an artillery shell, killing six people, while it was attacking suspected militant hide-outs.

Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in New York

Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama on Wednesday for the second time in seven months, though private guards on board the US-flagged ship repelled the attack with gunfire and a high-decibel noise device.

Wine angels

A nurse receives a H1N1 flu vaccine injection at Basurto Hospital in Bilbao November 16, 2009. The vaccination campaign against the H1N1 virus started on Monday for patients and workers most at risk around the country. [Agencies]