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An Islamic seminary for women in Pakistan's capital renames its library after Osama Bin Laden, the slain al-Qaeda leader.

Kiev no longer has a monument to Lenin, but there are plenty elsewhere - including some where you'd least expect to find them.

Departing OED editor John Simpson reflects on his career investigating the origins of words.

Medzinárodný festival horských filmov Poprad, Slovensko. International Festival of Mountain Films Poprad, Slovakia

Fifty years ago two Britons spent three days trapped in a submersible at the bottom of the seabed while a dramatic rescue operation was under way.

The 4chan website is credited with creating some of the web's biggest phenomena, but it is blamed for wreaking havoc across cyberspace.

Overlapping claims in the South China Sea threaten to turn the region into a flashpoint of global concern.

A Pakistani doctor is sentenced to at least 30 years in jail for a false vaccination programme which helped the US find and kill Osama Bin Laden.

China has been accused by the US of genocide and crimes against humanity against the Muslim minority group.

A long-standing conjecture that our sense of smell may be due the the effects of quantum physics is gaining ground, thanks to new measurements.

A French philosopher has been caught out by a literary prank. But it's nothing on the tale of the forgotten artist Nat Tate

Rising greenhouse emissions could tip off aliens that we are a rapidly expanding threat, warns a report

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