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Killer drivers face 14 years in jail
Motorists who kill people by driving dangerously face up to 14 years in jail under new sentencing guidelines issued on Tuesday.
Multiple bombings kill 40 in northern Iraq
Bombers killed around 40 people and wounded scores in several attacks in northern Iraq on Tuesday, days after the government vowed to expand a crackdown against militants in a region where al Qaeda retains influence.
U.S. Fed chief warns on growth
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Tuesday the U.S. economy faced significant risks to growth, while dismal data flashed fresh signs of stagflation.
Regular chlamydia tests urged for young people
Young sexually active people should get themselves tested annually for the infection chlamydia and again every time they change partner, the Health Protection Agency said on Tuesday.
Madeleine McCann suspect wins libel award
Robert Murat, a Briton who lives at the Portuguese resort where Madeleine McCann vanished last year, won a large libel award from 11 papers who had claimed he was involved in her disappearance, media reports said.
Expectant moms who go nuts boost child asthma risk
Pregnant women who eat nuts or nut products like peanut butter daily raise the risk their children will develop asthma by 50 percent, Dutch researchers said on Tuesday.
Church Army, Scripture Union team up for multi-media Bible experience
Church Army's pioneering Word-on-the-Web ministry is handing over the baton to Scripture Union's new WordLive service to guarantee a future proofed multi-media Bible experience for Christians.
Youth for Christ motivates 'at risk' young people and offenders
Youth for Christ is reaching out to young offenders and 'at risk' young people with new creative music project, Urban Skillz.
World's youth more religious than reputed
Bertelsmann Stiftung's study on religion reveals that the world's teenagers and young adults are much more religious than people think.
Langham Partnership merger good news for majority world churches
Langham Partnership and the Eastern Europe Literature Advisory Committee (EELAC) have announced a merger between the two ministries to help them reach even more local level churches with high quality Christian literature.
House price falls ease but market bleak
House price falls eased slightly in June, but market conditions remain bleak with sentiment near record lows, according to a survey on Tuesday.
Hospital admissions for violence soar
The number of hospital admissions in England due to violence has soared by 30 percent in four years with far more people affected in poor areas than rich ones, a study said on Tuesday.
BT to invest 1.5 bln in super-fast broadband
Telecoms group BT plans to invest 1.5 billion pounds to roll out super-fast broadband to up to 10 million homes by 2012, it said on Tuesday.
Sudan president accused of genocide
The International Criminal Court's (ICC) prosecutor charged Sudan's president on Monday with masterminding a campaign of genocide in Darfur, killing 35,000 people and persecuting 2.5 million refugees.
Two suicide bombers kill 16 in Iraq's Diyala
Two suicide bombers killed 16 recruits for the Iraqi security forces and wounded 30 others north of Baghdad on Tuesday, the U.S. military said, just days after Iraq promised a major security crackdown in the region.
One killed in Rhodes quake
One person was killed in an accident after a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck off the island of Rhodes in southeast Greece, officials said on Tuesday, but there were no other reports of casualties or damage.