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Briton who lost leg in shark attack 'ignored warnings'

Michael Cohen, 42, was about 50 yards from the shore when he was attacked by a Great White shark.

28 Sep 2011

Shark filmed moments after attack on Briton

VIDEO: Expat believed to have lost right leg after being bitten by a Great White shark while swimming off coast of South Africa.

28 Sep 2011

Libya: exodus from Sirte as thousands flee rebel offensive

Libyan families fled in terror in the face of a mounting rebel offensive on the loyalist stronghold of Sirte on Wednesday.

28 Sep 2011

The Great White Shark: predator of the ocean

A great white shark attacked a British man swimming off the coast of South Africa. Here are some facts and figures about the predator.

28 Sep 2011

Great white shark filmed off Cape Town coast after attack

Amateur footage from South Africa captures what appears to be a large shark lurking in the waters off the coast of Cape Town shortly after a British man was attacked and critically injured by a Great White.

28 Sep 2011

Honeymoon murder: extradition approved

Theresa May signs order for British businessman Shrien Dewani to be extradited to South Africa over his wife's murder.

28 Sep 2011

Briton mauled in Great White shark attack

British expat believed to have lost right leg after being bitten while swimming off coast of Cape Town in South Africa.

28 Sep 2011

Is your mobile phone helping fund war in Congo?

The mobile phone in your pocket might be helping to fund armed militia groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that use rape and murder as weapons of war, campaigners have warned.

27 Sep 2011

Libya: Gaddafi snipers hold off NTC in Sirte

Gunfire from snipers defending Gaddafi's hometown prevents National Transitional Council forces from reaching city centre.

27 Sep 2011

Explosion at Egyptian gas pipeline

The blast near the city of al-Arish in Sinai close to the Israeli border caused 50-foot high flames, witnesses said.

27 Sep 2011

Libya rebuffs UK Lockerbie bid

Libya's interim government rebuffed a UK request for help which could have lead to others, even deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi, being charged over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing.

27 Sep 2011

South African scientist faces being struck off

An Apartheid-era scientist who spearheaded South Africa's chemical and biological warfare programme is facing being struck off nearly 20 years after his work was uncovered.

26 Sep 2011

Libya asked to help Lockerbie investigation

Prosecutors in Scotland have asked the new Libyan leadership for its help with the Lockerbie bombing inquiry.

26 Sep 2011

South African rugby journalist arrested because he looked like drug dealer

New Zealand police arrested and strip searched a black South African rugby journalist drinking with white colleagues in a pub because he "fitted the profile of a drug dealer".

26 Sep 2011

Libya: UK 'not interested in finding killer of WPc Fletcher'

The colleague present at the murder of WPc Yvonne Fletcher outside the Libyan embassy in London has accused the British government of hampering the quest to find her killer.

26 Sep 2011

Kenya Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai dies

The first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize, Wangari Maathai, died Monday morning in Kenya after a long battle with cancer.

26 Sep 2011

Libya mission 'could cost Britain £1.75 billion'

Britain's involvement in the Libya campaign could cost as much as £1.75 billion, it has been claimed.

26 Sep 2011

Namibia to collect Herero skulls from Germany

A Namibian delegation left for Germany on Sunday to reclaim about 20 human skulls used by colonial-era scientists who sought to prove the racial superiority of whites over blacks.

25 Sep 2011

Gaddafi’s yellowcake stockpile dumped

Sitting in row after row, each 15 long by four high, the blue barrels are as frightening as any remnant of the Gaddafi regime.

25 Sep 2011

Libya: mass grave found in Tripoli

More than 1,270 bodies believed to have been dumped by Gaddafi forces after 1996 massacre at Abu Salim prison.

25 Sep 2011

How Britain courted, armed and trained a Libyan monster

From lavish parties to SAS help, UK plc pulled out all the stops to please Khamis Gaddafi.

25 Sep 2011

Didier Drogba studying for new diplomatic role

Having lost family members in Ivory Coast's bitter civil war, Chelsea footballer Didier Drogba tells Harriet Alexander that he has a duty to help his country.

24 Sep 2011

Naval yard explosion rocks Tripoli

A gigantic plume of black smoke rose over Tripoli on Saturday afternoon as a massive blaze burned in a navy dockyard.

24 Sep 2011

Fighters attack Gaddafi's stronghold of Sirte

Libyan fighters launched new assaults on Gaddafi's last stronghold.

24 Sep 2011

Col Gaddafi's daughter claims he is alive and in high spirits

Syrian-based Arrai TV broadcasts a bad-tempered audio message from Gaddafi's daughter Aisha, the first time she has spoken publicly since fleeing into exile in Algeria last month with two of his sons.

24 Sep 2011