A treasured piece at the Dutch national museum - a supposed moon rock from the first manned lunar landing - is nothing more than petrified wood, curators say. It was given to former Prime Minister ...

Dancers perform at the November 11 stadium in the Angolan capital of Luanda during the opening ceremony of African Cup of ...

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1856 Speaking in front of the Four World Trade Center building on Monday, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said lower Manhattan had flourished since 9/11. He called the rebuilding process a ...

£200m is to be spent on the "National Challenge" programme, which aims for all schools to have no less than 30% of pupils ...

Although tennis coaching can be a hugely varied career, there is a clearly defined path to the top through the Lawn Tennis ...

Journalist Mike Philpott takes a look at what is making the headlines in Wednesday's newspapers. Pain now, more pain later, ...

The United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has told the BBC the US-led invasion of Iraq was an illegal act that contravened the UN charter. He said the decision to take action in Iraq should have ...

Tony Blair says his authority is intact despite suffering his first House of Commons defeat as prime minister. He said he hoped MPs "do not rue the day" they rejected ...

And the argument being made by Tony Blair is that Saddam Hussein has such form, such record. He's twice attacked other ...

DEBORAH BULL: The opera house should serve as a resource for the wider arts community. The major difference this year is that we've been able to invite companies to the Linbury as our guests in ...

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