A wave of student suicides in the past two semesters is described as a “public health crisis” by the prestigious Cornell University in the United States.

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Top U.S. university on edge after suicide wave

A crane topples over at Southampton docks – the third collapse at the port in the past two years.

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Crane topples over at city docks

Support for an English Parliament has grown from 18% to 29% in the past 10 years, according to a survey.

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English Parliament support ‘up’

Over the past few months, we’ve had an interesting mix of guests that have included Nobel prize winners, billionaires, pop stars and even former presidents.

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Who is your favorite chatshow guest?

Government spending on advertising has risen by almost 40% to £253m in the past year, the BBC learns.

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Government advertising costs soar

Thousands of people have fled Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, in the past two days, the UN refugee agency says.

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‘Thousands flee’ Somalia fighting

For the working press across the globe, the past 10 war-ridden years represent a “decade of death” and the world remains “mired in an age of barbarity” when it comes to “the deliberate murder” of hundreds of journalists.

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‘Decade of death’ for world’s journalists

Heavy flooding in central Mexico in the past week has killed at least 33 people and left thousands homeless, the government said Monday.

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Four lawmakers from the British Parliament were charged Friday for submitting false expense claims over the past six years, Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service announced.

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UK lawmakers face expenses charges

Pirate attacks off Somalia’s coastline have “grown exponentially” in the past five years, but pirates are claiming fewer ships these days, according to the U.N.-backed European Union naval operation tackling Somali piracy.

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U.N.: Piracy fight proving effective

Research suggests the number of children living in “severe poverty” has increased in the past four years.

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More children in ’severe poverty’

Children who self-harm have been admitted to hospital more than 7,000 times in the past decade, figures reveal.

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Self-harm hospital cases revealed

In the past five days, Utah physician Gary Garner has held a dying man in his arms and amputated more fingers and toes than he can recall. Now, he needs a rest.

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Volunteers in Haiti find time to cry

In the past five days, Utah physician Gary Garner has held a dying man in his arms and amputated more fingers and toes than he can recall. Now, he needs a rest.

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Volunteers in Haiti find time to cry

The Afghan war claimed the lives of two more international news correspondents in the past two weeks.

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Journalists’ deaths must not be ignored