Where the whistle is rarely blown
It is the only product in the world which kills when used as directed. Still, 1.1 billion people consume tobacco and 4 million of them die of it every year.



Forensic test confirms exhumed body of foreign hostage is of British national
A fresh forensic examination of a body exhumed around two years ago from a south Kashmir village has revealed it to be that of Paul Wells, a British national who has been missing, along with four other Western tourists, for the past four-and-a-half years.



Russia captures key Grozny Rly station
Russia captured the main train station and opened an airborne assault on a key mountain stronghold, but said it was taking heavy losses in its drive to reassert control over Chechnya.



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