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LONDON (Reuters) - Suffolk police launched a murder investigation on Saturday which links the deaths of two female prostitutes whose naked bodies were found a mile apart in the same stream within one week of each other. Police said the body of a woman found in water on Friday is that of missing 19-year-old prostitute Tania Nicol. Police divers found the body on the outskirts of Ipswich. The body ...

A search has begun for a climber missing in the Sperrin Mountains. The man, who is in his mid-30s, was walking with a friend on Mullaghclogha Mountain at about 1200 GMT on Saturday when they became separated. The climber does not have any waterproofed gear with him, and it is thought he may have taken shelter in an outbuilding or crevice on farmland. The police and the Sperrin Mountain Rescu ...

The United States' first female ambassador to UN, Jeane Kirkpatrick, has died at the age of 80. She served at the UN from 1981 to 1985, and was later a key member of former President Ronald Reagan's cabinet. Despite starting her public life as a Democrat, Ms Kirkpatrick became foreign policy adviser to Ronald Reagan during his 1980 presidential campaign. She was known for her forceful stance at the UN, hitting back whenever US policies were attacked. Ms Kirkpatrick was also a major architect ...

US President George W Bush has said he is confident Americans can move beyond political differences and agree a new direction for Iraq leading to victory. In his weekly radio address, he again praised the report by the Iraq Study Group calling for a change of strategy. But he made clear he would take no major decisions based upon it alone. Violence continued in Iraq on Saturday as a car bomb in the Shia holy city of Karbala killed at least five people and injured more than 40 others. The bom ...

Lucy Davis, receptionist Dawn in the hit comedy The Office, has married in a ceremony at St Paul's Cathedral. Davis, 32, married Welsh actor Owain Yeoman in front of around 300 guests at the London landmark, which is usually reserved for royal weddings. Davis's former Office co-stars Mackenzie Crook, Martin Freeman and Joel Beckett were among the guests. Davis was allowed to marry at St Paul's as her father Jasper Carrott had been awarded an OBE. Davis, who arrived 20 minutes early for the  ...

Rural Scotland will suffer "disastrously" if a plan to close thousands of post offices is carried out, says a watchdog and politicians. Postwatch Scotland's concerns follow speculation that Royal Mail could close up to 3,000 post offices across the UK. The SNP's John Swinney said Scottish ministers should now speak with a clear voice and demand reassurances over the future of rural post offices. The Liberal Democrats have also warned against the phased closures. Royal Mail has told minister ...

Tens of thousands of people in Hungary have attended a memorial service in Budapest honouring legendary footballer Ferenc Puskas. The service was held at the national stadium, renamed after Puskas, on the day of national mourning in Hungary. Puskas, who captained the Hungarian national team in the 1950s, died last month, aged 79, after a long illness. He was a prolific goal-scorer and the team he led was nicknamed the Magical Magyars for its entertaining football. Puskas moved to Spain after ...

The body of a woman found in a pond in Suffolk is that of missing prostitute Tania Nicol, police have said. Det Supt Andy Henwood said there were "obvious similarities" between the death of the 19-year-old and that of another prostitute Gemma Adams, 25. The body of Ms Adams was found near Hintlesham, on 2 December, while Miss Nicol was found naked in a pond a mile away near Copdock Mill, on Friday Police said further tests were needed before causes of death were known. Both women had been wo ...

RAMALLAH, West Bank (CNN) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is indicating he may call for early elections in the Palestinian territories, Palestinian official Saeb Erakat told CNN. Such a move could lead toward breaking the stalemate that has festered over the formation of a unity government between Abbas' Fatah party and its rival Hamas, which controls the government. Observers say a call for new elections could generate some instability because of the uncertainty of the outcome and the  ...

By Jeremy Pelofsky WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush called on Democrats and Republicans on Saturday to work together on a new strategy for the war in Iraq after a high-level group said the administration's current approach was not working. "Now it is the responsibility of all of us in Washington, Republicans and Democrats alike, to come together and find greater consensus on the bes ...