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Country Profiles. Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions. They also include …
BBC NEWS | UK | Mother's battle for daughter's justice
The body of the 22-year-old was eventually found by Mrs Ming during the following February, hidden behind a bath panel, when the keys to her daughter's flat were returned to her. Billy …
BBC NEWS | UK | Timeline: Victoria Climbie
Jan 28, 2003 · 2 November 1991: Victoria Adjo Climbie is born near Abidjan, the Ivory Coast. November 1998: Seven-year-old Victoria Adjo Climbie leaves Abobo in the Ivory Coast to lives …
BBC News | UK | Sarah Payne: The media's role
Jul 18, 2000 · Sarah's grandfather also stepped in front of the cameras and even the pop group Steps joined the appeal. But it was 31-year-old Sara Payne who emerged as the key figure in …
BBC NEWS | UK | The campaign for 'Sarah's Law'
Apr 10, 2007 · The campaign for 'Sarah's Law'. In the mid-1990s, Megan's Law was introduced in the US after the murder of seven-year-old Megan Kanko by a sex offender who had moved in …
UK | England | Cornwall | Murder victim failed by agencies - BBC …
Dec 5, 2007 · A man with learning difficulties who was tortured and murdered by a gang was failed by "every part of the service system" in Cornwall, a review has said. The serious case …
BBC NEWS | Americas | 9/11 third tower mystery 'solved'
Jul 4, 2008 · BBC, Conspiracy Files. One of the twin towers collapses. The final mystery of 9/11 will soon be solved, according to US experts investigating the collapse of the third tower at the …
Vanessa Redgrave is to receive Bafta Fellowship honour
Feb 11, 2010 · Vanessa Redgrave is to receive Bafta Fellowship honour. Redgrave received her first Bafta nomination in 1967. Vanessa Redgrave is to be presented with this year's Bafta …
BBC News | SOUTH ASIA | Lost city 'could rewrite history'
Jan 19, 2002 · Lost city 'could rewrite history'. The city is believed to predate the Harappan civilisation. By BBC News Online's Tom Housden. The remains of what has been described as …
BBC News - Jury-free court case makes history in England
Mar 31, 2010 · BBC News. John Twomey faced four trials over the robbery. The conviction of four men for a £1.75m armed robbery at Heathrow marks the end of a historic case. After …