'I did it for my children': mother of two, 55, faces Bali death penalty after cocaine sting

7:42 AM | A British mother of two is facing the death penalty in Indonesia after being arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle more than £1.6 million ($2.5 million) worth of cocaine into Bali in her luggage.

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'This man should be arrested for war crimes!': protester bursts into Leveson courtroom to confront Tony Blair

6:34 AM | Former British prime minister Tony Blair has denied being too close to Rupert Murdoch, as the Leveson media ethics inquiry took a dramatic turn overnight.

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Briton faces firing squad

3:00 AM | A woman faces the firing squad in Bali after attempting to smuggle 4.8 kilograms of cocaine.

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Better to befriend Murdoch than to confront him: Blair

3:00 AM | MEDIA magnate Rupert Murdoch was not an ''Identikit right-wing person'' or a ''sort of tribal Tory'', former prime minister Tony Blair told the Leveson inquiry in London last night.

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Four Brits face Bali firing squad

28 May 12 | A fifty-five year old English woman and three other British nationals face the firing squad in Bali after being arrested trying to smuggle in 4.8kg of cocaine.

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The shabbiha - the 'ghost militia' accused of doing Assad's dirty work

28 May 12 | They are the "ghost militia", accused of slaughtering more than 100 people, including at least 49 children, in an attack on a Syrian town on Saturday.

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Egypt's economy the loser after first round of elections

28 May 12 | For the Egyptians who fought so hard to unseat the regime that dominated their lives for 30 years, the results of the first round of the country's first free presidential election are unthinkable.

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Global outrage over Syrian child massacre

28 May 12 | AS A WAVE of revulsion sweeps the world after a regime massacre in Syria - 32 children, some with what appear to be bullet holes in their temples, are among more than 90 dead - Washington is manoeuvring to win Moscow's support for a plan to dislodge the embattled Syrian leader, Bashar al-Assad.

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