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POLICE INVESTIGATING the arson and murder at Osbaston House in Shropshire, UK, on August 26 believe the crimes were perpetrated by Christopher Foster, the owner of the mansion. Christopher Foster

HURRICANE GUSTAV, which it was feared would cause major damage as it hit the city of New Orleans on the eastern coast of the US, was downgraded to a category

PORTUGAL’S PRESIDENT Cavaco Silva said last week that the crime wave engulfing the country in recent months  is “very serious”. Returning from holidays in the Alentejo, the President indirectly warned the

PORTUGAL’S TOURISM board, Turismo de Portugal, has been nominated among the eight leading European tourism boards at this year’s World Travel Awards. The event will be held on October 10

CYPRUS PRESIDENT Demetris Christofias and rival Turkish leader Mehmet Ali Talat met on Wednesday to launch negotiations to reunify the island after 34 years of division. The meeting was due

PORTUGAL’S GOVERNMENT is set to implement a new law stating that a dog attack is a crime for which the animal’s owner can be jailed for 10 years. A spokesman

A RARE fossilised skull of a steppe mammoth, which could shed light on the evolution of these animals, has been unearthed in the Auvergne region of southern France. Only a

A TWO-day beach tennis tournament is due to start tomorrow (Saturday) on Praia Grande in Sintra. During the tournament, organised by Sintra Câmara in conjunction with the Portuguese and International

RUSSIA HAS praised EU leaders for their “realistic” decision of not imposing any sanctions on their country following the Georgia crisis. The 27 member states of the European Union managed

FOUR OUT of five bank, petrol station and carjacking hold-ups are carried out by people using guns. These were the startling statistics issued by the Coordinator of the Security Office,