Cabin crew are used to dealing with unusual requests from travellers - but a plea to find a passenger's missing glass eye was the last thing they expected at 35,000 feet... more
The first Guantanamo prisoner to face a civilian trial is acquitted of hundreds of charges of attacking two US embassies — but found guilty of one... more
Paul and Rachel Chandler were resting away from the public gaze today as they enjoy their first full day of freedom on UK soil following their year-long hostage nightmare... more
British couple held hostage by Somali pirates said today their release after 13 months felt 'almost too good to be true' and their initial response had been 'disbelief'... more
Family of a celebrated film-maker killed along with her four-year-old daughter in a horror crash in Kenya tell of their devastation at the tragedy... more
Paul Otieno, suspected of stabbing his son to death last week, is a key figure in a controversial church beset by allegations of child trafficking. Oliver Wadeson reports... more
Luxury safaris often come at the expense of local communities but some operators are determined to do it the right way. Our travel reporter met up with one still able to offer a genuine wilderness experience... more
Sally Dudmesh heard a judge find her lover, Old Etonian heir Thomas Cholmondeley, guilty of manslaughter on his Kenyan estate. It was the verdict she always dreaded
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A Foreign Office ministerial aide has been accused of "sheer incompetence" after it emerged he attended a summit in Africa organised by the Moonies cult... more
Barack Obama threw a Super Bowl party in the White House as he tried to woo Republicans who have vowed to oppose his $825billion plan to revive the US economy... more
A Kenyan youth choir that performed at Barack Obama’s inauguration was preparing to sign up with a London music label in a ceremony at Heathrow airport... more
The President-elect is known to have been deeply hurt by the treatment of his relative during Kenya’s Mau Mau rebellion. It could yet impact on the UK’s ‘special relationship’ with the US... more
The Evening Standard reveals that would-be US President Barack Obama has failed to deliver pledges to improve life in a poverty-stricken Kenyan community he insists has a special place in his heart... more
The woman charged by Ken Livingstone to spread his message about the need to tackle climate change has one of the biggest carbon footprints at City Hall... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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