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'Real' women feature in reformed magazine
Size-zero models have been kicked out of fashion features.

'I was like an Egyptian pharaoh conserved alive'- Kampusch
A kidnap victim reveals in a new film how her captor shaved her head, forbade her to cry and brutally abused her during eight years in a cellar.

Singer Pete Doherty arrested
Pete Doherty has been arrested in Germany for allegedly smashing the back window of a car.

Pete Doherty 'deeply sorry' for singing 'Nazi' anthem
Singer Pete Doherty has apologised for offending festival-goers in Germany when he performed a Nazi-era rendition of their national anthem.

Pattinson thought <i>Twilight</i> character 'ridiculous'
Robert Pattinson thought his Twilight character Edward Cullen was 'completely ridiculous' when he first read the books.

Rising for a fall?
Whether it's shares, commodities or precious metals, prices have rebounded sharply.

Back to the Wall for heroes of yesterday
Walesa and Gorbachev join Chancellor Merkel on walk of memories.

Germany: Tug of Wall
Few places on Earth exist where the future is inextricably linked with the past. Berlin is one, says Sharon Stephenson.

Life on the other side of the Wall
Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, author Oliver Fritz reflects on growing up behind the Iron Curtain.

Boxing: The Beast earns his happy ending
Nobody denies that from the moment Nikolai Valuev turned professional he was promoted as a freak.