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Mohamedou Ould Slahi reveals the hell suffered by inmates in Guantanamo prison in his diary. The 35 who after his study in Germany at the age of 18 said that he spent a year or so in Afghanistan with the Mujahideen, US ally as at that time, fighting Soviet invasion is still in prison in Guantanamo, illegally and without charge, after 13 years in US custody – 12 of them within the detention camp.

A British doctor, Dhanuson Dharmasena, 32 is under fire for female genital mutilation (FGM), otherwise known as female circumcision. Court told that Dr Dhanuson Dharmasena carried out procedure at a London hospital with encouragement from Hasan Mohamed The doctor, of Ilford, London, denies the charge in what is the first prosecution of its kind in the UK. A second man, Hasan Mohamed, 41, denies encouraging and abetting the offence.

Coronation Street fires an actress who lied about her age. Katie Redford, 25 tricked ITV into believing that her actual age was 19; so that she was cast for a 14 year old character, Bethany.

  Coronation Street popular figure, Anne Kirkbride passes on. Her death yesterday has led to an outpouring of grief from thousands who have 'grown up' with her character Deirdre Barlow and 'can't imagine' the soap without her.  Over the weekend rumours had begun circulating about her poor health. And yesterday evening the devastating news was released that Anne had lost her battle with breast cancer she suffered at the age of 60. 

The oldest person in Britain celebrates 112 th birthday on Sunday. This is a woman who has lived through the two world wars, the sinking if the Titanic and the rule of five British monarchs. Gladys Hermiston-Hooper   inherited the title of the Britain’s oldest person this week at the heels of the death of the last living Victorian Ethel Lang, aged 114.

Billy Harley, a hotel owner in the Isle of Sky was logging when he discovered an alien face on a tree trunk staring back at him. The large eyes of extra-terrestrial from Steven Spielberg film which became a family favourite after its release in 1982 unmistakably was observable from the alien face on the tree trunk.

    The co-founder and the architect of the A$AP Mob, ASAP Yams dies at 26, according to the label. Circumstances leading to his death have not been made public though some publications are speculating it could be drug related considering the rap aficionado's past addictions .  However, tributes have been made on the social media by his friends and colleagues. Steven Rodriguez, aka Yams, founded the Mob with fellow New Yorkers ASAP Bari and ASAP Illz in 2007 before adding ASAP Rocky and ASAP Ferg the following year . Yams, born Steven Rodriguez, grew up in Harlem and became obsessed with rap music at an early age. As a teenager, he interned with Harlem’s legendary Diplomats Records, began managing some local producers, and sold mixtapes on the side. In 2007, at age 17, he co-founded ASAP Mob with ASAP Bari and ASAP Illz; they linked up with ASAP Rocky and ASAP Ferg a year later. By 2010 Yams was becoming an online tastemaker due to his Tumblr; by 20...