Worried families of Britons feared dead in the Japanese tsunami have spoken of their huge relief as they finally heard from their loved ones.
Dawn Pearson, 66, had an agonising wait over the weekend until son Adam, who had been teaching English in the town of Kuji, got in touch.
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A group of enthusiastic primary schoolchildren singing Iron Maiden's 1983 rock anthem Flight of Icarus has become one of the most shared videos on YouTube this week.
The children from Wattville primary school in Birmingham are shown in the four minute clip singing the rock song...
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LONDON — A small plane carrying an organ for transplant crashed and burst into flames at England's Birmingham Airport Friday, injuring two people and disrupting dozens of flights, police and airport authorities said.
The organ, a liver, was rescued from the wreck and rushed...