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Seventy-four-year-old Dr Jeffry Life believes that regular injections of testosterone have helped him get the body of a much younger man.

Fears are growing that ethnic rivalry could destabilise parts of Mali, in the wake of a three-week campaign by French troops to drive out Islamist militants.

An Egyptian man dragged naked through the streets of Cairo admits police were to blame, after earlier blaming protesters.

Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini says the title race is not over, despite Manchester United's nine-point lead.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is making gradual but clear progress as he recovers from cancer surgery in Cuba, Venezuelan officials say.

Syria's embattled President Assad has accused Israel of trying to "destabilise" his country, in his first remarks on a reported Israeli air strike.

Italy captain Sergio Parisse says his side deserved their stunning 23-18 victory over France in their Six Nations opener.

A man is charged with murdering Sasha Marsden, the 16-year-old girl whose body was found in an alleyway in Blackpool.

Sergio Aguero salvages a point for Manchester City to leave them nine points behind Manchester United.

Nigeria progress to the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations with victory over favourites Ivory Coast.

Italy blow the Six Nations wide open as they win at home against France for the second time in a row.

Paraguayan politician Lino Oviedo, who was running for president in the upcoming elections, has died in a helicopter crash north of the capital.

Sri Lanka's navy rescues 138 Bangladeshi and Burmese nationals from a sinking fishing boat in a 20-hour operation.

Police use a Taser stun gun on a man armed with two knives who was "acting aggressively" outside Buckingham Palace.

The family of Sasha Marsden, the 16-year-old girl who was stabbed to death in a Blackpool alleyway, say her death has left a gap in their lives.

The company which supplied halal food found to contain traces of pork DNA to prisons is named as McColgan's Quality Foods Limited of Co Tyrone.