The Lost Boys actor has been found dead at the age of 38 from a rumoured overdose in Los Angeles The life and career of the former child star and 1980s teen idol Corey Haim might be seen as a succession of cliches. From the early, hugely promising screen appearances to the swift rise as a teen pin-up in movies such as The Lost Boys, he suffered the predictable dip into paparazzi fodder and later into anonymity when his pretty teenage looks faded

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Court begins hearing civil suit brought against Israeli government over death of US activist killed by Israeli army bulldozer in Gaza

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A documentary, narrated by Samuel L Jackson, that investigates the possible wrongful murder conviction of three black Louisianans

Nouri al-Maliki and Iyad Allawi talk up performance in Iraqi election that drew smaller but broader vote than in 2005 Sixty-two per cent of Iraqis voted in yesterday’s general election, with both the conservative incumbent prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, and his secular rival, Iyad Allawi, claiming today to have performed strongly in the poll. The turnout was lower than the reported 76% turnout in the 2005 poll, which was boycotted en masse by two provinces, but higher than in last year’s provincial ballot, the electoral commission said

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Afua Hirsch, legal affairs correspondent, on a government attempt to have torture damages case held in secret Afua Hirsch

At first glance Namibia seems a hostile environment for wildlife, yet the African country plays host to a wide range of animal species

Nuns producing communion wafers shocked to learn that authorities contemplated buying cheaper hosts from Poland It is one of the most potent symbols of the Christian church: the thin, round unleavened wafer used in the celebration of holy communion. Traditionally this “sacramental bread”, representing the body of Christ, has been made by nuns as a source of income for their communities. But the good sisters of France have found that even the body of Christ is subject to free market forces