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Punishing teams with points deductions the only way to tackle racist abuse - West Ham star

Michail Antonio insists that harsher punishments have to be introduced.

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Dec 25th 2019, 1:46 PM

French woman fakes her own kidnapping to hide affair from boyfriend

25-year-old Sandy Gaillard came up with the ruse last July.

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Nov 9th 2017, 10:34 PM

Algeria blocks social networks throughout the country to prevent cheating in exams

Over 500,000 high school students were required to resit exams after exam papers were leaked.

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Jun 22nd 2016, 10:52 AM

Denmark is to start taking refugees' possessions to pay for their stay

International lawmakers say the plan could be illegal.

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