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PASSENGERS were evacuated from an aircraft when smoke engulfed its cabin at Phoenix International Sky Harbor Airport in Arizona last night, the Arizona Republic newspaper reported on its Website.

Soldiers mourn their comrades, as the bodies of five British servicemen are driven though the small town of Wootton Bassett, England, Friday, July, 10, 2009, following their return from Afghanistan.

A protestors holds a print of detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during pro democracy protests outside the Burmese Embassy on September 27, 2007 in London, England.

Big Ben, one of London's most familiar landmarks, celebrates the 150th anniversary of its first chiming on Saturday.

Fire crews are tackling a huge blaze in Soho, central London. Every building in Dean Street has been evacuated Twelve fire engines and 60 firefighters are attending the fire, which broke out in a building in Dean Street at around 14:00. Part of the basement of the four storey building is alight.

Joanna Lumley has been voted the regional celebrity hero for London. The Absolutely Fabulous star - who has been campaigning for Gurkhas' rights - received 34 per cent of votes from Londoners in a survey by Halifax Home Insurance, championing her as their star of the capital.

A man attempted to avoid extradition today because his human rights could be breached by being fed "potentially life threatening" red onions in an Irish jail.

Gilbert and George insisted yesterday they were not anti-establishment, as they unveiled their latest exhibition crammed with images of the union flag and old medals.

A WOMAN found guilty of a nightclub glassing which left an Australian singer's career in tatters has had her conviction overturned on appeal.

Ten Coffee Republic coffee and deli outlets, including two in the North West, have closed with the loss of 66 jobs.

Six members of a bicycle gang who murdered schoolboy Shaquille Smith in a park were jailed for life today.

A Broadmoor patient was today charged with the murders of two women in Hastings and the attempted murder of a Czech student on a train 11 years ago.

Muslim trio who attacked publisher's home days before release of The Jewel of Medina each get four and a half years in prison Three Muslim men were jailed today for an arson attack on the home of the publisher of a novel about Aisha, the child bride of the prophet Muhammad.

The Prince of Wales issued a stark warning to the world as he delivered the Richard Dimbleby lecture, saying: "If we fail the Earth, we fail humanity." In the major speech, Charles set out his vision for tackling the pressing problems of the "environmental crisis" and the added concern of an economic system with "enormous shortcomings". A new ...

Click to enlarge 1 of 1 Pages of the Codex Sinaiticus, the world's oldest surviving Christian bible, are pictured on a laptop in Westminster Cathedral in London, England on July 6, 2009.

A teenage girl who acted as a "honey trap" to lure a smitten 16-year-old to his death at the hands of a love rival is facing a life sentence.

Published by Jon Land for 24dash.com in Communities , Health Wednesday 8th July 2009 - 11:07am Patients evacuated as fire breaks out at south London hospital Patients were evacuated from a south London hospital after a fire broke out this morning.

Sharon Stone attends The Orange British Academy Film Awards held at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on February 8, 2009 in London, England.

A soggy Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe arrive at the 'Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince' world premiere in London, July 7, 2009 Getty Images Daniel Radcliffe arrives as the rain pours down at the world premiere of 'Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince' at Empire Leicester Square in London, July 7, 2009 Getty Images Emma ...

A TEENAGE Harry Potter star was today charged with growing cannabis plants, Scotland Yard said.