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Vatican issues guidance questioning modern 'gender identity' (Pgs: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 06-07-2019 06 Jul 2019 0:51 Replies: 176
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Stanley Metcalf death: Jail for great-grandfather over airgun killing 04-07-2019 04 Jul 2019 1:34 Replies: 3
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Alabama completely loses the plot in pro-life travesty. (Pgs: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 04-07-2019 03 Jul 2019 23:54 Replies: 100
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Sir Donald acquitted in Hong Kong 03-07-2019 02 Jul 2019 23:09 Replies: 13
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Criticism of Israel is not anti-semitic? (Pgs: 1 2 3) 02-07-2019 02 Jul 2019 0:06 Replies: 45
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Hong Kong Protests (Pgs: 1 2) 01-07-2019 01 Jul 2019 17:39 Replies: 24
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Iranian girl gets highest possible Mensa IQ score (Pgs: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 01-07-2019 01 Jul 2019 14:43 Replies: 111
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Trumps Palestinian 'greatest peace deal ever' pronounced dead on arrival by Palestine (Pgs: 1 2) 01-07-2019 01 Jul 2019 13:47 Replies: 22
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German Church helps NGO after refugee rescuer arrested by Italy 01-07-2019 01 Jul 2019 10:04 Replies: 8
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Was Kate Hopkins racist in her tweet about about the crime in London (Pgs: 1 2 3 4) 30-06-2019 30 Jun 2019 1:38 Replies: 72
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Iran-US Crisis 29-06-2019 29 Jun 2019 22:56 Replies: 1
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Asian Democrat presidential candidate claims his mic was cut during debate 29-06-2019 29 Jun 2019 22:50 Replies: 10
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Rana Javed's final testimony to his family and Pakistan 29-06-2019 29 Jun 2019 17:11 Replies: 4
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Project veritas banned from Vimeo for "hate" for exposing Google 29-06-2019 29 Jun 2019 4:15 Replies: 1
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Westerners 'fuelling Philippine child sex video rise' 29-06-2019 29 Jun 2019 1:53 Replies: 1
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New Zealand government website erases Israel from map, replaces it with Palestine (Pgs: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 28-06-2019 28 Jun 2019 15:33 Replies: 137
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Student Arrested by Armed Police At the University of Exeter (Pgs: 1 2 3) 28-06-2019 28 Jun 2019 11:38 Replies: 50
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2/3 of Tory party members believe certain areas of the UK operate under Sharia Law (Pgs: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 28-06-2019 27 Jun 2019 23:11 Replies: 118
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Have your say: Two arrested over A-level Maths leak 27-06-2019 27 Jun 2019 20:20 Replies: 10
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Internet's biggest pro trump community banned for advocating murder of cops (Pgs: 1 2 3) 27-06-2019 27 Jun 2019 14:14 Replies: 48
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Should we ban e-cigarettes? 27-06-2019 27 Jun 2019 13:16 Replies: 5
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Tunisia Terrorists 27-06-2019 27 Jun 2019 12:54 Replies: 2
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UK to introduce porn age-checks in July (Pgs: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 27-06-2019 27 Jun 2019 12:35 Replies: 205
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Malaysia bans Israel from competing in Paralympics. Accused of Antisemitism (Pgs: 1 2 3 4) 26-06-2019 26 Jun 2019 22:07 Replies: 69
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Malaysian clinic shut down because of paranormal activity (Pgs: 1 2 3) 26-06-2019 26 Jun 2019 10:00 Replies: 41
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£100 fine for... (Pgs: 1 2) 26-06-2019 26 Jun 2019 7:56 Replies: 25
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BREAKING: New potentially habitable exoplanet found only 12 light years away (Pgs: 1 2 3 4 5) 25-06-2019 25 Jun 2019 22:37 Replies: 86
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Man who threw milkshake at far-right leader ordered to pay suit-cleaning bill (Pgs: 1 2 3) 25-06-2019 25 Jun 2019 21:12 Replies: 47
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Poll: Do you like London? (Pgs: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 25-06-2019 25 Jun 2019 16:34 Replies: 133
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TV licences: Up to 3.7 million over-75s to pay licence fee (Pgs: 1 2 3) 25-06-2019 25 Jun 2019 2:06 Replies: 57
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Unmarried couples whipped for breaking Sharia Law in Indonesia (Pgs: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 25-06-2019 25 Jun 2019 2:03 Replies: 307
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Walker dies after being struck by lightning in Highlands 25-06-2019 25 Jun 2019 2:01 Replies: 4
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Justin Bieber challenges Tom Cruise to a fight. 25-06-2019 25 Jun 2019 1:59 Replies: 9
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BBC defends Jo Brand over 'battery acid' joke (Pgs: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 25-06-2019 25 Jun 2019 1:43 Replies: 114
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Student used 'USB killer' to destroy $58k worth of colleges computers 25-06-2019 25 Jun 2019 1:36 Replies: 5
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Michel Platini detained 25-06-2019 25 Jun 2019 1:34 Replies: 6
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NHS doctors and Judge forcing a woman into having an abortion... 24-06-2019 24 Jun 2019 22:34 Replies: 17
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Erdogan loses Istanbul in historic re-run of mayoral race 24-06-2019 24 Jun 2019 11:14 Replies: 2
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Police called to Boris Johnsons home (Pgs: 1 2) 23-06-2019 23 Jun 2019 14:27 Replies: 32
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UN: Saudi Arabia responsible for “premeditated execution” of Khashoggi 23-06-2019 23 Jun 2019 5:27 Replies: 3
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War veteran visited by police after Twitter joke about Brexit (Pgs: 1 2 3 4) 22-06-2019 22 Jun 2019 10:38 Replies: 64
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GOP strategist uses broken elevator in Vienna hotel to argue against evil socialism 22-06-2019 22 Jun 2019 8:33 Replies: 2
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Gargantuan explosion hits Philly oil refinery 22-06-2019 22 Jun 2019 6:07 Replies: 1
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Sanders: Warren Is surging in the polls 'because she’s a woman" 22-06-2019 22 Jun 2019 1:50 Replies: 10
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Idlib’s humanitarian disaster (Pgs: 1 2 3) 22-06-2019 21 Jun 2019 23:47 Replies: 44
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Is Yasmin Alibhai-Brown the stupidest woman in Britain? 21-06-2019 21 Jun 2019 14:59 Replies: 1
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Breaking News: Oil Tankers Attacked in the Gulf of Oman (Pgs: 1 2 3 4 5) 20-06-2019 20 Jun 2019 15:02 Replies: 96
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Alaskan teen murders "best friend" after catfisher 'offers her $9mn' 20-06-2019 20 Jun 2019 7:52 Replies: 4
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Police arrest injured protesters at hospitals while they are being treated 19-06-2019 19 Jun 2019 0:50 Replies: 2
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Iran to 'breach' enriched uranium limit within 20 days (Pgs: 1 2) 18-06-2019 18 Jun 2019 3:06 Replies: 32
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Pakistani Minister accidently uses cat filter in live stream 18-06-2019 17 Jun 2019 23:22 Replies: 0
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Jeremy Corbyn launches Islamophobia Awareness Month 17-06-2019 17 Jun 2019 19:20 Replies: 4
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Islamophobia awareness month in the UK (Pgs: 1 2) 17-06-2019 17 Jun 2019 19:09 Replies: 22
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Oxford student spared jail! (Pgs: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 17-06-2019 17 Jun 2019 11:23 Replies: 161
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