As midnight approaches, the father is where he was when the day began, sitting on the edge of his son’s bed, peering into his unfocused eyes and misshapen mouth, rubbing his bare chest and scarred scalp. Checking his diaper. Making sure his boy is okay.

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One father’s unfaltering vigil

North Korea’s television has shown live pictures of the leader, Kim Jong-il at a parade with his son Kim Jong-un, who is expected to be country’s next leader.

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Show of strength for Kim Jong-un

President Obama awarded the Medal of Honor to Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller. At the White House, Miller’s father expressed “a sense of awe” at his son’s heroism.

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Green Beret who died saving comrades gets highest honor

Entomology researcher Dr Ian Bedford talks about his son’s bizarre job – feeding baby spiders by sucking flies up using a rubber tube.

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The man who feeds flies to spiders

Senegal’s President Abdoulaye Wade replaces the energy minister of energy with his son Karim, after a weeks of protests about power cuts.

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Senegal’s energy minister sacked

Sir Norman Wisdom, famous for his slapstick film roles has died at the age of 95, his son confirms.

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Comedy actor Norman Wisdom dies

A deputy Afghan provincial governor, his son and at least three other people have died in a suicide attack on their convoy, police say.

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Suicide bomb kills Afghan deputy

Charges against two people accused of trying to extort money from actor John Travolta, following the death of his son in the Bahamas, are dropped.

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Travolta extortion case dismissed

Nokia Siemens Networks said Friday it rejects a lawsuit filed in a U.S. court by a jailed Iranian journalist and his son, who have accused the European telecommunications company of providing the Iranian government the tools to spy on its own citizens.

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Jailed Iranian sues Nokia Siemens