The funeral of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi is due to take place in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, later.

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Talk about affairs of state. Foreign Service members who cheat on their spouses could wind up in hot water with their employer — even if their liaisons take place off the government clock and between consenting adults. Read full article > >

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A State Department down on liaisons

A major exercise testing security and emergency services in the event of a terror attack during the Olympic and Paralympic Games is to take place later.

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Three different stage versions of the American classic novel The Great Gatsby are set to take place later this year, it is announced.

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Three Gatsby stage plays planned

The funeral of murdered teenager Liam Aitchison is expected to take place after it was delayed for two days due to a storm.

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Storm-delayed funeral to be held

The first ICC Test Championship, expected to take place in England in 2013, will not now be played before 2017.

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First Test Championship delayed

Pop and music acts, including Lady Gaga and Coldplay, will be performing in Belfast later as the MTV Europe Music Awards take place in the city.

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Gaga set to dominate MTV awards

An international celebration of Charles Dickens’s life and work will take place next year to mark the 200th anniversary of the British author’s birth.

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Global Dickens festival planned

The funeral of a Briton killed in a shark attack off the Seychelles is due to take place at the same Lancashire church where he was married less than a month earlier.

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Funeral for shark attack victim

The funeral of a man shot dead with his friend while on holiday in Florida is to take place in his home town of Northampton later.

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Funeral for man shot in Florida

The funeral of Hibernian legend and former Aberdeen and Queen’s Park manager Eddie Turnbull is set to take place later on Monday.

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Funeral for Hibs legend Turnbull

The funeral will take place later of Ronan Kerr, the 25-year-old police officer who was murdered in Omagh on Saturday.

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Murdered NI officer being buried

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court has refused to allow gay marriages to take place in California while it considers the constitutionality of the state’s ban.

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Appeals court won’t allow gay marriages in Calif. while appeal of Prop. 8 ban proceeds

Robert Redford launches Sundance London, a four-day film arts festival which will take place at the O2 in April.

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Redford brings Sundance to London

Want to be friends with a deceased pope? Continuing efforts to become more involved in social media, officials say the Vatican is launching a Facebook page next week to promote Pope John Paul II’s beatification, which will take place on May 1st. The…

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Pope John Paul II to Join Facebook