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The police officer seen on a video by millions of people assaulting a man at the G20 protests minutes before he died will be questioned by investigators today after coming forward last night.The territorial support group officer identified himself to his manager and the Independent Police Complaints Commission as fresh pictures suggested he had removed his shoulder number and covered his face with a balaclava before hitting Ian Tomlinson with a baton and pushing him to the ground last week.But the officer has not been arrested on suspicion of assault or suspended from duty by the Metropolitan police.He came forward along with several other police officers shown in the video obtained by the Guardian after a day of developments which saw:. The IPCC reverse its decision to allow City of london police officers to investigate the death.. A second postmortem examination ordered as the IPCC confirmed it would conduct a criminal investigation.. Several top-level crisis meetings inside Scotland

Clement Crisp is put off by works swathed in oh-so-artful darkness where he can only fully see the participants as they take their curtain calls

. Doctor says 20 people killed and 300 injured . Sri Lankan military denies attacking civiliansAt least 20 people were killed and nearly 300 injured yesterday when a hospital in the last area of Sri Lanka held by the Tamil Tigers was shelled in what one doctor described as the worst day of bloodshed since the start of the military campaign.The doctor, Thangamutha Sathiyamorthy, blamed the Sri Lankan army for firing shells that landed next to two health facilities in Putumattalan, on the northern end of the tiny strip of the Sri Lankan coastline where tens of thousands of civilians are trapped by the fighting. The military strenuously denied the allegation.Sathiyamorthy said 22 people, including an 18-month-old child and a medical worker, were killed and 283 injured in the attack, which started soon after dawn yesterday. He described how he found dead and wounded civilians on the site of the first blasts, which occurred as about 500 people queued beside a mother and baby clinic to recei

As HIV/AIDS took the lead last year as China's deadliest infectious disease, health workers are worried if the nation is doing enough to reach out to the tens of millions who are at risk of infection

London (Reuters) - Police arrested 12 men in counter-terrorism raids across northwest England on Wednesday hours after a security blunder by a top police officer.

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Scott Kazmir's strong start at Fenway Park held up this time. Kazmir pitched six innings and the bullpen preserved the lead in the Tampa Bay Rays' 7-2 victory against the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night.

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Joe Johnson scored a game-high 30 points and grabbed eight rebounds, as the playoff-bound Atlanta Hawks used a late run to secure a 113-105 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks.