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Vissel Kobe came from behind twice to win 3-2 at Kashima Antlers and move top of the J.League. The Antlers led the standings two weeks ago but had only themselves to blame after suffering a second successive defeat.

A Canadian man who was believed to have been in a vegetative state for more than a decade, has been able to tell scientists that he is not in any pain. It's the first time an uncommunicative, severely brain-injured patient has been able to give answers clinically relevant to their care.

Keb Darge, is a Scottish DJ who plays mainly US soul and rockabilly music. He helped to pioneer the Northern Soul movement and brought it to London in the 1980s.

Music lovers and vinyl enthusiasts are gathering for the UK's seventh annual Record Store Day on Saturday. Despite many predictions of the demise of vinyl, it has never looked like disappearing. But who's still buying?

HMRC says further consultation on the plans will take place Taxpayers' personal data could be shared with private firms under plans drawn up by Revenue & Customs (HMRC). If given the go-ahead it would allow HMRC to release anonymous tax data to third parties including companies, researchers and public bodies.

Two motorcyclists have died in separate collisions with tractors in Londonderry and Fermanagh. A 28-year-old man died after his motorcycle was in collision with a tractor on the Baranailt Road, Limavady, about 12:20 BST on Saturday.

The search area for the missing MH370 plane has narrowed and will be at "a critical juncture" in the next two days, says Malaysia's acting transport minister. Hishammuddin Hussein said an underwater drone would finish searching the area within the next week.

"Brutalism is not a term to endear buildings to the public, and the label has made this form of architecture an easy target for dismissive ridicule" , writes Henrietta Billings from the Twentieth Century Society. "It's origin is contested but it may derive from the French term 'betón brut' meaning 'raw concrete'.

Greyfriars was named in the top three worst architectural eyesores in Britain by Channel 4 programme Demolition. Mary Markham, 57, who ran the office canteen, remembers plumbing issues: "All the waste was coming up through the drains and the only way to get rid of it was to have rods and push it out of the other end.

Northampton Greyfriars: Demise of the Brutalist 'mouth of hell' Greyfriars was described by commentators at its opening as a "feat of engineering" As a form of design, Brutalism has divided opinion for decades.

The recovery operation following South Korea's ferry disaster on Wednesday may take up to two months, officials say. Divers are battling strong currents in poor visibility to reach 269 missing passengers - 33 are confirmed dead. Some 174 passengers have been rescued.

Nigeria's military has admitted that most of the teenage girls abducted by suspected Islamist militants have not been freed as it earlier stated. There has been confusion about the number of girls missing after they were kidnapped from a boarding school in the north-east on Monday night. According to education authorities in Borno state, 85 girls are still missing and 44 in total have managed to escape.

The captain of a South Korean ferry that sank this week said he delayed giving evacuation orders because he feared passengers would "drift away". Lee Joon-seok, 69, was arrested with two crew members on Friday.

Hamid Aboutalebi is a senior political adviser to President Hassan Rouhani, and says he was only a translator for the hostage-takers, not a core member of the activist group President Barack Obama has signed into law a measure that would bar entry to any UN ambassador whom the US says has engaged in "terrorist activity". The law came as a response to Iran's pick of a UN envoy linked to the student militants who overran the US embassy in Tehran in 1979. The US has already denied Hamid Aboutalebi a visa, and Mr Obama said he would treat the new law as "advisory". Iran has lodged a formal complaint with the UN over the rejection. The bill that Mr Obama signed into law on Friday passed both houses of Congress handily following uproar over Mr Aboutalebi's links to the students who seized the US embassy in Tehran in 1979 and held the American diplomats hostage. Mr Aboutalebi has said that he acted merely as a translator on a couple of occasions for the hosta...

The captain of a South Korean ferry that sank this week said he delayed giving evacuation orders because he feared passengers would "drift away". Lee Joon-seok, 69, was arrested with two crew members on Friday.

If you are thinking of buying a used Japanese car from one of Japan’s many used cars auction sites, there are a few things you should think about. While buying from an auto auction can get you a great Japanese cheap car, because the vehicle will be second-hand there are some common sense rules to follow.

1) Most advertise very beautiful cars at amazingly low prices. 2) It is not possible to contact the dealer once you send money to them. 3) Alternatively, weeks, even months go by without ever receiving the vehicle from them. Instead they keep giving you excuse after excuse for failure to deliver. 4) If the customer ever gets a vehicle, it is always much lower in value from what they paid for.

Many People may recently have been shocked by media reports alleging increasing cases of importers who are falling victim to online fraudulent transactions involving used motor vehicle imports from Japan. However, a careful look at online motor vehicle trade shows that with the advent of the internet it was only a matter of time before the worldwide web became a booming marketplace for all manner of commodities including cars.

This Embassy has recently been inundated by requests from many Kenyans seeking assistance to recover monies allegedly paid to unscrupulous Japanese Companies for the purchase of second hand Motor vehicles. In trying to assist the unfortunate victims, the Mission has uncovered the following: *. While Japanese car dealers generally used to be known as trust worthy and reliable this may no longer be true. Unfortunately, the used car export business in Japan has been invaded by some criminals. *. The global economic difficulties and cut- throat competition in the industry have translated into low profitability and an increase in illegal exports. These include the sale of stolen vehicles, illegally rebuilt units or even re-modeled vehicles. The tendency thrives on the known reputation for excellent quality and reasonable prices associated with Japanese used motor vehicles. *. Kenya is clearly amongst the targeted and lucrative markets for unscrupulous internet- based motor vehicle fraudst...

A powerful uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been removed from his post, South Korean media reports say. Citing South Korea's intelligence agency, they say Chang Song-thaek, 67, lost his position as vice-chairman of the North's top military body.