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A Welsh teenager, thought to be the heaviest in Britain, has been rescued from her home in a major operation after falling ill. Georgia Davis is thought to have suffered major organ failure. Follow the full coverage at ITV Wales.

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U.S. Foreign Secretary Hilary Clinton has said that there is no basis to the imprisonment of Dr Afridi and said that his actions were not a betrayal of Pakistan. She also insisted that the U.S. will continue to press the issue with the government of Pakistan.

Ms Clinton said: "His help was instrumental in taking down one of the world's most notorious murders, that was clearly in Pakistan's interest and well as ours and the rest of the world."

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A car bomb has exploded in central Turkey, killing one police officer and the bomber, according to local media.

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The Olympic Torch will begin a six-day tour of Wales today.

The torch will be carried by Wales rugby Captain Sam Warburton and Olympic gold medal winner Lynn Davies, as well as community ambassadors.

For the very latest on the route visit ITV Wales.

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The Sun has reported that it took eight hours to rescue 63 stone teenager Georgia Davis from her house. The 40-strong team carried out the operation after the 19-year-old collapsed with breathing problems and chest pains. The operation involved:

• Demolishing the top half of her mother's semi-detached house with sledgehammers and circular saws, making a 10ft by 10ft hole.
• Tearing down and internal dividing wall, so Georgia can be removed from her back bedroom.
• Erecting a scaffold-supported 20ft-long ramp reaching the ground-floor window.

• Fitting supports to prevent the roof from collapsing and lifting the teenager on to the ramp with a crane.
• Georgia was in a special stretcher that itself weighted 11 stone, designed to reinforce her weight.

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MSNBC.com has reported that US police have announced the arrest of a New Jersey man in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz from his New York City neighbourhood, a case that drew national attention to the plight of missing children.

New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly told a conference that Pedro Hernandez had been arrested and has confessed to choking Patz to death in 1979.

Etan became the first child to appear on the side of milk cartons. Read more at MSNBC.com.

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Despite a recent run of humiliating defeats, we have won the Eurovision Song contest a total of five times:

• 1997: Katrina and The Waves sang 'Love Shine A Light' in Dublin
• 1981:Bucks Fizz sang 'Making Your Mind Up' in Dublin
• 1976: Brotherhood of Man sang 'Save Your Kisses For Me' in The Hague
• 1969: Lulu sang 'Boom Bang-a-bang' in Madrid
• 1967: Sandi Shaw sang 'Puppet On A String' in Vienna

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A former colleague of Wpc Yvonne Fletcher who was murdered more than two decades ago has told ITV's Daybreak that he was "hopeful" that her killers would be bought to justice. John Murray said he had been "pressing" for further investigation into the case for the last 28 years.

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The Sun has reported that 63 stone teenager Georgia Davis first started battling with her weight when she was just 15 years old. She was suffering from crippling aches and Type 2 diabetes weighing in at 33 stone. And medics warned her: “Lose 20 stone or die.”

After nine months at a US fat camp, Davis lost an impressive 14st 6lbs. But within 20 months of her dramatic transformation, shrinking from a size 38 to a size 22, she was back up to 40st 6lbs on a 13,000 calorie-a-day diet.

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