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Two elections, two interim prime ministers and 221 days since Greece last had an elected government, center-right New Democracy party will try to hammer out a coalition.

BBC Radio 4 news reader Susan Rae offered politicians a helping hand pronouncing the names of international leaders.

A declaration granting Egypt's army broad powers is widely condemned, but military rulers insist they will hand power to an elected president.

Dave King says Rangers need investment from funders on a non-commercial basis for the next three years.

TAFTANAZ, Syria (AP) -- The main street of this once-bustling Syrian farm town now stands eerily quiet, its shops charred black from arson, its shoppers replaced by cats roaming the rubble of homes destroyed by tank fire....

The jury in the trial of a woman accused of murdering her seven-year-old son has been discharged after failing to reach a verdict.

Matching the description of a bank robber just given by the tellers, wrapped and loose cash sticking out of pockets, and GPS transmitter located in the money locating him was reasonable suspicion. United States v. Johnson, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 83417 (D. Minn. May 23, 2012).* [Come on. If that's not, what is? In fact, this looks like probable cause to me.]

Defense counsel was not ineffective for conceding defendant had no standing in the house of another that he was briefly at before the search. There was nothing that supported his standing as a guest. State v. Brown, 2012 Ohio 2672, 2012 Ohio App. LEXIS 2355 (5th Dist. June 13, 2012).*

The warrant in a child pornography case sought “Written documents in communications with [E14] or describing the relationship with [E14], Computers and any other electronic devices used in the transmission of communication and solicitation of [E14], any electronic storage devices that may be used to store communications, ....” Seizure of a computer, camera, CDs, DVDs, and storage media were permitted, but male enhancement lotion was not. United States v. Young, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 83198 (D. Neb. June 15, 2012).*

ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greek election victor Antonis Samaras says he will continue efforts to build a broad coalition government, despite a refusal from the second-placed Syriza radical left party to join in....

The leader of Greece's election-winning party begins talks to form a national coalition, as markets falter and European bank stocks plummet.

CAPISTRANO BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- Federal regulators say design flaws appear to be the cause of excessive wear in tubing that carries radioactive water through California's troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant....

Why the 1812 conflict between America and Britain still matters

24 hours of news photos: 18 June 2012

Rwanda's controversial community "gacaca" courts finish their work, after 10 years of trying those accused of involvement in the 1994 genocide.

CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has decreed an interim constitutional declaration following the dissolution of parliament by a court ruling. The document, published in the official gazette late Sunday, defines the authorities of the nation's next president and the authorities of the ruling military....

A dementia sufferer received the best possible care despite being looked after by nearly 90 different care workers over a 12-month period, an investigation finds.

Two firefighters died after a "massive escalation" in a tower block blaze in Southampton with temperatures reaching hundreds of degrees, an inquest hears.

Tesco is to exit Japan in a two-stage process that will first see it sell a half-stake in its Japanese business to the country's Aeon group.

Fingerprint evidence as a result of an illegal seizure in an illegal re-entry case would not be suppressed. United States v. Lopez, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 83426 (W.D. Tex. June 15, 2012):

No such bright line exists in published case law explicitly preventing the suppression of fingerprint evidence gathered as part of an illegal seizure and arrest in the illegal re-entry context. However, in Roque-Villanueva, the Fifth Circuit held that, "[e]ven if the [d]efendant was illegally stopped, neither his identity nor his INS file [is] suppressible." 175 F.3d 345, 346 (5th Cir. 1999) (emphasis added); Scroggins, 599 F.3d at 450 (quoting the holding in Roque-Villanueva). In a number of unpublished Fifth Circuit opinions, panels have acknowledged that "identity" includes fingerprint evidence by, for example, concluding that "even if there was a Fourth Amendment violation, this [circuit] has held that evidence of identity, such as one's fingerprints and A-file, is not suppressible." United States v. Cervantes-Malagon, 2012 WL 13769, at *1 (5th Cir. Jan. 4, 2012) ...

The Court is persuaded by the reasoning in the foregoing authorities that, in the context of an illegal re-entry prosecution, even fingerprint evidence gathered following a Fourth Amendment violation is not subject to suppression when that evidence is used merely to establish a defendant's identity. ...

Nicholas Benton gave up a dream of running for the White House when he came out, but it's possible to imagine a gay president one day

Water sports are banned at a lake in Powys after a toxic blue-green algae is identified.