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Socialist candidate Francois Hollande declared victory in the first round of France's presidential election, setting up a showdown with incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy.

Australia's parliamentary Speaker steps down amid claims of sexual harassment and fraud, putting Julia Gillard's fragile government under pressure.

FELSOORS, Hungary (AP) -- For young Gypsy musicians, it's a unique opportunity to get ahead in life....

PARIS (AP) -- Voting began Sunday in France in President Nicolas Sarkozy's uncertain bid for re-election, with polls showing that many French are dissatisfied with his response to concerns about the economy and jobs....

Investigators find a possible blood stain on a wall while tearing apart a basement in search of clues in the Etan Patz case, a law enforcement source says.

GENEVA (AP) -- The CEO of Swiss banking giant UBS AG has said the nation's tax disputes with the United States and some European nations are "an economic war" putting 20,000 jobs at risk....

An energy supplier apologises to a charity after sending a bill for almost £78,000 for one month's gas supply.

The beatboxer has been crowned the world's female beatbox champion three times - and she is still only 23 years old.

Syrians in the devastated city of Homs endured another day of heavy shelling Sunday, opposition activists said, a day after the U.N. Security Council voted to send up to 300 observers to monitor a shaky cease-fire.

TV chef Jamie Oliver says Education Secretary Michael Gove is endangering pupils' nutrition by not controlling what food academy schools provide.

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Australia's parliamentary speaker temporarily stepped down Sunday amid allegations of sexual harassment and fraud, touching off a political crisis that threatens Prime Minister Julia Gillard's tenuous grip on power....

A double-decker intercity train crashed head on with a local train near Sloterdijk.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran said Sunday that it had reverse-engineered an American spy drone captured by its armed forces last year and has begun building a copy....

A flurry of profit warnings at the start of the year were followed by a sharp dip, suggesting a year of unpredictability, a report says.

The Democrats' war on women meme is failing...

The Formula One Grand Prix in Bahrain will take place later despite calls by the opposition there for it to be cancelled.

Council bosses in Carmarthenshire apologise to residents for a backlog of rubbish in a dispute with refuse workers over their shifts.

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson says the possibility Wayne Rooney could be selected for the Olympics is 'ridiculous'.

Chinese and Russian naval forces will simulate search and rescue operations as they launch six days of joint exercises in the Yellow Sea.

It's lights out on Ted Nugent's scheduled concert at an Army base in Kentucky.