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The sufferings of Tamils trying to escape Sri Lanka

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A 474-year-old painting stolen by Nazis during World War II has been returned by US officials to the heirs of its Paris-based Italian Jewish owner.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- U.S. authorities ended a more than 70-year-old art drama Wednesday when they returned a 16th century masterpiece to the heirs of a Jewish man after they sought for years to reclaim the painting wrested away during World War II....

The songs and postcards appear to be right - a study suggests we really do like to be beside the seaside.

VISTA, Calif. (AP) -- Authorities say a body found in Southern California is a Marine's wife who disappeared five days ago....

A growing number of teenagers are signing up to become scout leaders, the annual census from the Scout Association shows.

The company building the controversial Keystone XL pipeline has submitted a proposal for a new route, a spokesman for Nebraska's environmental authority said Wednesday.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- His interrogators usually came in the morning. Peeking under a blindfold in a cold concrete cell, Yonas Fikre says he caught only glimpses of their shoes....

NEW YORK — The admitted mastermind of a foiled suicide attack on the New York City subways says he learned formulas for homemade bombs while at an al Qaeda training compound in Pakistan in 2008.

Najibullah Zazi testified for a second day Wednesday at the Brooklyn trial of Adis Medunjanin.

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The author of the nation's laws to protect human-trafficking victims said Wednesday he supports Catholic bishops in their efforts to overturn a federal judge's ruling and correct what they view as an "abuse of power" by the Obama administration.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) "has been a dedicated, ...

Mexican police seize more than 250,000 rifle bullets on a trailer being driven across the border from the US.

Three members of the US Secret Service are leaving the agency following a prostitution scandal in Colombia ahead of President Obama's visit.

The Scottish government denies Labour claims it is "causing real misery" in communities by cutting grants given to bus operators.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Dick Clark stood as an avatar of rock `n' roll virtually from its birth and, until his death Wednesday at age 82, as a cultural touchstone for boomers and their grandkids alike....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Secret Service prostitution scandal grew Monday to include a 12th member of the U.S. military as the Pentagon suspended the security clearances of all the military personnel who have been implicated. The Secret Service has also taken action against 12 of its employees....

With autism diagnoses rising more and more parents are plunged into a battle to get their child treatment, writes Louis Theroux.

Sir David Attenborough's Frozen Planet will take on panel show host Keith Lemon and Sherlock at the TV Baftas next month.

Capturing and burying the greenhouse gas CO2 from power stations is viable - but long-term government support will be needed, a report says.

In 2000 Daniel Suelo gave away all his cash and began living in caves in Utah. Mark Sundeen, author of "The Man Who Quit Money", explains what his story tells us about modern America.