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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's proposal to impose a "Buffett rule" tax on the rich is generating enormous political wattage, but the plan itself would directly affect only a tiny fraction of Americans....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's proposal to impose a "Buffett rule" tax on the rich is generating enormous political wattage, but the plan itself would directly affect only a tiny fraction of Americans....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's proposal to impose a "Buffett rule" tax on the rich is generating enormous political wattage, but the plan itself would directly affect only a tiny fraction of Americans....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's proposal to impose a "Buffett rule" tax on the rich is generating enormous political wattage, but the plan itself would directly affect only a tiny fraction of Americans....

Deadly 18-hour assault by Taliban in Kabul

Featherstone Rovers' reward for shocking Castleford Tigers in the Challenge Cup is a home tie with defending champions Wigan Warriors in the fifth round.

A witness at the trial of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says he paid women for sex and had strippers dressed as nuns at one of his parties.

David Cameron is set to raise the death in China of British businessman Neil Heywood when the prime minister meets a senior Chinese Communist Party official.

More visitors had "staycations" in Wales last year, with spending up 20%, says a survey for the tourism industry.

A British would-be suicide bomber jailed for plotting to blow up an aircraft has his sentence cut after assisting prosecutors in the US.

The owner of Grand National-winning horse Neptune Collonges says his family were divided over whether to enter the race after a previous death at the Aintree course.

Motorcycle enthusiasts gather in Varadero for Cuba's first ever Harley Davidson convention.

A murder trial hears how gunmen took just 25 seconds to shoot dead gangland figure Kevin 'Gerbil' Carroll.

A spate of tornadoes in the US Midwest leave six people dead including three children in one Oklahoma town, after warning sirens failed to sound.

A survey suggests children are being bullied on the school sports field by fellow pupils.

Facebook says it supports the new cyber-security bill that will give the US government additional ways to get web users' personal data from private firms to combat cyber-threats.

Israel has suspended a soldier who hit a pro-Palestinian activist in the face with a gun, after video was put online.

Police investigate whether a health board deliberately covered up the circumstances surrounding the deaths of patients.

A fund which invested UK aid money is being investigated for financing Nigerian firms alleged to be fronts for money laundering and fraud, BBC Newsnight learns.

24 hours of news photos: 16 April 2012