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Sweden's Defence Minister Sten Tolgfors resigns after facing criticism for a secret plan to help Saudi Arabia build weapons.

Although we all know that death is inevitable, we are still seldom fully prepared for the death of someone who has been important in our lives. So it was with the recent death of Dr. Marie D. Gadsden, at the age of 92.

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- The main producer of "pink slime" and the politicians defending the company will have a hard time persuading consumers and grocery stores to accept the product, even if the processed beef trimmings are as safe as the industry insists....

Will Ferrell is to make a follow-up to 2004 comic film Anchorman, the star has confirmed on US television.

Panorama obtains previous unseen footage of a honeymoon couple in South Africa just hours before the wife, Anni Dewani, was murdered.

EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) -- Environmental groups warned Thursday they fear an oil spill could be triggered at a North Sea offshore platform that has been leaking highly pressurized gas since the weekend....

Two power firms shelve joint £8bn plans to build a new generation nuclear power station on Anglesey, casting doubt on thousands of jobs.

Police are investigating a fire at a house in Antrim, which led to a number of people being moved out of their homes.

Stuart Lancaster is named permanent England head coach on a contract until January 2016.

The large-scale theft of timber from National Trust woodland in Gloucestershire may be due to high gas prices, say countryside rangers.

There is no need for people to "change their behaviour very significantly" when it comes to buying petrol, Energy Secretary Ed Davey has said.

Community groups documented in run-up to Olympics

With a half-billion-dollar multistate lottery jackpot up for grabs, plenty of folks are fantasizing about how to spend the money. But doing it the right way - protecting your riches, your identity and your sanity - takes some thought and planning....

Pioneering banjo player Earl Scruggs, who helped create modern country music, dies aged 88.

Lives are being put at risk by gorse fires in Northern Ireland, a Sinn Fein councillor warns.

HAVANA (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI demanded more freedom for the Catholic Church in communist-run Cuba and preached against "fanaticism" in an unusually political sermon Wednesday before hundreds of thousands at Revolution Plaza, with President Raul Castro in the front row....

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- An inquest has ruled there was no foul play in the fiery death of a top power broker in President Robert Mugabe's party, state media reported Thursday, quoting the attorney general as saying the case shrouded in suspicion is now closed....

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Newly elected Israeli opposition leader Shaul Mofaz says he will shrink Israel's economic inequality....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- At first, the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager at the hands of a white neighborhood watch volunteer was playing out like many previous tragedies that cut short the lives of young black men....