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Lord Heseltine makes his first contribution in the House of Lords since becoming a peer 2001, explaining a new advisory role he has been given.

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A 12-year-old boy who smashed a florist's window becomes one of the youngest to be sentenced over last summer's riots in London.

NEW YORK (AP) -- The parents of a black teenager shot to death by a Hispanic neighborhood watch captain in Florida told demonstrators in New York they will keep fighting to get justice for their son....

Al-Qaeda's North African affiliate reportedly demands in a video that Germany free a woman jailed on terror charges in return for a German hostage.

DUBLIN (AP) -- Throughout the deepening debt crisis, European Union leaders sought to portray Greece as a unique case in special need of aid. They were proved wrong when Ireland and Portugal required bailouts in 2011....

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- Soldiers looted the presidential palace Thursday hours after saying they were taking control of one of the few established democracies in this corner of Africa. There were conflicting reports on President Amadou Toumani Toure's whereabouts....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Families canceling vacations. Fishermen watching their profits burn up along with their boats' gasoline. Drivers buying only a few gallons of gas at a time because they can't afford to fill the tank....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- On his home turf, President Barack Obama will find his leverage tested at two summits beginning Friday....

CUSHING, Okla. (AP) -- President Barack Obama is defending his administration's handling of the contentious Keystone XL pipeline, saying Congress made it impossible for him to make an informed decision....

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Private security firms are storing their guns aboard floating armories in international waters so ships that want armed anti-piracy guards for East Africa's pirate-infested waters can cut costs and circumvent laws limiting the import and export of weapons, industry officials say....

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Private security firms are storing their guns aboard floating armories in international waters so ships that want armed anti-piracy guards for East Africa's pirate-infested waters can cut costs and circumvent laws limiting the import and export of weapons, industry officials say....

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- Five teenagers in school uniforms hold accordions. On the wall is a giant painting of the secret mountain hideout of their nation's founder, Kim Il Sung. Small red stickers on their instruments mark them as gifts from Kim Jong Il....

Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand has had a dig at Manchester City fans by suggesting they have only become more visible now the club is tasting success.

The parents of a teenager shot and killed in a Florida suburb address a rally in New York to call for justice, as the local police chief is censured.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Legislation that weakens some federal controls to help startup companies raise capital and help small-scale investors put money into promising new ventures is set to pass the Senate Thursday....

ATLANTA (AP) — Nearly half of first marriages break up within 20 years, a new government study has found. With those odds, one might wonder: Would we be better off living together first?

The new research, part of a marriage survey of 22,000 men and women, suggests times have changed ...

NEW DELHI (AP) -- India's scandal-plagued government lost hundreds of billions of dollars by selling coalfields to companies without competitive bidding, according to a leaked audit report that the auditor itself called misleading....

Renegade troops in Mali loot the presidential palace in the capital as the leaders of the coup call for calm and say all borders are closed.

SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Al-Qaida's Yemen branch said Thursday that it killed an American teacher because he was trying to spread Christianity in the mainly Muslim Arab nation....