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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Drought, floods and a lack of fresh water may cause significant global instability and conflict in the coming decades, as developing countries scramble to meet demand from exploding populations while dealing with the effects of climate change, U.S. intelligence agencies said in a report released Thursday....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The top commander in Afghanistan says the United States will still need "significant combat power" in the country in 2013 despite the call for reducing the force....

Five Metropolitan Police officers are injured in an attack by a dog as they try to make an arrest in east London.

Attempts to shorten school summer holidays and change terms in England could lead to more regional strike action by teachers.

SOPA appears to be dead. But the battle over Internet piracy is not.

Bolton manager Owen Coyle describes Fabrice Muamba's improving condition as "remarkable".

The road back to the top of world golf is proving to be a long and arduous one for former world No. 1 Tiger Woods.

PARIS (AP) -- An Islamic extremist who boasted of killing seven people to strike back at France died after being shot in the head by police as he jumped out of his apartment after a fierce gunfight with police, authorities said....

Stella McCartney has spoken about designing the Team GB kit for the 2012 Games, which is dark indigo blue, inspired by the union flag and paired with vivid red shoes.

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

MIAMI (AP) -- Florida is among 21 states with a "Stand Your Ground Law," which gives people wide latitude to use deadly force rather than retreat during a fight. The self-defense law helps explain why a neighborhood watch captain has not been arrested in the shooting death of an unarmed teenager....

Hayley Okine is 14-years-old, but a rare genetic condition called progeria means she ages eight times faster than the average person. In medical terms, her body is that of a 100-year-old woman. But Hayley, faces her condition with immense courage and, along with her mum, has documented her unusual life. She spoke to BBC Breakfast.

Labour has demanded the government hold a leak inquiry, after various media outlets accurately reported several of the chancellor's plans before the Budget was officially delivered to Parliament.

Christopher Wolf: When anyone can publish anything and it can be seen by millions, it's our responsibility to keep it from hurting others.

PARIS (AP) -- French presidential front-runner Francois Hollande says that if he's elected, he would immediately ask other European leaders to renegotiate the fiscal treaty aimed at reducing debts to include measures to encourage growth....

In a nod to sci-fi film Minority Report, Google wins patent for personalised ads based on environmental conditions.

England successfully chase 359 to beat the Sri Lankan Development XI but Ravi Bopara is "unlikely" to bowl in the Test series.

Deadly 60 presenter Steve Backshall says he was taken by surprise when he witnessed a quick change in behaviour from a group of Komodo Dragons.

Restrictions on hundreds of Welsh and Cumbrian sheep farms dating back to the Chernobyl nuclear disaster are lifted - 26 years on.

A coach-load of day trippers takes a 117-mile tour of the M25 motorway, dubbed by frequent users as "the UK's biggest car park".