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MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) -- An investigation into dozens of possibly induced deaths at two Uruguayan hospitals led to murder charges being filed against two nurses Sunday and a third was charged with covering up a crime, judicial officials said....

Schemes to get jobless young people into work are being harmed by excessive bureaucracy and Whitehall control, local government leaders say.

NEW YORK (AP) -- It was a decade when tens of millions of people in the U.S. experienced mass unemployment and social upheaval as the nation clawed its way out of the Great Depression and rumblings of global war were heard from abroad....

DETROIT (AP) -- For nearly two decades, Carol Bart's untested rape kit collected dust in a police evidence room. Her attacker, who kidnapped her from outside her Dallas apartment and repeatedly raped her at knifepoint, had spent time in prison by coincidence, but not for sexually assaulting Bart....

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Banners purportedly signed by one of Mexico's drug cartels and hung in Guanajuato promise there will be no violence during next weekend's visit to the state by Pope Benedict XVI, an official said Sunday....

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Banners purportedly signed by one of Mexico's drug cartels and hung in Guanajuato promise there will be no violence during next weekend's visit to the state by Pope Benedict XVI, an official said Sunday....

A new group made up of academics and cultural specialists is launched to promote Scottish studies in schools.

A period of mourning has been declared in the South Pacific nation of Tonga following the death of King George Tupou V.

The latest survey into Scotland's jobs market suggests the fastest rise in permanent appointments since October.

AL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) -- Armed tribesmen freed two Brazilian women and an Egyptian police officer who was with them late Sunday, hours after abducting them in the Sinai desert, a security official said....

AL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) -- Armed tribesmen freed two Brazilian women and an Egyptian police officer who was with them late Sunday, hours after abducting them in the Sinai desert, a security official said....

Some of Britain's best-loved comic books characters are to grace a new set of stamps to be issued by Royal Mail.

Three men arrested after the death of a man from stab wounds in Berkshire are further arrested over other incidents on the same night.

Thousands of historic listed buildings in England are being damaged by crime every year, English Heritage fears.

The street-by-street route of the London 2012 Olympic torch relay through Northern Ireland is revealed.

The drought in parts of England could have a serious impact on wildlife, the Environment Agency warns.

Channel 4 beats the BBC to a four-year deal to broadcast the Grand National, Derby and Royal Ascot from 2013.

Marriage education improves relationships and lowers levels of marital distress, but doesn't deter divorce, at least in the short-term, says a new federally funded study.

The findings offer new evidence that teaching relationship skills to low-income married couples with children - especially when they are backed up by a competent ...