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UN and Arab League envoy Kofi Annan tells the UN Security Council that his peace plan could be the last chance to avoid civil war in Syria.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- In the battle against obesity, just about everything is on the table, from creating healthier kids' meals to nagging people to exercise....

HSBC announces a fall in profits due in large part to revaluing debt on its books.

TOKYO (AP) -- If getting international attention is North Korea's goal, then there is nothing quite like detonating a nuclear device to make your adversaries sit up and take notice. But experts say North Korea probably has a long way to go before it will be able to actually deploy a nuclear weapon....

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- Police and security guards beat two Vietnamese state radio reporters who were watching them evict farmers from their land to make way for a privately built housing development, state media reported Tuesday....

Brazil's sports minister goes to Zurich to reassure Fifa officials that venues will be ready in time for the 2014 World Cup.

A tourism body welcomes a study underlining the economic benefits of the UK's only Dark Sky Park in Galloway.

Europeans are revolting -- against their leaders and established political parties, against an austerity plan 'made in Germany', and against a future that promises declining living standards and shriveling public services.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- American efforts to talk peace with insurgents in Afghanistan mean Washington can no longer expect Pakistan to attack all the militant factions on its side of the border, some of whom Islamabad is also reaching out to, the commander of Pakistan's forces along the frontier told The Associated Press....

International envoy Kofi Annan will brief the U.N. Security Council on the Syrian crisis Tuesday, a day after U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the situation has become one of the "most serious and gravest concerns of the international community."

Some tenants in east London claim they are being asked to leave their homes at short notice because landlords want to profit from Olympic rentals.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calls on Pakistan to do more to crack down on militancy, at the close of a two-day trip to India.

BBC Sport chief F1 writer Andrew Benson and commentary legend Murray Walker look back on the career of Nelson Piquet.

Mr Punch, the squawking red-nosed prince of slapstick, has reached his 350th anniversary.

GUNTOWN, Miss. (AP) -- The search for a man accused of abducting a Tennessee woman and her three young daughters has intensified after authorities said the mother and her oldest daughter were found dead in north Mississippi, behind a house belonging to the alleged kidnapper....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Don't tell Ron Paul the Republican primary is over. He's too busy mucking up Mitt Romney's efforts to accumulate enough convention delegates to officially claim the GOP nomination for president....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Don't tell Ron Paul the Republican primary is over. He's too busy mucking up Mitt Romney's efforts to accumulate enough convention delegates to officially claim the GOP nomination for president....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Don't tell Ron Paul the Republican primary is over. He's too busy mucking up Mitt Romney's efforts to accumulate enough convention delegates to officially claim the GOP nomination for president....

BEIJING (AP) -- Al-Jazeera's sole English-language reporter in China has been expelled, the pan-Arab news network said Tuesday. It's the first time since 1998 that Beijing has kicked out an accredited foreign journalist....

BEIJING (AP) -- Al-Jazeera's sole English-language reporter in China has been expelled, the pan-Arab news network said Tuesday. It's the first time since 1998 that Beijing has kicked out an accredited foreign journalist....