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BANGKOK (AP) -- A Thai man in his 60s who became known as "Uncle SMS" after he was convicted of defaming Thailand's royal family in mobile phone text messages has died while serving his 20-year prison term, his lawyer said Tuesday....

Spain has long been the destination of choice for Britons who want to make a new life in the sun, but last year emigration rose above immigration for the first time since 1990.

The Australian government is set to end four years of public spending deficits and return to a surplus this year, as it sets out its budget.

Amir Khan's rematch with Lamont Peterson on 19 May is called off after the American champion's failed drugs test.

JERUSALEM (AP) -- In a stunning reversal, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called off early elections Tuesday after reaching an agreement to bring the main opposition party into the government, a move that puts a more moderate face on his hawkish coalition....

There has been a slight increase in housing transactions in Northern Ireland but prices have continued to fall, according to a survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RCIS).

CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) -- A New Jersey roofer jumped into a vat of nitric acid solution to save a co-worker who had fallen 40 feet into the tank, fire officials said....

Papers horrified by Europe polls

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- A car bomb exploded at a crowded bazar in a northwestern Pakistani tribal region near the border with Afghanistan on Saturday, killing 15 people and wounding 35 others, a government official said....

Drug firm Abbott Laboratories agrees to pay out $1.6bn (£1bn) after improperly marketing mood-stabilising drug Depakote.

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) -- Former Bahamian Prime Minister Perry Christie led the main opposition party to victory on Monday, ousting the ruling party in elections dominated by unhappiness over rising crime and joblessness....

A graphic video played at a hearing Monday to determine whether two California police officers should stand trial in the beating death of a homeless man showed them kicking and punching the mentally ill man as he lay on the ground -- screaming in pain and begging for help.

Tenants in east London are being evicted from their homes as landlords attempt to cash in on the Olympics.

There must be no half-measures on the reform of social care in England, campaigners and council chiefs are warning.

EUCLID, Ohio (AP) -- Targeting middle-class voters, President Barack Obama on Monday unveiled a sweeping $25 million, nine-state ad campaign whose centerpiece is a commercial portraying him as the steward of an economic comeback and confronting Republican criticism that recovery has sputtered on his watch....

NEW YORK (AP) -- It's known as one of the most glamorous red carpets of the year, with movie stars, models and even a few star quarterbacks putting on their most fashion-forward outfits for the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute gala....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former presidential hopeful Rick Santorum urged his supporters to back fellow Republican Mitt Romney's campaign Monday in a late-night email that ignored that Santorum once calling Romney the "worst Republican in the country" during their bitter contest....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former presidential hopeful Rick Santorum urged his supporters to back fellow Republican Mitt Romney's campaign Monday in a late-night email that ignored that Santorum once calling Romney the "worst Republican in the country" during their bitter contest....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former presidential hopeful Rick Santorum urged his supporters to back fellow Republican Mitt Romney's campaign Monday in a late-night email that ignored that Santorum once calling Romney the "worst Republican in the country" during their bitter contest....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former presidential hopeful Rick Santorum urged his supporters to back fellow Republican Mitt Romney's campaign Monday in a late-night email that ignored that Santorum once calling Romney the "worst Republican in the country" during their bitter contest....