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Two men are arrested over allegations of female genital mutilation in Birmingham.

MILAN (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI will attend a concert at the La Scala opera house of Beethoven's Ninth symphony conducted by Daniel Barenboim....

Former media mogul Conrad Black has been released from prison in Miami after serving just over three years for defrauding investors.

One Egyptian soldier is reported killed and hundreds of people wounded in fresh clashes in Cairo, two days after at least 20 died in unrest there.

Tributes are paid following the death of a soldier during a live firing exercise on a military range in Pembrokeshire.

A candidate who stood in an Edinburgh seat under the name Professor Pongoo won more first preference votes than the Liberal Democrats.

KENT, Ohio (AP) -- Seven people wounded by Ohio National Guard gunfire at Kent State University 42 years ago Friday have renewed an appeal for answers to lingering questions, such as whether an order to fire was given....

Clashes between protesters and security forces have erupted in Cairo after hundreds of protesters gathered near the Ministry of Defence.

LONDON (AP) -- Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative Party took an electoral bruising Friday, suffering widespread losses in local elections as voters punished the ruling party for biting austerity measures and a stalled economy....

Junior Seau's family will let researchers study the former NFL linebacker's brain for evidence of trauma, San Diego Chargers chaplain Shawn Mitchell said Friday.

NEW YORK (AP) — In World War II's final moments in Europe, Associated Press correspondent Edward Kennedy gave his news agency perhaps the biggest scoop in its history. He reported, a full day ahead of the competition, that the Germans had surrendered unconditionally at a former schoolhouse in Reims, France.

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Pianist Dame Mitsuko Uchida is to receive the Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) Gold Medal, one of the highest honours in classical music.

As the saying goes about political parties and their candidates: Democrats fall in love and Republicans fall in line, notes Gloria Borger

CAIRO (AP) -- The chairman of Egypt's presidential election commission says the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate and Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister will context next month's runoff vote....

MIAMI (AP) — Former media mogul Conrad Black was released from a federal prison in Miami early Friday after serving about three years for defrauding investors.

Bureau of Prisons spokesman Chris Burke did not give an exact time on when Black was released and said he didn't have any other ...

MIAMI (AP) -- Former media mogul Conrad Black was released from a federal prison in Miami early Friday and faced deportation after serving about three years for defrauding investors....

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- The "like" button on Facebook seems like a relatively clear way to express your support for something, but a federal judge says that doesn't mean clicking it is constitutionally protected speech....

Even by Bubba Watson's unpredictable standards, his decision to pull out of this month's Players Championship to spend more time with his family is an unusual one.

ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Maryland (AP) -- Five men accused of orchestrating the Sept. 11 attacks, including the self-proclaimed mastermind, are headed back to a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay on Saturday, more than three years after President Barack Obama put the case on hold in a failed effort to move the proceedings to a civilian court and close the prison at the U.S. base in Cuba....

Philip Glass on why it is OK to fall asleep in his Einstein opera