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A 57-year-old former officer has been arrested by police investigating corrupt payments in relation to the phone-hacking scandal, the Met Police says.

The owner of a Tunisian TV station is fined for showing a controversial and award-winning animated film, Persepolis.

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp is to join the BBC Sport team as a pundit during Euro 2012.

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- A lawyer says a Tunisian court has fined the head of a private TV station for allegedly disrupting public order by airing an animated film that some religious groups claim violates Islamic principles....

Kenya's Prime Minister Raila Odinga warns that the emergence of ethnically-based political groups could spell doom ahead of elections due next year.

NEW YORK (AP) -- The mystery began with a heart attack, a man with a past, and a bag of money that federal authorities now want to keep....

Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso says the team's redesigned car needs to produce results straight away if he is to challenge for the F1 title.

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The gritty western Pennsylvania city whose rich minor league hockey history helped inspire the cult movie hit "Slap Shot" is getting another chance to support a hockey team....

A 31-year-old man appears in court charged with murdering a Cardiff pensioner with learning difficulties.

The Crimestoppers charity offers a reward of up to £10,000 for information about the murder of Coleraine pensioner Bertie Acheson.

MADRID (AP) -- Spain's ability to manage its debt without an international bailout was thrown into doubt Monday after investors pushed its borrowing rates up to the level at which Greece, Portugal and Ireland had sought help....

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Spain, which some fear will be the next eurozone country to need help, successfully sells 2.52bn euros of bonds but at higher interest rates.

Two British men who have been blind for many years have been able to perceive light and some shapes after surgery to fit an innovative retina implant.

Syrian forces raided a university Thursday, the opposition said, the latest sign of continuing attacks despite a truce implemented three weeks ago and the presence of United Nations monitors in the country.

The parents of Madeleine McCann say they "just need to find" their daughter, five years after she went missing.

Two farms have been quarantined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as the agency continues to investigate last month's discovery of mad cow disease at a California dairy farm.

Growth in the UK's dominant service sector slowed in April compared with the previous month, a closely-watched survey suggests.

PARIS (AP) -- France's borrowing costs fell in a bond auction that sold (EURO)7.4 billion ($9.7 billion) in long-term debt....

Irish priest Father Brian D'Arcy believes Cardinal Sean Brady was willing to offer his resignation two years ago but the Vatican refused.