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Troops loyal to Bosco Ntaganda, wanted by the International Criminal Court, take control of two towns near Goma in eastern DR Congo after fierce fighting.

The wife of a former campaign aide for John Edwards takes the stand Monday in a federal court in North Carolina where she is expected to detail her role in helping conceal the one-time Democratic presidential hopeful's affair with a videographer.

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said there is no question that the United States is safer with Osama bin Laden, the architect of al Qaeda, dead, though he said there is no way to completely destroy the network.

Mark Jurkowitz, Rachel Sklar, David Frum and Howard Kurtz dissect the results of a study on candidate coverage.

An Australian mining magnate has commissioned a Chinese shipyard to build a replica of the ill-starred Titanic; complete in every detail but equipped with modern technology to prevent a repeat of the original's fateful maiden voyage 100 years ago.

Four men arrested in Luton, Bedfordshire, last week are charged with a number of terrorism offences.

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MI6 officer Gareth Williams possibly died from poisoning or asphyxiation, a Home Office pathologist tells an inquest into the death.

A witness in the trial of Moray man Nat Fraser who is accused of murdering his wife 14 years ago admits lying to police.

A 39 year old county Londonderry man, Stephen Cahoon, has been found guilty of the murder of a woman pregnant with his child.

A scientist who advises on the control of bovine TB resigns over the Welsh government's reversal of a planned badger cull.

Is Occupy becoming an art movement?

Three days after Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng escaped from house arrest, the US refuses to comment on claims he is at its Beijing embassy.

Australia lists the koala as a threatened species in parts of the country due to its dwindling population, officials say.

A Welsh health board becomes the first NHS body to be fined for a data protection breach after it released sensitive data about a patient to the wrong person.

David Toole, who was born without legs, has been dancing professionally for 20 years and is set to perform as part of the London 2012 Festival.

Survivors of Libyan prison massacre confront suspect

Changes to fishing quotas will in future be emailed or texted to fishing crews, prompting concerns from fishermen in Cornwall.

A Chinese musician famous for playing a two-stringed fiddle, a 1994 Hollywood drama about two prison inmates, a United Airlines flight bound for Washington and CNN -- what do they have in common?

More than a hundred flood alerts remain in place across the country today including the south-west of England.