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A soldier from 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards serving in Afghanistan dies from a gunshot wound, the Ministry of Defence says.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A checked bag containing PVC pipes and several wires prompted authorities to briefly clear out a Minneapolis airport terminal Friday, and its owner told police it was the second time in three years his device had forced an airport evacuation, an official said....

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A 200-pound black bear that wandered onto the University of Colorado campus has been relocated to the nearby Rocky Mountains.

State wildlife official Jennifer Churchill said Friday that the male bear was tagged and taken to a remote area of ponderosa pines, oak brush and chokeberry ...

The nephew of former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh is reported to have agreed to stand down as head of the Presidential Guard.

A body representing UK universities has warned it is vital that government plans do not end up reducing overall student numbers in the sector.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- Long famous for "coffee shops" where joints and cappuchinos share the menu, the Netherlands' famed tolerance for drugs could be going up in smoke....

Despite suggestions to the contrary, Olympic champion Victoria Pendleton's will to win remains as strong as ever

An injured crane driver is treated by paramedics after becoming trapped in his cab 150ft off the ground.

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- He's a former diplomat whose armed Islamist group now controls much of northern Mali. He has links to an al-Qaida franchise and was expelled from Saudi Arabia for ties to yet another fundamentalist movement. U.S. officials call him a master manipulator....

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Yulia Tymoshenko, the braided darling of Ukraine's Orange Revolution who went on to be prime minister, is wasting away in prison - weakened from a hunger strike, bruised from prison beatings and afraid she will be force-fed by her political foes, her family said Friday....

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Arsenal are yet to propose a date for contract talks with Robin van Persie as he considers delaying any decision on his future.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg defends 'downright unpopular' coalition policies in an interview with the BBC's Nick Robinson.

David Gergen and Michael Zuckerman say the old idea of polarized political parties is now a reality, and it's bad for America.

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- Calling it an "oversight," George Zimmerman's attorney said Friday the neighborhood watch volunteer did not disclose that a website had raised more than $200,000 for his defense, even though his family told the judge they would have trouble coming up with his bond....

Nintendo players may soon be able to buy games for their 3DS handheld device digitally on the same day as they are released in stores.

The White House said Friday that President Barack Obama would veto a Republican measure passed by the House to extend lower interest rates on federal student loans because it takes money from a health care fund that benefits women.

Anton Ferdinand says he will not let any off-field factors affect his performance when his QPR side meet Chelsea on Sunday.

The Secret Service agent at the center of the Colombia prostitution scandal has been identified as Arthur Huntington, sources with knowledge of the investigation told CNN on Friday.

Anya Kamenetz says proposals to help students dig out from college debt don't go far enough. Bankruptcy would give lenders incentive for negotiating, and lower the cost of college in the long term