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PARIS (AP) -- France's bleak economic outlook has returned to the forefront of the country's presidential campaign after new figures showed the number of job seekers rose for the 11th consecutive month in March....

A man is jailed for 10 years for killing another man who agreed to be stabbed as part of a revenge pact.

MADRID (AP) -- The European Union urged Spain on Thursday to come clean on how it plans to finance the overhaul of its banking sector, warning that uncertainty over this has contributed the recent market turmoil and the country's soaring borrowing costs....

A prominent blind Chinese activist made a dramatic escape from house arrest and fled to Beijing, a friend says.

The death of Claire Squires less than a mile from the finish of the London Marathon has prompted people to donate £1m to charity. Why?

The holding company of Championship club Birmingham fails for a fourth time to file its financial results for the year to 30 June 2011.

The UK has seen a dramatic change in the weather in the past few days, changing from drought warnings to flood alerts.

Jeremy Clarkson loses a legal battle in a dispute over public access to a path near his Isle of Man lighthouse property.

The BBC says it received nearly 500 complaints over last week's episode of Silent Witness, with people saying the show was "too violent".

Ticketus withdraw their commitment to funding a takeover of Rangers, as Paul Murray and Brian Kennedy discuss a joint bid.

An Australian ex-firefighter is jailed for 17 years and nine months for starting what became known as a "Black Saturday" blaze that killed 10 in 2009.

One of China's best known dissidents, Chen Guangcheng, escapes house arrest and releases a video addressed to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.

Three men arrested by police investigating the alleged naming of a rape victim on Twitter are released on bail.

A third man accused in a plot to bomb the New York subway system was committed to carrying out a suicide attack on U.S. soil, federal prosecutors said.

Spanish unemployment hits a new record high of 5.64 million, official figures show, hours after the country's debt rating was downgraded.

Microsoft has rushed out a fix for a serious bug that affected its Hotmail webmail service.

The family of an Australian girl left severely brain damaged after eating a KFC chicken meal is awarded $8.3m (£5.1m) in damages.

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's defense minister says the world must prepare to "swiftly and firmly" stop Tehran from acquiring atomic weapons and setting off a regional nuclear arms race....

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini hints that Mario Balotelli could face Manchester United on Monday.

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- An ex-aide to presidential candidate John Edwards is expected to retake the witness stand once again to face tough questions about secret donor money funneled to pay personal expenses....