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Councils and ministers will find it easier to intervene in failing schools under new legislation.

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- The setup of the 17-country euro currency union is unsustainable, the head of the European Central Bank has told EU leaders, warning they must quickly come up with a broad vision for the future to get the bloc through the current financial crisis....

LUXEMBOURG (AP) -- The European Union on Monday banned the sale of luxury goods and products to Syria that can have military as well as civilian uses as the U.N. political chief demanded that the Syrian government stop using heavy weapons and comply with a cease-fire....

Two Welshmen are charged after a fairy penguin was taken from a theme park in Queensland, Australia.

Anders Behring Breivik tells his trial that he would have carried out his attacks again "even knowing that 40% of the people on Utoeya were under 18 years old".

LONDON (AP) -- A British codebreaker had complained of friction at the country's overseas spy agency before his naked and decomposing body was found inside a padlocked sports bag, his family told an inquest Monday....

President Barack Obama has to tread carefully in targeting Republican rival Mitt Romney's business resume....

These are the dog days of the presidential race, so to speak....

These are the dog days of the presidential race, so to speak....

These are the dog days of the presidential race, so to speak....

President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney both made the economy the main focus of their respective campaigns. Friday's weak jobs report keeps it there....

Actress and singer Jennifer Hudson testified Monday in the trial of a man accused of killing her mother, brother and nephew.

A legal row over the use of the iPad name in China could be settled by out-of-court talks.

PARIS (AP) -- Socialist Francois Hollande and conservative Nicolas Sarkozy are going head-to-head in France's presidential runoff, but a third figure looms large in the campaign: the leader of the nation's far-right National Front....

A zoo in Gaza is displaying stuffed animals in its enclosures amid financial struggles, and the challenge of getting live specimens through the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip.

Chancellor George Osborne "capitulated" when he agreed to commit a further £10bn to the International Monetary Fund, shadow chancellor Ed Balls has said.

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Looking across a sea of young workers perched behind rows of buzzing sewing machines, factory owner Myint Soe has one main hope for Monday's suspension of European sanctions on Myanmar - the restoration of some of the 80,000 garment industry jobs lost here over the past 10 years....

The Supreme Court is poised to decide whether Arizona can enforce its controversial immigration law over the strong objections of the Obama administration. Oral arguments will be held Wednesday.

The renewable energy industry supports 110,000 jobs in the UK and could support 400,000 by 2020, a report says, as well as generating export revenue for the UK.

HBO's 'Girls' is the latest TV show depicting life in New York City without one of its most crucial elements: diversity.