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Florida's governor on Thursday will name a task force charged to examine the state's gun laws in the aftermath of the shooting death of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin.

A woman whose home is standing in the way of a planned shopping development vows to stay put despite being offered a new house.

NEW DELHI (AP) -- India announced the successful test launch Thursday of a new nuclear-capable missile that would give it the capability of striking the major Chinese cities of Beijing and Shanghai for the first time....

SYDNEY (AP) -- Tobacco companies accused the Australian government of destroying the worth of their trademarks by forcing them to strip logos off cigarette packs as a court battle over the world's toughest laws on cigarette promotion drew to a close Thursday....

India has test fired a long-range intercontinental ballistic missile said to be capable of reaching as far as China or Europe.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said late Wednesday he isn't underestimating the gravity of the situation in Syria but believes there is an opportunity for progress and recommended the Security Council approve a 300-strong U.N. observer mission....

India on Thursday launched the maiden test flight of its longest-range nuclear-capable missile, which can travel more than 5,000 kilometers, the Indian military said.

Criticisms of Boris Johnson's key policy to tackle youth violence were removed from the official report into the scheme, leaked documents show.

A charity warns that possible changes to the free school meals system could end up discouraging poor families from working more.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says Syria has failed to comply with a peace plan obligation to pull forces from urban areas and urges more observers.

NHS money is being wasted by hospitals wrongly charging the health service for treating short-stay patients, a watchdog says.

Thousands of attempts have been made to hack into the computers of Britain's largest provider of abortion services, the BBC learns.

India says it has successfully launched a long-range intercontinental ballistic missile, able to carry a nuclear warhead as far as China.

BEIJING (AP) -- China says U.S. Ambassador Gary Locke acted inappropriately when he urged Beijing to free a Chinese activist recently sentenced to jail....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Dick Clark stood as an avatar of rock `n' roll virtually from its birth and, until his death Wednesday at age 82, as a cultural touchstone for boomers and their grandkids alike....

One of Egypt's leading Islamic clerics is criticised after praying at the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, despite Arab opposition to visiting Israel-controlled areas.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Stanley R. Resor, who served two presidents as secretary of the Army for six years during the height of the Vietnam War and represented the U.S. during force reduction negotiations in the mid-1970s, has died. He was 94....

SPRING, Texas (AP) -- Verna McClain told her fiance she had given birth to their child. But after she suffered a miscarriage, authorities said, she went looking for another baby to present to him....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Dick Clark stood as an avatar of rock `n' roll virtually from its birth and, until his death Wednesday at age 82, as a cultural touchstone for boomers and their grandkids alike....

A 101-year-old runner has told the BBC that this Sunday’s London Marathon will be his last long distance race.