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BEIJING (AP) -- Video obtained by an overseas pro-Tibet group shows Chinese security forces beating a man who had set himself on fire in one of several self-immolations by Tibetans protesting Chinese rule....

A World War One memorial in Belfast City Cemetery may be moved to reduce the risk of it being attacked by vandals.

Police release the identity of a man found dead in a burning car near Southampton.

Former guerrilla leader Taur Matan Ruak is on track to win East Timor's presidential run-off, preliminary results show, defeating Francisco Guterres.

The World Bank's new president, Jim Yong Kim, says that capitalist market-based growth is a priority for all countries.

The medical director of the NHS in England tells hospitals to stop discharging patients overnight to free up beds.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard says Australia will withdraw its troops from Afghanistan earlier than planned, by the end of 2013.

News and Insight: Judge allows expert witness in 'stop and frisk' case against NYPD:

NEW YORK, April 16 (Reuters) - The New York Police Department has lost a bid to prevent an expert witness from testifying at a trial about the controversial crime-fighting tactic known as "stop and frisk."

Manhattan federal court Judge Shira Scheindlin on Monday said Columbia University professor Jeffrey Fagan, a criminology expert, would be allowed to testify about his "stop and frisk" research showing that police were more likely to stop blacks and Hispanics than whites.

TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- One of two Oklahoma men accused of going on a racially motivated shooting spree in a predominantly black section of Tulsa this month says he has no ill-will toward black people and counts several of them among his friends....

TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- One of two Oklahoma men accused of going on a racially motivated shooting spree in a predominantly black section of Tulsa this month says he has no ill-will toward black people and counts several of them among his friends....

Radical cleric Abu Qatada can be deported to Jordan after assurances were obtained that he will get a fair trial, the home secretary has told MPs.

Two protesters have climbed on to the roof of the Bahraini Embassy in central London, days before Bahrain is due to host its most high-profile international event, the Formula One Grand Prix.

OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Anders Behring Breivik shed tears as he went on trial for killing 77 people - but not for his victims. The emotional display came when prosecutors showed his anti-Muslim video....

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- An Islamist group that is competing with Tuareg nationalists for control of northern Mali is stepping up efforts to provide law and order as it tries to gain recruits and the support of local residents....

Google is fined $25,000 (£15,700) after US authorities found the internet giant stalled an investigation into its Street View mapping feature.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- China and the Philippines say they won't escalate their weeklong maritime standoff over an uninhabited shoal in the disputed South China Sea, but each still appeared to be waiting for the other side to give up Tuesday....

In Hollywood movies, they're often portrayed as danger-dodging men with dark glasses, smoothly working behind the scenes to protect the president at any cost.

China increases its holding of US debt for the second month in a row as its foreign exchange reserves continue to rise.

Emilee Neagle and her family had just 26 minutes to leave their house the night a tornado hit her town of Woodward, Oklahoma.

CHICAGO (AP) -- Getting news from a big trial once took days, moving at the speed of a carrier pigeon or an express pony. The telegraph and telephone cut that time dramatically, as did live television broadcasts....