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A witness at the trial of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says he paid women for sex and had strippers dressed as nuns at one of his parties.

David Cameron is set to raise the death in China of British businessman Neil Heywood when the prime minister meets a senior Chinese Communist Party official.

More visitors had "staycations" in Wales last year, with spending up 20%, says a survey for the tourism industry.

A British would-be suicide bomber jailed for plotting to blow up an aircraft has his sentence cut after assisting prosecutors in the US.

The owner of Grand National-winning horse Neptune Collonges says his family were divided over whether to enter the race after a previous death at the Aintree course.

Motorcycle enthusiasts gather in Varadero for Cuba's first ever Harley Davidson convention.

A murder trial hears how gunmen took just 25 seconds to shoot dead gangland figure Kevin 'Gerbil' Carroll.

A spate of tornadoes in the US Midwest leave six people dead including three children in one Oklahoma town, after warning sirens failed to sound.

A survey suggests children are being bullied on the school sports field by fellow pupils.

Facebook says it supports the new cyber-security bill that will give the US government additional ways to get web users' personal data from private firms to combat cyber-threats.

Israel has suspended a soldier who hit a pro-Palestinian activist in the face with a gun, after video was put online.

Police investigate whether a health board deliberately covered up the circumstances surrounding the deaths of patients.

A fund which invested UK aid money is being investigated for financing Nigerian firms alleged to be fronts for money laundering and fraud, BBC Newsnight learns.

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Edward J. McCaffery says that to tax the very rich, our government should turn to a progressive consumption tax.

The world of sport has paid its tributes to Livorno midfielder Piermario Morosini, who died Saturday after collapsing on the pitch during his side's Serie B game at Pescara.

Spoiler alert: The Senate on Monday will not get the 60 votes needed to move ahead with the so-called Buffett Rule, which makes critics think the White House spent a week pushing it just to make a political point.

A former Cleveland policeman who was "stitched up" by fellow officers and wrongfully jailed receives £800,000 in compensation.

A plane bound for the United States is forced to make an emergency landing at Gatwick Airport, leaving 14 people with suspected fractures.

Both political parties continued Sunday to jockey for position as more deserving of the female vote, a battle that took on new life last week after a Democratic strategist questioned Ann Romney's validity in giving her husband advice on economic issues affecting women.