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Just days before he was to retire, a police chief from a southeastern New Hampshire town was shot and killed Thursday night while trying to execute a search warrant in a drug investigation, authorities said.

Engineers are battling to save the European Space Agency's flagship Earth observation mission - the eight-tonne Envisat.

The U.N. Security Council will meet Friday to discuss North Korea's botched missile launch -- an act U.N. officials called deplorable and destabilizing despite its failure.

A long-list is unveiled of the twenty titles in the running to receive the inaugraul Scottish Album of the Year award.

What is a quantum computer, and will you ever have one?

Can a mind-altering African plant cure drug addiction?

LONDON (AP) -- More than three decades after Britain produced the world's first test-tube baby, Europe is a patchwork of restrictions for people who need help having a child....

Twenty-five Indian fishermen released from a Pakistani prison are due to go home ahead of the countries' commerce ministers opening an expanded border trade facility.

Europe's Internal Markets Commissioner, Michel Barnier, says "tougher action" is needed to stop excessive bank bonuses.

Soldiers from the Black Watch battalion return home after a sixth month tour of duty in Helmand Province in Afghanistan.

A giant statue of Kim Jong Il has been unveiled in front of a crowd of thousands in Pyonyang.

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MODESTO, Calif. (AP) -- A raging fire that broke out at a Modesto apartment during a standoff was put out early Friday, but the status of a suspect in the shooting deaths of a deputy and a civilian was still unknown, police said....

A man who blinded his girlfriend by gouging her eyes has admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent. Tina Nash told the BBC's Jon Kay about the trauma of the incident.

The U.N. Security Council has called for an immediate end to the escalating conflict between Sudan and South Sudan over a disputed oil-rich border region.

A German man sent to prison over an incestuous relationship with his sister has lost his case that the conviction violated his right to a private and family life at the European Court of Human Rights.

Author Katie Pavlich writes in new book, to be released Monday, that the Homeland Security Secretary knew about "gun walking" operation that led to Brian Terry death.

An international awards ceremony honouring people who give their wealth to good causes is being staged at the Scottish Parliament.

A man who blinded his girlfriend by gouging her eyes admits causing grievous bodily harm with intent.

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) -- The fate of Guinea-Bissau's civilian leaders was unknown early Friday after overnight attacks by soldiers who hurled grenades at the prime minister's home and sealed off the downtown area of the capital....