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A wedding proposal is the most intimate of occasions - so why do so many people propose in public?

A sketch in a TV comedy show, which saw a blind man groping a life model, is pulled after police were called.

BEIJING (AP) -- Shaken by the shooting deaths of two Chinese students near the University of Southern California, China is unlikely to slow its pace of sending its students to U.S. universities....

The transsexual techno-rapper taking Angola by storm

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- Mali's new interim president took office Thursday, returning the country to constitutional rule three weeks after mutinous soldiers overthrew the nation's democratically elected leader in a coup....

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A never-before-seen $1 million buy-in tournament at the World Series of Poker this year will generate the richest top prize in poker history at more than $12 million - and potentially more if additional players get in....

TOMILINO, Russia (AP) -- The Russian children's rights ombudsman says he wants an American woman who sent her young adopted son back to Russia to testify in a Moscow court....

LONDON (AP) -- Rupert Murdoch used his testimony before a U.K. inquiry on Thursday to portray himself as the victim, not perpetrator, of a cover-up over phone hacking - a bold claim unlikely to be accepted by those suing his company for invading their privacy....

Police in Turkey raid the homes of 30 former military figures as an arrest warrant is issued for a retired general.

Alan Shearer says the Football Association must appoint its new coach to succeed Fabio Capello immediately.

Readers photos on the theme of spring

Liverpool director of football Damien Comolli leaves the Premier League club by mutual consent.

A Sussex company has developed a pioneering car seat that cocoons a baby in a protective shell if it is involved in an accident.

Parliamentary speaker Dioncounda Traore is sworn in as Mali's interim president, after last month's coup - and threatens "total war" on northern rebels.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- Four Swedes accused of plotting a revenge attack on a newspaper that printed caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad will go on trial Friday in Denmark....

The UK's trade deficit widened to £3.4bn in February from £2.5bn in January as exports of goods to non-EU countries dropped, figures show.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration says it is saving taxpayers billions of dollars in improper payments to vendors and contractors, the result of a concerted attempt to reduce errors and instances of fraud in outside expenditures. To better coordinate the effort among executive agencies, it is launching a new online tool to cut waste....

Police name two men wanted in connection with a raid on a Durham University museum in which artefacts worth almost £2m were taken.

Ryanair announces further cuts in its operations at Edinburgh Airport, with eight winter schedule routes to be axed.

Lawyer Mark Lewis says he is taking legal action in the US on behalf of three alleged victims of phone hacking by the News of the World.