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BANK records seized by prosecutors reveal that Silvio Berlusconi received $91 million from his holding companies last year and spent $47m, including $165,000 on ties. The Italian Prime Minister faces trial next month for allegedly […] […]

The cigarette packs piled into prominent displays behind store counters and supermarket checkouts in England can’t be missed. They occupy prime retail real estate, helping to keep addicts hooked and quitters tempted. But the government […] […]

WASHINGTON – Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard choked back tears as she told the US Congress of the way she marvelled as a child at the Moon walk. “On that great day I believed America […] […]

RAS LANOUF, Libya – A giant yellow fireball shot into the sky, trailed by thick plumes of black smoke after fighting between rebels and forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi set two oil installations ablaze and […] […]

Three British Broadcasting Corp. staff were detained, beaten and subjected to mock executions by pro-regime soldiers in Libya while attempting to reach the western city of Zawiya, the broadcaster says. The news organisation said the […] […]

A judge rugby-tackled an accused sex offender to the ground to prevent him escaping from court, the Old Bailey heard yesterday. Judge Douglas Marks Moore wrestled Paul Reid twice as he ran out of the […] […]

CLASHES that broke out when a Muslim mob attacked thousands of Christians protesting the burning of a Cairo church killed at least 13 people and injured about 140, officials said today. The Muslims torched the […] […]

SEVEN children including a seven-month-old infant perished in a fast-moving fire in a home on a Pennsylvania dairy farm while their mother milked cows and their father dozed in a milk truck down the road, […] […]

A PAKISTANI former television executive has been sentenced to 25 years to life for beheading his wife. Muzzammil Hassan expressed deep regret as he was given the maximum sentence in Erie County court in Buffalo […] […]

PRESIDENT Obama was increasingly isolated on Tuesday in the face of intense international pressure for US-led military action to defend Libyan civilians and bolster the rebel forces taking on Muammar Gaddafi. As fighting raged in […] […]