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STOCKHOLM—A car explosion and what appeared to be a suicide attack injured two people, killed the apparent bomber, and caused panic among Christmas shoppers in Stockholm Saturday. Stockholm Police spokeswoman Petra Sjolander said a car […] […]

RICHARD Holbrooke, the US special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, is critically ill following surgery and has been joined by family members at a Washington hospital. “This morning, doctors completed surgery to repair a tear […] […]

THE Vatican has hit back after cables released by WikiLeaks indicated it refused to cooperate with an Irish probe into child sex abuse by Catholic priests in Dublin. The Vatican press office yesterday expressed scepticism […] […]

AMANDA Knox, the American woman convicted of killing a British student in Italy, broke down in tears at her appeal today as her lawyers questioned the DNA evidence in the case. “I am unjustly convicted,” […] […]

TEHRAN – An Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery confessed to helping a man kill her husband and re-enacted the alleged crime in an interview broadcast Friday by Iranian state television – […] […]

The Lockerbie bomber is in a coma and may have only days to live, says Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. The health of Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi has “deteriorated badly”, says the Libyan dictator. Megrahi was given three […] […]

THE DJ had the dance floor rocking. The bartender served up a special vodka punch. The host was a prince – complete with his own entourage. An A-list LA party? Fashion week in Paris? Try […] […]

A 71-YEAR-OLD terminally ill man has been sentenced to 21 years in a California prison for rolling his wheelchair into a San Diego bank and holding it up with a replica BB gun. Judge Jeffrey […] […]

WIKILEAKS chief Julian Assange was in a segregation unit of a London jail today for his safety, as new secret US diplomatic cables were made public, increasing the embarrassment to Washington. The 39-year-old Australian has […] […]

KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN—A roadside bomb planted by the Taliban has killed 15 civilians in a dangerous and remote region of southern Afghanistan, officials said Saturday. The attack happened Friday afternoon as a pickup truck carrying villagers […] […]