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THE former hotel maid whose name is now known throughout the world stood on a small square platform in the lobby of a vast evangelical church, surrounded by men: her lawyer, church reverends, prominent black […] […]

THE head of the Libyan rebel’s armed forces and two of his aides have been killed by gunmen, the head of the rebel leadership said. The death of Abdel-Fattah Younis was announced at a press […] […]

On an island strewn with the corpses of his victims, Anders Behring Breivik ended his killing spree the moment police approached him, authorities say, handing himself over with his hands raised high above his head. […] […]

The United States issued a worldwide warning that Al-Qaeda was plotting strikes in many regions, and urging its nationals to maintain a “high level of vigilance.” The State Department anticipates “enhanced potential for anti-American violence […] […]

A COUPLE have lodged a legal challenge to a new immigration rule that the husband cannot join his spouse of 37 years in England unless he can speak English. In a test judicial review in […] […]

GERMAN investigators today found the mysterious deaths of a family of six in Berlin were caused by carbon monoxide poisoning from a faulty spa. Investigators told the German newspaper Bild that autopsies of the victims […] […]

TROPICAL Storm Nock-ten killed 20 people and forced more than 125,000 families into evacuation centers in the Philippines today, local broadcaster ABS-CBN News reported. National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council Director Benito Ramos said […] […]

THE leader of a British far-right group to which Anders Behring Breivik claims links called the attacks a sign of “growing anger” in Europe against Muslim immigrants, while a politician in a party in Italy’s […] […]

VANCOUVER, WASH.—A woman accused of trying to sell her newborn son at a Taco Bell restaurant in southwest Washington has been charged with attempted child selling because she wasn’t successful. According to court documents, prosecutors […] […]

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — Heavy rain sent landslides barrelling through the South Korean capital and a northern town Wednesday, killing 17 and leaving at least three missing, officials said. Eight of the 12 killed in […] […]