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The pilot of a hot air balloon that crashed in New Zealand, killing 11, is likely to have smoked can [...]
Three people die in fresh violence in Muzaffarnagar in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, which wa [...]
How technology is changing Indian weddings [...]
Pakistani widows are learning to rebuild their lives financially and psychologically after bomb atta [...]
Spooky tour in old Hong Kong's 'haunted quarter' [...]
Australia's small farmers struggling with low prices [...]
Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan smash centuries as India produce the third-highest successful run cha [...]
Pakistan says 67 civilians died in US drone strikes since 2008, a figure much lower than estimates b [...]
The Twitter storm in Pakistan over Bollywood 'soft porn' [...]
A Royal Marine accused of shooting dead an injured insurgent in Afghanistan tells a court martial he [...]
The US criticises Germany's economic policies, saying that its export-led growth model is hurti [...]
The Greek island at the sharp end of Europe's immigration battle [...]
After the Greek government increased controls on the land border with Turkey, Greece's islands [...]
Greece has now created a fully-functioning asylum service, and Mark Lowen went to take a look inside [...]
Why Italy's youth aren't staging a revolution [...]
The SS volunteer involved in the murder of my relatives [...]
In a radical new policy, older workers in Italy are being encouraged to give up their jobs and hand [...]
Six Somali men are convicted of piracy and weapons possession by a Spanish court after they attempt [...]
A young boy took to the stage with the Pope during a family event held at the Vatican on Saturday. [...]
Russian President Vladimir Putin is named the world's most powerful person by Forbes magazine, [...]
How a Brazilian farming community won land rights [...]
A group of mothers in Brazil has set up an initiative called ''Mum's Cinema' [...]
OGX, the Brazilian oil and gas company controlled by the billionaire tycoon Eike Batista, files for [...]
The world is heading for a wine shortage, with global consumer demand already significantly outstrip [...]
Police in Peru find millions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of euros in counterfeit cash in a [...]
Mexican indigenous teacher Alberto Patishtan is to be pardoned by the president under a new law afte [...]
The club where women vent anger by smashing up computers [...]
Argentina's Supreme Court rules that a media bill passed in 2009 is constitutional, clearing th [...]
Election suggests waning support for Argentine leader [...]
A man in Chile has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a gay man who was brutally att [...]
U.S., Canada, England, Scotland
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Google expresses outrage documents leaked by Edward Snowden suggest that the US National Security Ag [...]
Capitol Hill's Churchill bust reaffirms 'special relationship' [...]
The US criticises Germany's economic policies, saying that its export-led growth model is hurti [...]
How American football's first black quarterback was chosen [...]
Cirque du Soleil will be fined after an acrobat died during one of the company's live shows in [...]
Miami MLS bid will help revival of Florida soccer [...]
New York City Council votes to raise the minimum age for buying cigarettes from 18 to 21, a move the [...]
President Barack Obama accepts "full responsibility" for the glitch-laden healthcare websi [...]
Former England captain David Beckham settles on Miami as he looks to set up a Major League Soccer fr [...]
Social networking giant Facebook reports a 60% surge in revenue to $2.02bn in the third quarter, gen [...]
The US Federal Reserve votes to keep interest rates at record lows and to continue with its $85bn (£ [...]
General Motors reports better-than-expected quarterly results, helped by strong trading on North Ame [...]
The United States rugby league team - team nicknamed 'the Tomahawks' - are hoping to surpr [...]
The US zombie drama is to return to TV screens after becoming a hit on both sides of the Atlantic. [...]
The R&B singer decides to go to rehab following his arrest in Washington, his representative ann [...]
The English village sacrificed to win WWII [...]
WWI through the eyes of an ‘everyman’ soldier [...]
Singer-songwriter James Blake on winning the Mercury Prize [...]
James Blake wins this year's prestigious Mercury Prize for best British or Irish album of the y [...]
There are too many emergency admissions to hospitals in England, according to the government spendin [...]
Universities across the UK face disruption from a one-day walkout by lecturers and support staff in [...]
Experts say there should be greater focus on the positive effect internet forums and chatrooms can h [...]
The Health Secretary confirms Central Middlesex and Hammersmith A&E units will be downgraded. [...]
Tottenham see off a stubborn Hull City on penalties to advance to a last-eight tie with West Ham in [...]
A pie and mash shop in Walthamstow has been awarded grade II listed status due to its traditional fe [...]
A man from Somerset claims to have sent letters all over the world for free using homemade stamps fe [...]
A new type of single-seater aeroplane is given its first public test-flight in the skies above East [...]
A charity based in Oxfordshire, which helps soldiers readjust to life in the UK has been given a sha [...]
Six Charlton Athletic football fans are jailed for chanting songs on a train which "glorified a [...]
A teenager accused of preparing terror attacks wrote about committing a school massacre because it h [...]
A first batch of tickets for the next edition of the Wickerman Festival in south west Scotland is go [...]
Ten Scots bear facts [...]
Voting starts among shops and companies on plans to set up a business improvement district for Locha [...]
Members of the public have been asked to vote for their favourite Scottish book of the past 50 years [...]
Mactaggart & Mickel, the Glasgow-based builder, reports a 48% increase in turnover last financia [...]
Scottish councils need to get better at explaining how they charge for services like social care and [...]
A controversial goal by Gary McDonald secures St Johnstone a place in the Scottish League Cup semi-f [...]
Aberdeen reach the Scottish League Cup semi-final despite playing 78 minutes with 10 men against Mot [...]
A young woman is seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle on the A9 at Kildary in the Highl [...]
A man has been arrested and charged with the murder of a woman in Stirling on 12 October. [...]
Ryan Stevenson's first-half strike gives Hearts an unlikely victory over Hibernian in the Scott [...]
Standard Life, the Edinburgh-based pensions and savings giant, reports a 9% boost to the funds it ma [...]
David Cameron blames "rogue" union official for the Grangemouth dispute which almost led t [...]
A chocolatier from the Scottish Borders misses out on becoming the UK's first winner of the Wor [...]
Two people are rescued from a flat in the Springburn area of Glasgow after a chip pan caught fire. [...]
