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American musician given 5-10 year jail sentence for murdering Nicola Furlong.

Jorge Mario Bergoglio receives woollen stole and gold-plated silver fisherman's ring.

Blasts target restaurants and bus shelters in Shiite-dominated areas.

Pope Francis greeted hundreds of thousands of people in St. Peter's square on Tuesday (March 19th) as he drove on his popemobile, for the first time, through the cheering crowds.

Syrian attack prompted by incursions from Lebanese territory aimed at helping rebels.

Texas dad pushes 'princess and inspiration' Kiana Around Gusher Marathon route.

Yisrael Beitenu kingmaker, barred from Netanyahu's new coalition cabinet, says long-running conflict cannot be fixed.

North Korea's state-run television KRT showed middle school graduates in Kaesong city signing up to join the North Korean People's Army (KPA).

University of Portsmouth study finds people use social network to look in to their own past

Two men including the couple's son have been charged with murdering Chau Wing-ki and Siu Yuet-yee.

Benjamin Chanyau accused of beating partner because she refused to teach him how to use social networking site.

Indian home minister and police chiefs says tourists failed to inform police about movements.

Suspect says he was ‘high on paint thinner’ when he bludgeoned Sierra to death.

Militants have taken a number of people hostage in city near Afghan border.

Britons living in Cyprus were outraged on Sunday by Cypriot government's plans to impose a levy on bank deposits, some saying they would withdraw their savings as soon as possible.

Supreme Court says Mancini reneged on undertaking that marines facing murder trial would return.

Treaty, which aims to curb illegal arms trade, was earlier stalled as US, Russia and China seek time.

Trent Mays and Ma'lik Richmond will serve a year in a juvenile jail for raping a 16-year-old girl after a drunken party, in a case that has divided the Ohio steel town.

Administration to curb diplomatic expenses in show of determination to stamp out financial abuse.

In his first Sunday window appearance at the Vatican, Pope Francis addresses 150,000 people in off-the-cuff Italian

Police detain 20 people in Datia region of Madhya Pradesh in central India.

Japan’s Shinzo Abe and China’s Li Keqiang stick to hardline stance on Senkaku/Diaoyu islands.

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades, whose party does not have a majority in parliament, says deal necessary to avert chaotic bankruptcy.

An unnamed teacher in Virginia, US, has angered parents by making pupils undergo a bogus lie detector test.

Run on banks feared as account holders react with shock to £13bn deal.

Thousands of supporters came to Caracas to pay tribute to late Venezualan president Hugo Chavez, whose final resting place is still to be decided.

A primary school teacher in North Yorkshire has been charged with more than 20 sex offences involving children.

Lance Corporal James Ashworth, who was killed shielding comrades from a grenade blast in Afghanistan last year, has been awarded Britain's highest military decoration for valour.

China setting up bullet train network between Dandong and Hunchun, apart from other projects.