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Iran has been struck by its most powerful earthquake for more than 50 years, with tremors felt across Pakistan, India and the Middle East.

Two rockets have landed in the southern Israeli city of Eilat, without causing damage or injury, police say.

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Hundreds of people gathered for a vigil on the Boston Common sang songs and lit candles one day after the bombing attack on the city's marathon.

John Terry's double and a spectacular David Luiz strike help Chelsea beat Fulham to move above Arsenal in the table.

Matt Yglesias thinks that Apple's strategy of earning very high margins on Mac desktops and laptops isn't very smart: Apple already has an awful lot of cash. Getting even more cash is not particularly useful for any goal...

FBI images show a backpack and fragments of a pressure cooker which may be linked to the deadly attack on the Boston Marathon.

Authorities are close to identifying a suspect in the deadly Boston Marathon bombing, an official in Boston told ABC News.

A former Texas justice of the peace has been implicated by his wife in the killings of two law officials and a spouse, authorities say.

Karim Wade, the son of Senegal's former president, is formally charged with corruption in connection with his vast fortune.

The U.S. Senate defeated a compromise proposal to expand background checks on firearms sales. The bipartisan plan was brokered by Sens. Joe Manchin and Pat Toomey. FULL STORY

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Quick Take With 7% sequential and 3% annual declines in quarterly revenues ($12.6 billion), we feel the company fared relatively well in light of the drastic decline in Q1 2013 global PC shipments (13.9% y-o-y). Intel's ...

In BioShock Infinite you kill hundreds of people often in the most brutal fashion possible---a skyhook to the skull, for instance, or a murder of magical crows pecking at your enemies flesh. It's a seriously violent game...

Procter & Gamble is about to lose money thanks to CFO hubris. It won't be the only large corporation, however, to get caught up in false economy. The Wall Street Journal reported that P&G will extend its payment terms to...

Robin van Persie's controversial equaliser sees Manchester United come from behind to draw at West Ham.

A bipartisan plan to expand background checks on gun buyers fails in the US Senate, a blow to White House hopes for passage of a firearms-control bill.

Bioterrorism experts say ricin unlikely to kill targets.

Follow live updates as the Senate debates measures for the gun control package, including consideration of background checks Jim Newell

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