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Italy's left-right coalition government was on the edge of collapse on Saturday night after former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi pulled out his five ministers from the alliance he formed with Enrico Letta's Democrats ...

Israeli leader says he will speak truth at UN, following Iranian leader's 'sweet talk'     

The rescue operation at a collapsed four-storey building in the Indian city of Mumbai is called off, with the final death toll put at 60.

President Santos says he will not allow the FARC rebels a "media spectacle" by using US civil rights activist Jackson.

Scientists say they have seen "spectacular effects" of new drugs, bringing hope to sufferers of advanced melanoma.

PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) -- Shortly before 19 elite firefighters perished in a raging Arizona wildfire, commanders thought the crew was in a safe place. No one had heard from the Granite Mountain Hotshots for 33 minutes. The...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- For almost three years the National Security Agency has been tapping the data it collects to map out some Americans' social connections, allowing the government to identify their associates, their loca...

NASA preparing 3-D printer launch, orbiting factories could revolutionize space exploration     

The leader of Greece's extreme right wing Golden Dawn party and four party lawmakers were charged Sunday with forming and participating in a criminal gang.

Amid Putin's harsh crackdown, Sochi's gay scene thrives ahead of Winter Olympics     

The pontiff isn't throwing Catholic traditionalists under the Popemobile. He's just calling for new ways of spreading the church's teachings

Gunmen from Islamist group Boko Haram killed 27 people in two attacks in North-East Nigeria.

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AP interview: Iraq says West should take Iran's shift to improve relations seriously     

National Unity Summit attended mostly by relatives of victims, anti-violence activistsBilled as a "National Unity Summit" for gang members from across the city, hardly any showed up to Saturday's event, a gathering endor...

Ruling party members call on Bashir to cancel unpopular measures, after police fire teargas to break up protests.

Bush helps Lions score 27 in 2nd quarter and beat Bears 40-32 to move into 1st-place tie     

HAVANA (AP) -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson said Sunday he intends to press on with a bid to mediate the retrieval of a former U.S. soldier captured by Colombian rebels three months ago, despite the cool response to his plan f...

Dad of Dodgers fan fatally stabbed in San Francisco calls for witnesses who recorded the fight     

The BBC's Panorama programme has spent two weeks tracking al-Shabab's recruitment network from Kenya to Somalia.

Alex Rodriguez grievance hearing to overturn 211-game suspension starts Monday     

A Fall River police officer was injured Saturday when an unlicensed driver smashed into his motorcycle as he escorted a funeral procession for a veteran, police said in a statement.