A Russian capsule carrying mice, lizards and other small animals has returned to Earth after spending…

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David Cameron has been told by Conservative activists that he must repair the broken relationship between the party leadership…

1. Cameron on the outer with China

The cost of policing the Ecuadorean Embassy in Knightsbridge while WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange takes refuge inside…

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The first time I met palaeontologist Dan Fisher was in a hotel in the Arctic frontier town of Salekhard, in Siberia.

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Part of an airliner carrying about 130 people caught fire as it was landing in Moscow, and passengers…

1. China: Man arrested over fake plane bomb threats

Copper coins and a 70-year-old map with an "x" may lead to a discovery that could rewrite Australia's history.

1. Mayor's justification of wartime sex slavery angers Japan's victims

A five-year-old boy is in a critical condition after falling 10 metres from a ferris wheel at a school fete in southern…

A Russian capsule filled with mice, newts and other small animals returned from a mission in orbit with data scientists…

Iran has hanged two convicted spies, one found guilty of working for Israel, the other for the United States, the Tehran…

A lottery official says 1 winning ticket has been sold in Florida for a record Powerball jackpot of…

A New York college student being held by an armed home intruder was shot and killed by a police officer who had responded…

Kate and Gerry McCann have welcomed news that Scotland Yard detectives have identified a number of suspects who could be…

1. Missing McCann: new leads

A gay man was shot dead in New York City while walking with his partner in what police are calling a hate crime.

1. Gays 'afraid to show sexuality' in Europe

Officials described a devastating scene of shattered cars and other damage where two trains packed with rush-hour commuters…

1. Slippery tracks blamed for Brisbane train crash

Pope Francis toured St. Peter's Square to greet tens of thousands of people attending a rally of prayer…

1. Papal tourism hits Buenos Aires streets

North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It…

1. UN panel sanctions delaying N.Korea nuke program

A British backpacker has died while trekking through the Indonesian jungle after she drank suspected tainted alcohol, police…

An elderly driver plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a parade in the US, injuring over fifty people.

Gunmen have killed a Pakistani politician from Imran Khan's party in the southern port city of Karachi on the eve of a partial…

1. Conflict of love and politics

It's the second-largest world jackpot of all time - US$600 million ($744 million). And in workplaces…

1. $14m nearly washed away

Most people expected the all-too-familiar Washington disease to set in, but few predicted the symptoms would appear so quickly. Six…

1. US Justice Department secretly obtains AP's phone records

United States President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan insisted yesterday that Bashar al-Assad…

Foreign Minister Murray McCully will tomorrow offer the US Secretary of State, John Kerry, New Zealand's assistance in the…

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Denmark won this year's Eurovision Song Contest in the Swedish city of Malmoe early Sunday with the song Only Teardrops…

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