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Mass evacuation after bomb alert at World Financial Center in New York
A package delivered to New York World Financial Center building which appeared to be a grenade has been cleared by the bomb squad as...
North Korea rocket launch has failed
The North Korean rocket launch has failed on Friday morning, Pyongyang officials have confirmed. The rocket - seen by many as a banned test of...
Poisonous caterpillars are the latest threat in Florida
Four poisonous caterpillar species are the latest dangerous threat in South Florida. The venomous caterpillars use their spines to attack by projecting poison at potential...
Cezanne’s Boy in a Red Waistcoat stolen from a Swiss museum recovered in Serbia
Serbian police has recovered a Cezanne painting stolen in a raid on a Swiss museum in 2008. Authorities have not named the painting, but local...
Die Weltwoche sparks outrage in Germany with racist Gypsies story
The Central Council of German Sinti and Roma (Gypsies) has gone to court to get Swiss magazine Die Weltwoche banned in the country after...
Euro 2012: Michel Platini slams Ukraine hotel owners for rising price ahead of championships
Michel Platini, the president of UEFA, has hit out at "bandits and crooks" for the escalation of Ukrainian hotel prices ahead of the Euro...
Sony is cutting 10,000 jobs in major reorganization
Sony will shed 10,000 jobs over the next 12 months as part of a major reorganization, company’s CEO Kazuo Hirai has announced. The cuts, which...
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List 2012: Eric Justin Toth has replaced Osama Bin Laden
The FBI has replaced Osama Bin Laden with Eric Justin Toth, an accused child pornographer, on its Ten Most Wanted list of fugitives. How does...
Michelle Obama bans Kerry Washington from the White House for being to flirty with Barack Obama
New reports claimed yesterday that The First Lady Michelle Obama has banned actress Kerry Washington from the White House because she is "too flirty"...
Uzbekistan is running a secret programme to sterilize women without their knowledge or consent
Doctors in Uzbekistan claim that the country is running a secret programme to sterilize women without their knowledge or consent. Adolat is one of the...
Kim Jong-Un has been given two new titles
Kim Jong-Un, the young North Korean leader, has been given two posts previous occupied by his late father, KimJong-Il. Kim Jong-Un had been named chairman...
US Department of Justice sues Apple and major publishers over e-books prices
US Department of Justice sues giant tech Apple and major publishers over pricing of e-books. The US accuses Apple and book publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan...
Indian Ocean tsunami warning declared after two major quakes struck Indonesia has been lifted
The tsunami alert declared after two major earthquakes struck off the coast of Indonesia's Aceh province has now been cancelled, the Pacific Tsunami Warning...
Man sending text on the street walks into a bear
A TV helicopter crew in California managed to capture the image of a man who was using his mobile phone and walking into the...
Indonesia: tsunami alert after 8.9 eartquake has struck under the sea off Aceh province
A major earthquake with an initial magnitude of 8.9 has hit under the sea off Indonesia's northern Aceh province. The quake triggered a tsunami warning...
China urges support for its probe into disgraced leader Bo Xilai
China has urged support for its probe into disgraced leader Bo Xilai, a day after news of his dismissal and the detention of his...
Rick Santorum ends his bid for the White House
Republican Rick Santorum has ended his bid for the White House, leaving Mitt Romney as the presumptive nominee. The former Pennsylvania senator made the announcement...
Gu Kailai, Bo Xilai’s wife, suspected over murder of Neil Heywood
The wife of Bo Xilai, the Chinese politician once tipped as a future leader, has been detained over the suspected murder of British Neil...
Relatives of Titanic victims throw roses off Southampton dockside
Relatives of victims of the Titanic today threw roses off the Southampton dockside in memory of their loved ones during a moving 100th anniversary...
Titanic Memorial Cruise forced to turn round after a passenger became unwell on board
Titanic Memorial Cruise has been forced to turn round just hours after leaving the dock, having set sail to retrace the doomed liner's voyage...
Anders Breivik declared sane after a second psychiatric evaluation
Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik has been found sane enough to face trial and a jail term after a second psychiatric evaluation. The findings...
Golden retriever puppy rescued from drowning by its mother
A golden retriever puppy was rescued from drowning into a backyard pool by its mother. It didn't take long for the adorable pooch to realize...
Mirlande Wilson is not the Maryland Mega Millions winner as three public school employees claimed their prize
Maryland Mega Millions jackpot winners have been identified as three public school employees who pooled their money to play. While they have chosen to stay...
Jeremy Wuitschick, 13, took the wheel of school bus when driver passed out and save his colleagues
Jeremy Wuitschick, a brave seventh grader from Milton, Washington, said he was “acting on instinct” when he jumped up to stop his school bus...
North Korea poised to complete preparations for rocket launch
A Pyongyang official has announced that North Korea is poised to complete preparations for its rocket launch scheduled for later this week. A satellite will...
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