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NEW YORK (AP):The September 11, 2001 terrorist attack is by far the most memorable moment shared by television viewers during the last 50 years, a study released on Wednesday concluded.The only thing that came close was President ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP): EXPLODING FREIGHT cars full of ethanol made for a dramatic early-morning scene in Ohio's capital on Wednesday, but officials said the train derailment that led to a hurried evacuation of an urban neighbourhood...

GAUHATI (AP): The death toll has risen to 121 as damage mounts from monsoon floods that devastated the northeastern Indian state of Assam....

LAHORE (AP): Thousands of hardline Islamists streamed toward Pakistan's capital in a massive convoy of vehicles yesterday to protest the government's decision to allow the US and other NATO countries...

LONDON (AP):British police say they have arrested a seventh person over an alleged plot to launch a terrorist attack.

TRIPOLI, (AP):Jubilant Libyan voters marked a major step towards democracy after decades of erratic one-man rule, casting their ballots yesterday in the first parliamentary election after last year's overthrow and killing of long-time leader Moammar...

ISLAMABAD (AP):Pakistani police seized a large number of ancient Buddhist sculptures that smugglers were attempting to spirit out of the country and sell for millions of dollars on the international antiquities market, officials said yesterday.

Two former leaders during Argentina's military rule have been found guilty of overseeing the systematic theft of babies from political prisoners.

WASHINGTON (AP): Utility crews struggled to catch up with a backlog of millions of people without electricity for a fourth hot day yesterday, as frustration grew and authorities feared the toll of 23 storm deaths could rise because of stifling...

LIMA, (AP): Peru's distribution of more than 800,000 low-cost laptop computers to children across the country easily ranks as one of the world's most ambitious efforts to leverage digital technology in the fight against...

Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond has resigned a week after the bank was fined a record amount for trying to manipulate inter-bank lending rates.

Millions of people in a swath of states along the East Coast and farther west went into a third sweltering day without power, after a round of summer storms that killed more than a dozen people.