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HANOI, Vietnam (AP):A Catholic priest in Vietnam was beaten unconscious by a group of thugs following the destruction of a house he intended to turn into an orphanage, the church said in a statement....

One of America's best-known veteran television personalities, Dick Clark, has died at age 82.

The BBC is reporting that more than 100 schoolgirls in northeastern Afghanistan have been hospitalised in what has been theorised as a poison attack.

The man who killed 77 people in bomb and gun attacks in Norway last July has boasted of his actions in a statement at his trial in Oslo.

CIUDAD JUAREZ (AP):Forensics tests have confirmed that 12 sets of skeletal remains found near the United States border are those of girls and women, authorities announced yesterday, fuelling fears that young women in the Ciudad Juarez area may once...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP):Inmates armed with guns and knives seized control of a prison in northeastern Brazil and local news media reported yesterday that the prisoners were holding about 80 visitors and two guards hostage.No deaths or injuries were reported...

Taliban militants armed with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades battled their way into a prison in Northwest Pakistan yesterday freeing close to 400 prisoners, including at least 20 described by police as "very dangerous" insurgents...

NEW YORK (AP):"Mike Wallace is here to see you." The '60 Minutes' newsman had such a fearsome reputation that it was often said that those were the most dreaded words in the English language, capable of reducing an interview subject to a shaking,...

The agency did not give details, but reports suggest the accusations involve prostitution in Cartagena.

The US and its allies have condemned North Korea for launching a satellite rocket which broke up over the sea shortly after take-off.

George Zimmerman, the Florida neighbourhood watchman accused following the death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, is set to return to court on May 29 for a formal reading of the charges.

BANJUL (AP):A court in Gambia has arrested 18 people and accused them of organising an 'indecent' dance ceremony for tourists.The 18 men each pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges of 'indecent practice...