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Facial recognition technology being considered for London's 2012 Games is getting a workout in the wake of Britain's riots, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Thursday, with officers feeding photographs of suspects through Scotland Ya

Gains on Wall Street pulled European stocks out of their earlier losses Thursday as investors were cheered by fewer people filing for unemployment in the U.S.

A 61-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of phone hacking.

London police arrested a 61-year old man Wednesday in connection with the ongoing investigation into electronic eavesdropping of voice mail messages.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer faces a Wednesday deadline for asking the U.S. Supreme Court to accept her appeal of a ruling that put on hold key parts of the state's immigration enforcement law.

The Libyan government has acknowledged that a Baltimore writer who went missing in the early weeks of the conflict there is alive and in custody, a Maryland congressman said yesterday.

Liberia's election body says it has found more than 10,000 people who registered more than once to vote in upcoming elections.

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe tells Britain "to put out your own fires" and to stop interfering in his southern African nation.

SAO PAULO (AP): Brazilian authorities say at least nine construction workers died when the elevator they were riding in at a building site plummeted 20 stories to the ground.Police in the northeastern city of Salvador say...

Canadian police are preparing to send investigators to the U.S. to investigate allegations that child brides from a Canadian polygamous commune were sent across the border to marry older men.

For the last year and a half, Germany has been quick to hit the brakes on expensive plans to fight Europe's worsening financial crisis by supporting debt-ridden neighbors with billions of euros in bailout funds and extra credit.

Liberia's election body says it has found more than 10,000 people who registered more than once to vote in upcoming elections.