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Seoul (AP): South Korea disclosed yesterday that it accepted a North Korean proposal to hold high-level defence talks a day after the leaders of the United States and China called for better communication between...

The UK faces up to 1 billion in penalties from the European Commission (EU) because of mistakes by government departments.

South Africa has declared eight of its nine provinces disaster areas after 41 people died in floods in a month.

The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) says funding shortfalls are threatening the progress that has been made in combating diseases around the world.

ATLANTA (AP) THE REVEREND Martin Luther King Jr's legacy as a preacher of peace and tolerance was lauded Monday as Americans marked his memorial day just over a week after the shootings in Arizona that killed six people and seriously wounded a congresswoman.

A man set himself on fire outside the parliament building in the Egyptian capital, Cairo today.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has outlined plans to press ahead with changes to allow couples to share maternity leave.

Tunisian forces have been exchanging fire near the presidential palace with members of deposed President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali's guards.

The impact of the increased United Kingdom travel tax on the Caribbean will be debated in the British Parliament next week.

A US judge has ordered the personal physician of Michael Jackson is to stand trial over the death of the pop star.

Australian airline Qantas is to resume flights of its Airbus A380s to the United States, two months after suspending them following a mid-air engine explosion.

Police have ordered the evacuation of parts of Australia's third largest city, Brisbane, as the biggest floods in years approach the Queensland state capital.