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GRETNA, Louisiana (AP):In two separate shootings, Jefferson Parish authorities say a nine-year-old boy is dead, a 12-year-old girl is in critical condition and two teenagers have been arrested in the younger child's slaying, while a teenager and a young...

Bogota, Colombia (AP):Colombian prosecutors issued an arrest warrant yesterday for a 73-year-old former domestic security chief who they say participated in the 1989 assassination of presidential candidate Luis Carlos...

US President Barak Obama has declared St Croix in the US Virgin Islands, a major disaster area.

Rio De Janeiro (AP): Police raided gang-ruled shanty towns and said 10 suspected criminals died in gun battles yesterday, as authorities tried to halt a wave of violence that has rattled rich and poor alike in a city Brazil hopes to make a showplace...

Facebook has moved a step closer toward trademarking the word "face" — at least in certain contexts.

The Irish government has unveiled a range of tough austerity measures designed to help solve the country's debt crisis.

Rapper DMX appeared in court in Phoenix on Wednesday on charges that he violated his probation by using cocaine and OxyContin.

Incheon (AP): North and South Korea exchanged artillery fire yesterday along their disputed frontier, raising tensions between the rivals to their highest level in more than a decade. ...

Bucharest (AP):Romania's Defence Ministry says three soldiers have died and three have been injured during live ammunition shooting drills.

A Church of England bishop who made what was described as deeply offensive comments on Facebook about the engagement of Prince William has been suspended from his public duties.

The Republic of Ireland's two main opposition parties are calling for an immediate general election after an European Union-led bail-out of the country's economy.

The US agency overseeing new airport security measures in the US says it’s working to make controversial new screening as minimally invasive as possible.