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US President Barack Obama has expressed his support for Tibetan rights in talks held at the White House with the Dalai Lama despite objections from China.

Former New York City police chief Bernard Kerik has been sentenced to four years in jail.

New research suggests that drugs used to treat AIDS can help prevent the transmission of HIV, the virus that causes the condition.

Belgian authorities are waiting to question a train driver who survived a collision near Brussels on Monday that left at least 18 people dead.

The European Union has renewed its sanctions against Zimbabwe for another 12 months.

ICELAND (AP):Hoping to make Iceland a global home for freedom of speech, lawmakers are asking the government this week to implement a journalist's dream package of legislation promising a safe haven for reporters...

BRUSSELS (AP): A commuter train ran a stop light during morning rush hour and collided head-on with another train in a Brussels suburb yesterday, killing at least 18 people and injuring 55 in Belgium's deadliest train wreck in decades, officials...

An investigation is now underway to determine the cause of a fatal train crash which killed more than 20 people in Belgium this morning.

Ireland\'s Roman Catholic bishops are preparing for an unprecedented meeting with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican.

Former US President Bill Clinton is reportedly doing well after undergoing a heart procedure in New York City for complaints of a discomfort in his chest.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP):At least seven suspected drug traffickers and a policeman were killed, after a gunbattle broke out in a Rio slum a day before Carnival.At least seven suspected drug traffickers and a policeman were killed, after a gunbattle broke out in a Rio slum a day before Carnival.

South Africans are today celebrating the steps that led to the death of apartheid 20 years ago and the freedom of Nelson Mandela after 27 years in prison.