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Convicted \"shoe bomber\" Richard Reid was given permission to correspond from prison with members of his family this summer, after the Justice Department allowed restrictions on him to expire, according to a report on www.cnn.com.

The Venezuelan government has criticised the United States for what it says is a display of double standards regarding the use of drugs.

A Florida man who is in custody in Haiti faces first-degree murder charges arising from the deaths of his wife and five children.

The Chinese government has pledged to curb the rise in China\'s carbon dioxide emissions.

The British government\'s attorney-general, Baroness Patricia Scotland, has been fined approximately 8,000 pounds after being found in breach of the rules on employing migrant workers.

Police in the US state of Florida are now searching for a Haitian man whose wife and five children were found dead at their Florida home on Saturday.

The world\'s longest-serving monarch King Bhumibol Adulyadej, 81, of Thailand has been admitted to hospital suffering from a fever.

The Brazilian government has announced plans to ban sugar cane plantations in environmentally sensitive areas.

Canada\'s health minister has ordered an enquiry after body bags were sent to aboriginal reserves as part of supplies to deal with swine flu.

At least six Italian soldiers have been killed in a bomb attack on a military convoy in the Afghan capital, Kabul.

Yale University laboratory technician has been charged with murdering student Annie Le.

Five current and former directors of the Bank of America have reportedly been subpoenaed by the office of New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.