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LONDON (AP):A British judge has ruled in favour of a woman who says she was the "secret wife" of the late King Fahd of Saudi Arabia.Judge Peter Smith yesterday ordered that Janan Harb, 68, receive more than £15 million (US$23 million) and two...

BERLIN, (AP):German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the world must do everything it can to meet an international goal to fight global warming, arguing that failing to do so could set off large new waves of refugees.The UN and experts said governments...

NEPALKATHMANDU, (AP):Police shot at ethnic protesters who attacked a police station with gasoline bomb and stones on Nepal's southern border, killing an Indian man who was among the attackers, Nepalese officials said.Police official Raju Bahadur...

Flights were cancelled across Britain yesterday, as thick fog blankets much of the country for a second day.London's Heathrow Airport disclosed that it cancelled 45 flights yesterday morning, about 10 percent of departures. Flights also were...

BEIJING, (AP):China's ruling Communist Party announced yesterday that the country will start allowing all married couples to have two children, abolishing an unpopular policy that has limited many urban families to only one child for more than three...

LESBOS, (AP):An autumn chill had set in and winds were blowing at 30 miles per hour (50 kph) when the wooden boat, packed with families from Syria and Iraq, set out on the short crossing from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesbos and the...