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In an effort to reassure race fans ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix, the Bahraini government said that members of team Force India were not the intended target of a gasoline bomb thrown by protesters.

A Delta Airlines plane has made an emergency landing in New York after an apparent bird strike.

The government has downplayed claims that the department responsible for the Olympics could be scrapped after the London Games.

DALLAS (AP) — U.S. Airways has struck deals with labor unions at American Airlines to win their support for a possible merger with American.

The unions represent more than 50,000 workers including pilots, flight attendants and ground workers at American, the nation's third-largest airline.

They said Friday that a merger ...

HUEJOTZINGO, Mexico (AP) -- The Popocatepetl volcano shot a heavy plume of ash into the sky southeast of Mexico's capital and spewed glowing rock from its crater at dawn on Friday....

An airplane with 127 people on board crashed Friday near an airport in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Pakistan's GEO-TV reported, citing sources. The country's Civilian Aviation Authority confirmed reports of a crash, the station said.

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- The family of a neighborhood watch volunteer charged with killing Trayvon Martin asked a Florida judge Friday to let him out of jail while he awaits trial, and legal experts said he stands a good chance of being granted bail....

McDonald's reports a 5% increase in profits to $1.27bn, helped by an upgrade for its restaurants and new meals.

Footballer Ched Evans is jailed for five years after being found guilty of raping a 19-year-old woman, while another player, Clayton McDonald, is cleared.

A plane carrying 127 people crashes in a residential area near Islamabad international airport - with no reports of survivors.

American businessman Bill Miller challenges fellow Rangers bidders to make final offers as he reveals his own proposals.

The Kevin 'Gerbil' Carroll murder trial hears how police compiled a list of 99 potential suspects after the Glasgow gangland figure was shot dead.

MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) -- A prominent Bahraini rights activist was released on bail Monday more than three weeks after his arrest on charges linked to anti-government protests in the Gulf kingdom....

At least 18 Islamist militants are killed in an army offensive aimed at capturing the capital of Abyan province, Yemen's defence ministry says.

JERUSALEM (AP) -- The Conservative Jewish seminary in Israel has voted to allow gays and lesbians to become rabbis, overcoming years of opposition by many of its own leaders and setting up a new point of contention between the movement and Israel's Orthodox establishment....

Dozens more phone-hacking claims against News Group Newspapers emerge, including by Wayne Rooney and Sir John Major's ex-daughter-in-law Emma Noble.

BASRA, Iraq (AP) -- Iraq began loading crude oil Friday from a second offshore export terminal in the Persian Gulf, part of a major project to boost Iraq's income....

Anders Behring Breivik, who is on trial in Norway for killing 77 people last July, tells a Norwegian court he shot people who were begging for their lives.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- Maryland is poised to become the first state to ban employers from demanding applicants or workers hand over their log-in information for social media sites like Facebook....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will make a three-state swing next week to call on Congress to prevent interest rates on student loans from doubling....