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A Chinese fisherman is sentenced to 30 years in jail for stabbing a South Korean coast guard to death at sea last year.

The United States is prepared for "any contingency" with North Korea, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said in an interview he and Hillary Clinton gave CNN.

Debenhams reports a slight rise in half-year profits, but says it remains cautious about the economic outlook for the rest of the year.

Investigators will return to a North Carolina pond on Thursday morning as police continue their search for a missing Fort Bragg soldier.

More press focus on Abu Qatada case

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Secret Service is moving quickly to quell a prostitution scandal that has given President Barack Obama's critics political ammunition, forcing three agents out of government less than a week after the embarrassing incident came to light. Lawmakers welcomed the move but said more needed to be done....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Secret Service is moving quickly to quell a prostitution scandal that has given President Barack Obama's critics political ammunition, forcing three agents out of government less than a week after the embarrassing incident came to light. Lawmakers welcomed the move but said more needed to be done....

A body found Tuesday in California is that of Brittany Killgore, the missing wife of a deployed Marine, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department said Wednesday.

The failure of Kofi Annan's peace plan for Syria "would lead to civil war," French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said Thursday.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- The unemployment rate in Michigan is high, its population is shrinking and scores of manufacturing plants have closed. Still, President Barack Obama's hopes for another electoral victory could depend on voters remembering a time when things were worse....

LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- The unemployment rate in Michigan is high, its population is shrinking and scores of manufacturing plants have closed. Still, President Barack Obama's hopes for another electoral victory could depend on voters remembering a time when things were worse....

LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- The unemployment rate in Michigan is high, its population is shrinking and scores of manufacturing plants have closed. Still, President Barack Obama's hopes for another electoral victory could depend on voters remembering a time when things were worse....

LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- The unemployment rate in Michigan is high, its population is shrinking and scores of manufacturing plants have closed. Still, President Barack Obama's hopes for another electoral victory could depend on voters remembering a time when things were worse....

Florida's governor on Thursday will name a task force charged to examine the state's gun laws in the aftermath of the shooting death of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin.

A woman whose home is standing in the way of a planned shopping development vows to stay put despite being offered a new house.

NEW DELHI (AP) -- India announced the successful test launch Thursday of a new nuclear-capable missile that would give it the capability of striking the major Chinese cities of Beijing and Shanghai for the first time....

SYDNEY (AP) -- Tobacco companies accused the Australian government of destroying the worth of their trademarks by forcing them to strip logos off cigarette packs as a court battle over the world's toughest laws on cigarette promotion drew to a close Thursday....

India has test fired a long-range intercontinental ballistic missile said to be capable of reaching as far as China or Europe.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said late Wednesday he isn't underestimating the gravity of the situation in Syria but believes there is an opportunity for progress and recommended the Security Council approve a 300-strong U.N. observer mission....

India on Thursday launched the maiden test flight of its longest-range nuclear-capable missile, which can travel more than 5,000 kilometers, the Indian military said.