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BERLIN (AP) -- Germany's central bank says the country has raised (EURO)4.2 billion ($5.5 billion) in a bond auction that saw investors accepting a record low return....

LONDON (AP) -- Markets reined in their expectations of a further economic stimulus from the Bank of England after minutes to its last rate-setting meeting showed a near-unanimous decision not to change the current program....

A museum in Italy has started burning its artworks in protest at budget cuts which it says have left cultural institutions out of pocket.

UK unemployment has fallen by 35,000 to 2.65 million, the first fall since last spring, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Chemical testing of samples from near the North Sea platform leaking gas indicate "no direct marine contamination", the Scottish government says.

VIENNA (AP) -- The U.N. nuclear agency chief will fly to Tehran over the weekend to sign a deal meant to allow his organization to resume a long- stalled search for evidence that Iran worked on developing nuclear arms, the agency and diplomats said Friday....

Four files relating to alleged offences committed by journalists have been sent to the Crown Prosecution Service to consider if charges can be brought.

Adam Hollioake says the theft of his late brother Ben's England cricket kit left his parents distraught.

BRUSSELS (AP) -- The United States and its NATO allies are readying plans to pull away from the front lines in Afghanistan next year as President Barack Obama and fellow leaders try to show that the unpopular war is ending....

Sudan and South Sudan accuse each other of opening up a new front along the disputed border, raising fears of all-out war.

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Unemployment in Scotland fell by 12,000 to 219,000 in the three months to February 2012, according to official figures.

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- The head of a top European Jewish group says he fears a wave of violence against local communities if Israel attacks Iran....

The employment minister says firms should hire young British people "from a poor background" rather than more experienced foreign workers.

BEIJING (AP) -- Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem said Wednesday that his country was observing the cease-fire plan laid out by special envoy Kofi Annan, despite the regime's continued assaults on rebel-held areas....

NEW YORK (AP) -- The full beard he wore at the time of his arrest well over two years ago was gone, replaced by closely cropped hair both on his face and head....

Shooting breaks out during a visit to a Damascus suburb by UN observers, activists say, as the UN prepares plans to expand the mission.

MPs find children are viewing pornography and other unsuitable content online and they want more done to block it.

Three U.S. Secret Service members have left or are being pushed out of the agency following a prostitution scandal that erupted in Colombia ahead of a visit by President Barack Obama, the agency said in a statement Wednesday.

An Edinburgh man who murdered a colleague after she ended their affair is sentenced to life in prison.