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The authorities in Saudi Arabia deny that a prominent human rights campaigner, who has been detained for a year, is on hunger strike.

Continued fighting between Sudan and South Sudan prompts international concern the border conflict might develop into outright war.

EARTHQUAKE STRIKES: An 8.6-magnitude earthquake and an 8.2-aftershock hit off Indonesia's western coast Wednesday but did not cause a major tsunami....

Earthquake triggers a tsunami alert

MENDENHALL, Pa. (AP) -- The 2012 presidential general election has begun. It won't be pretty....

ICA, Peru (AP) -- Nine Peruvian miners were rescued Wednesday after six days trapped in an abandoned copper mine....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to end partisan gridlock and pass proposals he says would put Americans back to work....

PARIS (AP) -- Raymond Aubrac, a major figure of the French Resistance who evaded the Nazis in a now-legendary escape led by his equally renowned wife, has died. He was 97....

David Cameron says he will listen "very sympathetically" to concerns from charities about the impact of a planned cap on tax relief on donations.

Notorious mass murderer Charles Manson is denied parole in California, for the 12th and possibly last time, but he did not appear at the hearing.

The court rejects the government’s contention that an arrest warrant for a suspect causes him to not have a standing in hotel room where he was located. At any rate, defendant was arrested in the hallway, but his companion opened the hotel room door to see what was going on outside, and that made a protective sweep reasonable. United States v. Marrero, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49494 (S.D. Ind. April 6, 2012).*

The warrant for child pornography was based on an IP address, and probable cause was shown, so the good faith exception need not be reached. [The USMJ seems uncomfortable with the fact that he issued the search warrant, too, but his decision is subject to de novo review. United States v. Nolan, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 50046 (E.D. Mo. March 6, 2012).*

A knock-and-talk does not violate the Fourth Amendment, and defendant consented to a search. United States v. Major, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49665 (W.D. La. February 16, 2012).*

GENEVA (AP) -- Cases of dementia - and the heavy social and financial burdens associated with them - are set to soar in the coming decades as life expectancy and medical care improve in poorer countries, the World Health Organization says....

Rangers could start the next two seasons with a 10-point deduction if they are relaunched as a 'newco', under new SPL proposals.

A Hull man who was stabbed in the back by his partner tries to propose to her just after she is jailed for three years for the attack.

Nokia says that a bug is causing its latest smartphone to occasionally lose its data connection and is offering customers $100 (£63) in call credits.

PALMVIEW, Texas (AP) — At least nine suspected illegal immigrants were killed and six more were injured when the van they were packed into crashed and rolled not long after a border patrol traffic stop in a South Texas town, police said Wednesday.

The van was demolished in the accident ...

A number of al-Shabab militants, including senior officials, move north to the mountains of semi-autonomous Puntland after being pushed out of central Somalia, Puntland's president tells the BBC.

Nokia shares drop 17% after it unexpectedly issues a statement saying it will make losses in the first and second quarters of 2012.

PM David Cameron welcomes an investigation by China into the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood, found dead in the country last year.

The 3D version of Titanic enters the UK film chart in pole position, while new figures show British films are leading the box office so far this year.