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Protesters clash with riot police in Athens after a pensioner shoots himself dead outside the Greek parliament, leaving a note blaming government cuts.

The popularity of "The Hunger Games" demonstrates that today's young readers want to be challenged.

Chief Constable Matt Baggott asks Her Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary to carry out a review following criticism in a University of Ulster report.

Health Minister Edwin Poots has met the chief executive and chair of the Belfast Trust to discuss the findings of an interim report on the pseudomonas outbreak.

Convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout was sentenced Thursday to 25 years behind bars by a federal judge in New York.

Urgent checks of abortion clinics ordered by the health secretary last month cost £1m and led to other inspections being cancelled, it emerges.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- New Zealand authorities have filed charges against the owners of a cargo ship that ran aground on a reef six months ago, creating what authorities describe as the country's worst maritime environmental disaster....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Stung by high gasoline costs, outlying suburbs that sprouted in the heady 2000s are now seeing their growth fizzle to historic lows, halting American city dwellers' decades-long exodus to sprawling homes in distant towns....

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Former South Dakota senator and Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern has been hospitalized in Florida, his daughter said Wednesday....

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Former South Dakota senator and Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern has been hospitalized in Florida, his daughter said Wednesday....

Lawmakers in Suriname pass a law giving the president immunity for alleged violations committed under his earlier military rule.

ATLANTA (AP) -- Two of Martin Luther King Jr.'s children on Wednesday marked the 44th anniversary of his death by launching efforts to prevent youth violence....

The president crossed a dangerous line this week. And anyone who cares about liberty needs to call him out on it.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Democratic leaders on Wednesday dismissed Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch's warning to supporters that Democrats might attack the Mormon faith of Mitt Romney during the presidential campaign....

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Democratic leaders on Wednesday dismissed Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch's warning to supporters that Democrats might attack the Mormon faith of Mitt Romney during the presidential campaign....

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Democratic leaders on Wednesday dismissed Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch's warning to supporters that Democrats might attack the Mormon faith of Mitt Romney during the presidential campaign....

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Democratic leaders on Wednesday dismissed Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch's warning to supporters that Democrats might attack the Mormon faith of Mitt Romney during the presidential campaign....

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Democratic leaders on Wednesday dismissed Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch's warning to supporters that Democrats might attack the Mormon faith of Mitt Romney during the presidential campaign....

A North Korean defector is jailed in South Korea for plotting to kill a high-profile activist with a poison-tipped needle.

Asian shares decline after fresh fears over the health of the US and European economies result in a global sell-off.