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More than 50 local authorities in the UK are set to be paid back funds lost when the Icelandic bank Glitnir failed in 2008.

A survey by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) showed more than two thirds of its members reject the NHS reform bill in its current form.

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, the head of the 85 million-strong worldwide Anglican Communion, announced Friday he will step down from his post at the end of the year.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai accuses the US of not fully co-operating with a probe into the massacre of 16 civilians by a US serviceman.

UK Coal pleads guilty to health and safety breaches over the death of a miner at a North Yorkshire colliery

Former border chief Brodie Clark, who resigned in a row over immigration controls, reaches an out-of-court settlement with the Home Office.

A plumber from Suffolk has appealed for help in tracing two men who raided his garage for cable and scrap metal.

Austrian Felix Baumgartner is on-course to set a world record for the highest free-fall jump after leaping from a balloon capsule at 71,500ft (22km).

Service personnel in south-west France are reportedly told not to wear military uniforms outside barracks, after paratroopers are shot dead in Montauban and Toulouse.

DEXTER, Mich. — A solitary hand stuck out of the rubble of a home destroyed when a tornado ripped through a Michigan village leaving more than 100 homes in splinters.

The first officer on the scene, Washtenaw County Sheriff's Deputy Ray Yee, reached for the hand and pulled out an ...

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Charles Garcia says that to boost Hispanic support for the GOP, Sen. Marco Rubio should stand up to the far right and delve into immigration reform.

Students and staff at Cambridge University will demonstrate on Friday against the suspension of a student for his part in a protest last November.

Dan Walker talks to Manchester United's Wayne Rooney, Southampton's Rickie Lambert and Swansea defender Ashley Williams.

LONDON (AP) -- Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams is stepping down at the end of the year, calling an end to a tumultuous decade as leader of a global Anglican Communion that has been sharply divided over sexuality and gender....

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A Turkish military helicopter crashed into a house near the Afghan capital Friday, killing 12 Turkish soldiers on board and two girls on the ground, Turkish and Afghan officials said....

Yes, of course, presidents have no direct control over gas prices. But the American people know something about this president and his disdain for oil.

SEATTLE (AP) -- The soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers is expected to be flown to a U.S. military prison as early as Friday, a senior defense official said, as the soldier's attorney spoke of the impact the fighting had on his client....

Is it really worth taxing the rich at a higher rate?

Somali government troops, backed by African Union forces, have for the first time seized an area outside the capital Mogadishu from the Islamist group al-Shabab.