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French far-right leader Marine Le Pen vows to cast a blank vote in Sunday's presidential run-off, in a further setback for President Nicolas Sarkozy.

A campaign is being launched to take astronomy to Afghan children, drawing on the rich astronomical heritage of Islam.

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MI6 failed to pass police a lot of Gareth Williams' belongings during the probe into his death, an inquest hears.

The trial court found a lack of consent in part because the officer yelled at the motorist to stay with the car, but the appellate court was not persuaded. Safety reasons need to be considered. State v. Miller, 2012 Ohio 1901, 2012 Ohio App. LEXIS 1659 (4th Dist. April 17, 2012)*:

[*P28] After our review of the stipulated evidence submitted in the case sub juice, we disagree with the trial court's conclusion that the appellee did not voluntarily consent to the search. The trial court relied upon the following factors to determine that appellee did not consent: (1) the trooper ordered appellee to remain in the vehicle; (2) the trooper removed appellee from the vehicle; and (3) the trooper did not advise appellee of his right to refuse. With respect to the first of these factors, the trooper was entirely justified to order appellee to remain in the vehicle. As the United States Supreme Court has recognized, traffic stops carry inherent dangers and law enforcement officers are entitled to exercise authority over the driver and any passengers in order to maintain a sense of safety. See Arizona v. Johnson (2009), 555 U.S. 323, 330, 129 S.Ct. 781, 172 L.Ed.2d 694 (recognizing that "traffic stops are 'especially fraught with danger to police officers" and that "'"[t]he risk of harm to both the police and the occupants [of a stopped vehicle] is minimized *** if the officers routinely exercise unquestioned command of the situation."'") (internal quotations and citations omitted). Thus, the trooper's command that appellee remain in the vehicle does not constitute a coercive or threatening act.

BEIJING (AP) -- Since blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng was being held under illegal house arrest, his only offense in escaping may have been to embarrass his captors - vengeful local officials bent on punishing him for exposing forced abortions....

A judge warns a former police community support officer from Hull he faces a "significant" jail term for child sex offences.

Israel's former foreign minister and opposition leader, Tzipi Livni, announces she is resigning from the country's parliament, the Knesset.

Pundits from continent give their Hodgson verdict

The BBC News website picks up another award at the 16th Webbys while new entrants Pinterest, Google+ and Spotify get their first.

The Flashback Trojan could have netted its creators more than $10,000 a day, suggests analysis of the malware.

Olympic and Paralympic stars await London 2012

The Advertising Standards Authority has widened its inquiry into the advertising of the 4G Apple iPad. The UK does not yet have widespread 4G coverage, and the iPad will be incompatible with it when it does.

The last surviving founding member of Nicaragua's left-wing Sandinista movement, Tomas Borge, dies at the age of 81.

MPs and peers have marked the end of the parliamentary session with the traditional prorogation ceremony.

The federal government by definition has to make a federal case out of everything it touches, from mandating toilets that barely flush to prescribing how many calories must go into a schoolboy's lunch.

So we can't be surprised that the Secret Service will assign nannies and chaperones to monitor the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's re-election campaign has released a new ad that accuses Mitt Romney of outsourcing American jobs and slams the Republican candidate for keeping money in foreign bank accounts....

U.S. growth in the first quarter fell to 2.2 percent, a disappointment. But in Europe, that news would have caused general rejoicing.

Potentially deadly exotic caterpillars are invading Britain, according to the Daily Mail. Tony Kirkham, Head of Arboretum at Kew Gardens explains what they are and their dangers.

An inquiry into the deaths of two girls who jumped from the Erskine Bridge finds they might have lived if the care home where they stayed had taken greater precautions.