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In their first UK broadcast interview, American band One Direction say they won't be intimidated by Simon Cowell as they sue him over their name.

The US band One Direction say they won't be intimidated by Simon Cowell as they sue him over their name.

A premature baby who survived hours in a morgue refrigerator in Argentina was in "very serious" condition after doctors detected an infection, state media reported.

Peter Crouch is worthy of another chance as an England player, according to his Stoke team-mate Thomas Sorensen.

Mayor Cory Booker of Newark, New Jersey, dashed into a burning building Thursday night to help rescue a trapped woman, an act of heroism that sent him to the hospital.

MODESTO, Calif. (AP) -- Large flames shot late Thursday night from a Modesto apartment building where a suspect is believed holed up following the shooting deaths of a deputy and a civilian....

£9.8m super yacht that took five years to build

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea's much-anticipated rocket launch ended quickly in an embarrassing failure Friday, splintering into pieces over the Yellow Sea soon after takeoff....

Scaffolding that collapsed during a storm and killed seven people during the Indiana State Fair last year was not up to standard, and the fair's commission did not have adequate emergency planning in place, according to two investigative reports presented Thursday.

On Monday the trial begins in Norway of Anders Breivik, the man who admits to killing 77 people in a series of attacks in the country last summer.

GREENLAND, N.H. (AP) -- A man opened fire on police during a drug bust Thursday night, killing a New Hampshire police chief just days from retirement and injuring four officers from other departments. Early Friday, the shooter remained holed up in the home with a woman, police said....

Bob Brown, the leader of Australia's Greens on whom PM Julia Gillard depends for her wafer-thin majority, resigns.

Marussia's Timo Glock is asked by his race engineer if he requires new underwear following a hairy moment in first practice ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix. (UK only)

Queen's University in Belfast is to establish a college in China in partnership with the China Medical University.

A reward of up to £20,000 is being offered for information leading to the conviction of those responsible for the murder of census worker Joanne Mathers in Londonderry in April 1981.

Royal barge production designer Joseph Bennett explains the process for making gilded decorations for June's Diamond Jubilee river pageant.

Papers study Cameron Burma visit

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Newark Mayor Cory Booker was treated and released from the hospital Thursday night after suffering from smoke inhalation while helping to rescue his neighbors from a fire....

Guinea-Bissau soldiers stage what appears to be an attempted coup after gunfire is heard at the home of the main presidential challenger, whose whereabouts are unknown.

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea's much-anticipated rocket launch ended quickly in failure early Friday, splintering into pieces over the Yellow Sea soon after takeoff....