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The new president of Senegal, Macky Sall, is sworn in to become the country's first new leader in 12 years.

Congressman Paul Ryan and Senator Ron Johnson pull an April Fools' Day prank on Mitt Romney.

Hogan Gidley from the Santorum campaign responds to growing pressure for the candidate to drop out of the GOP race.

Suppose the Supreme Court strikes down the health care mandate? David Frum says: Get ready for Medicaid to grow

Trade, security and energy issues are expected to be topics on the table when leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada meet in Washington Monday.

Some rare photographs of Diana Princess of Wales taken by Lord Snowdon have made their public debut on the Antiques Roadshow.

Julian Zelizer says President Obama should have advocated a stronger government role in providing health care

CNN's Candy Crowley reports on who's in and who's not as possible running mates for Mitt Romney.

Mitt Romney might not want to talk about it, but it is never too early to rush the season with a quick round of veepstakes.

Violence broke out as fans in the US celebrated the University of Kentucky's win over arch rivals Louisville in their NCAA Final Four men's basketball match-up.

MOSCOW (AP) -- A Russian passenger plane crashed into a snowy field in Siberia shortly after takeoff Monday, killing 31 of the 43 people on board, officials said. The 12 survivors were hospitalized in serious condition....

BEIJING (AP) -- Dozens of Tibetans have set themselves on fire over the past year to protest Chinese rule, sometimes drinking kerosene to make the flames explode from within, in one of the biggest waves of political self-immolations in recent history....

Iraq has demanded Qatar hand over fugitive Vice-President Tariq al-Hashemi after he began what the emirate described as an "official visit".

An armed robber who raided a string of bookmakers in fancy dress disguises, including an Elvis Presley outfit, is jailed for life.

A 15-year-old boy who murdered his mother with a hammer after writing a murder plot based on a soap opera is detained for a minimum of 16 years.

ISLAMABAD (AP) -- A Pakistani court on Monday convicted Osama bin Laden's three widows and two of his daughters of illegally entering and living in the country and sentenced them to 45 days in prison, with credit for time served, their lawyer said....

A Fermanagh joinery company has been fined £2,000 after a 76-year-old man died when a caged platform fell on him.

A six-year-old girl dies after choking on a piece of food while eating her lunch at a primary school on Teesside.

The chairman of the body representing 5,000 petrol stations writes to the Energy Secretary calling for urgent talks over the fuel "crisis".

Hungary's President Pal Schmitt says he is resigning, after being stripped of his doctorate over plagiarism.