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Big Brother wants to see your email
Every email to your child. Every status update for your friends. Every message to your mistress. An official with Britain's Internet Service Providers'...
Timbuktu under attack
Booms from rocket launchers and automatic gunfire crackled Sunday around Mali's fabled town of Timbuktu, known as an ancient seat of Islamic learning, for...
Signs of hope in Myanmar
Supporters of Myanmar's opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi erupted in euphoric cheers Sunday after her party said she won a parliamentary seat in a landmark...
Romney poised to seal the deal
A Mitt Romney victory in the Wisconsin Republican primary on Tuesday could all but end the party battle to pick a challenger to President Barack Obama in...
Cervical cancer linked to race
New research might help explain why black women are so much more likely than whites to develop and die from cervical cancer. The research finds that blacks...
World landmarks dark for Earth Hour
Hundreds of world landmarks from Berlin's Brandenburg Gate to the Great Wall of China went dark Saturday, part of a global effort to highlight climate...
Humour can kill a campaign
Mitt Romney hit an off note when he told a "humorous" story about his dad shutting down a factory. Robert De Niro managed to get both Newt Gingrich...
Muslim Brotherhood wins in Egypt
The fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood named its chief strategist and financier as a candidate for president on Saturday, a surprising reversal of an earlier...
Gunmen open fire on Miami funeral
Authorities say 12 people were wounded and two shot dead when gunmen opened fire on mourners outside a Miami funeral home. Miami-Dade Police say it happened...
More violence in Libya
Six days of tribal clashes in a remote desert town in southern Libya have killed 147 people, the country's health minister said Saturday. Fatma al-Hamroush...
Panic over gas supplies in England
Britain's government has moved to stop panic buying at gas pumps, telling motorists there is no need to fill up their tanks as previously stated. The new...
Deadly terrorist attack in Thailand
Suspected Muslim insurgents staged the most deadly attack in years in Thailand's restive south, killing 11 people and wounding 110 with car bombs that...
Obama wants 30% for the 1%
President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to increase taxes on millionaires, reviving a proposal he first pitched last September that aims to draw sharp...
Cruise ship fixed after 24 hours adrift
A cruise ship with 1,000 people on board that was disabled by a fire and drifted in southern Philippine waters for 24 hours was headed toward Malaysia after...
1,000 on board drifting cruise ship
A fire in the engine room crippled a luxury cruise liner with 1,000 people aboard, leaving it adrift far from shore in waters south of the Philippines,...
Earth Hour kicks off down under
Sydney's iconic Harbor Bridge and Opera House went dark on Saturday as Australians switched off lights around the country for an hour as part of a global...
Europeans getting 'egg'-cited
'Tis the season to paint Easter eggs in Europe. Now children, listen: Handle with care, they break easily, and this year there are not too many about so...
Mega Millions winner sold in Maryland
An official with the Maryland lottery says a record $640 million winning lottery ticket has been sold in Maryland, and there could be others nationwide. Carole...
What would you do with $640 million
U.S. lottery officials say they are increasing the MegaMillions lottery jackpot to $640 million, raising what was already a world record prize. Kimberly...
French crackdown on extremists
French police detained 19 people Friday as they launched a crackdown on suspected Islamist extremists in cities around the country, President Nicolas Sarkozy...