Scotland's second North Sea helicopter crash in weeks involved the same company and the same brand of aircraft. more »
London's historic financial district became a flashpoint for people upset at the banking system's role in fuelling the current global economic crisis. more »
Obama said he and Medvedev had begun what he called "constructive dialogue" on issues from nuclear proliferation to counter-terrorism to economic stability. more »
Seven Somali pirates got more than what they bargained for on Monday when they tried to capture this vessil. more »
Eight people dead - seven of them elderly patients- at the care home at the centre of the latest American shooting. more »
Hundreds of people took to the streets of the Spanish capital protesting against government reforms to abortion laws. more »
A new transatlantic partnership is needed to strengthen ties between the EU and America now that Barack Obama has taken office, says the European Parliament. more »
MEPs held a debate on Wednesday with the President-in-Office of the EU Council, Czech prime minister Mirek Topolánek, on the outcome of the European Council of 19-20 in Brussels. more »
U.S. President Barack Obama made a long distance phone call -- but this time to outer space to the crew of the Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station. more »
A FedEx cargo plane landing at Japan's Narita airport skidded off the tarmac in a wind gust, flipping over and bursting into flames, killing its two-man crew. more »
A FedEx cargo plane landing at Japan's Narita airport skidded off the tarmac in a wind gust, flipping over and bursting into flames, killing its two-man crew.
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