Britain's annual £3 billion rebate from the EU budget is facing a fresh threat after the European Commission said that the concession could no longer be justified.
The mayor of the German city of Dresden has flown into London under pressure from fellow politicians to try to get a planned memorial to Second World War bomber crews scrapped.
President Barack Obama has unveiled a $50 billion plan to expand and renew roads, railways and airports in a late bid to boost confidence in the economy and prevent the Democratic Party from suffering a landslide defeat in forthcoming polls.
Senior Las Vegas police officers have defended Paris Hilton's rapid release from prison after she was arrested on Aug 27 for suspected cocaine possession.
China is poised to sign a $2bn (£1.3bn) deal to build a railway line in Iran in the first step of a wider plan to tie the Middle East and Central Asia to Beijing.
A toxic tide of acid mine water is rising steadily beneath Johannesburg which, if left unchecked, could cause earth tremors, power blackouts and even cancer among residents, experts have warned.
Julia Gillard, a British born "Ten Pound Pom" who first came as a child emigrant to Australia for health reasons, has risen from humble roots to become her adopted country's first woman Prime Minister.
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