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Bomb scare diverts plane; may have been a hoax (AP) Obama dismisses GOP ...

By Martyn Herman LONDON | Sat Sep 25, 2010 7:58pm BST LONDON (Reuters) - Leaders Chelsea failed their first serious test of the Premier L...

MANCHESTER, England | Sat Sep 25, 2010 6:56pm BST MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - The Labour Party chose former Energy Secretary Ed Miliba...

Republicans this week outlined their plan for reform in one-page summary entitled " A Pledge to America ." Republicans today hope ...

A couple of days ago I had the opportunity to visit Brussels, where I met staff at BEUC, Test Achats and Den Hagg, and I got in touch with C...

By Amlan Chakraborty and Sudipto Ganguly NEW DELHI | Sat Sep 25, 2010 4:25pm BST NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Commonwealth Games Federation c...

For decades, investors with an interest in Latin America were essentially limited to two choices: Invest in countries that were moderately b...

Arsenal head coach Arsene Wenger (R) gestures to fourth official Martin Atkinson after Sunderland scored during their Premier League match ...

  A Chinese fishing boat (blue), flanked by a Japan Coast Guard vessel, is moored at Ishigaki port on the southern Japanese island of Ishig...

Citigroup gives pay hikes to top execs in stock (AP) Soyuz capsule lands in ...

By Christine Kearney NEW YORK | Fri Sep 24, 2010 10:16pm BST NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billed as an exhilarating, visceral tale about the foun...

By Sonia Oxley MANCHESTER, England | Fri Sep 24, 2010 1:51pm BST MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini c...

By Fredrik Dahl and Sylvia Westall VIENNA | Fri Sep 24, 2010 9:58pm BST VIENNA (Reuters) - Member states of the U.N. nuclear watchdog narr...

By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK | Fri Sep 24, 2010 5:33pm BST NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than 20 years after the release of hit film "Wal...

By Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI | Fri Sep 24, 2010 8:56pm BST NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The first batch of athletes arrived in India for the C...

By Bob Tourtellotte LOS ANGELES | Fri Sep 24, 2010 9:52pm BST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Lindsay Lohan was led away from a Beverly Hi...

By Steve Slater and Kelvin Soh LONDON/HONG KONG | Fri Sep 24, 2010 8:21pm BST LONDON/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Dramatic change swept through ...

Obama, at UN, eyes Sudan, Southeast Asia tensions (AP) AP-GfK Poll: Dems dis...

(Reuters) - Global stocks fell and bond prices rose on Thursday as lacklustre U.S. and euro zone economic data rekindled worries over growth...

By Sudip Kar-Gupta LONDON | Fri Sep 24, 2010 12:51pm BST LONDON (Reuters) - Banks are facing a hard-hitting probe that will examine the b...

(Reuters) - A dramatic upheaval among HSBC's top management after a boardroom row has left the bank scrambling to limit damage to its re...

It's nice to know Jennifer Lopez has snagged a $12 million deal with " American Idol ." It would be a heck of a lot nicer if ...

Helber/APDeath penalty protestors rally against the execution of Teresa Lewis on Thursday. A Virginia wom...

Who says crime does not pay? It is fair to say Carlo Curley has gone to extraordinary lengths to break into the music scene. Like many ...

Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin is speaking out on the beating her adult son took from three men at a Detroit gas station this week. Frankli...

Eddie Fisher, whose huge fame as a pop singer was overshadowed by scandals ending his marriages to Debbie Reyno...

David Beckham's management company says it is taking legal action against a US magazine which published claims the former England captai...

Children are used as "ammunition" during separation. Photograph: Getty Sir Nicholas Wall, Britain's most senior family judge...

After serving for 11 years in the US navy, Rhonda Davis openly admitted to being gay, and was thrown out. Photograph: Guardian ...

Memories come alive . . . Models walk the runway at the Topshop Unique show. Photograph: Danny Martindale/WireImage Long ago, in a far-off ...

Like last time, I was at nearly at the front of the riser, slightly to the right, perching uncomfortably on a camera box s...

Made in Dagenham, based on the strike by women machinists at the Ford car plant. Photograph: Guardian Rip off you...

Bono: the U2 singer at the 2010 Atlantic Council awards, where he was given the Distinguished Humanitarian Leadership award in Ap...

A labourer walks through a construction site in the West Bank settlement of Elazar. Photograph: Baz Ratner/Reuters ...

Members of Iran's Basij militia march during a parade to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Iran-Iraq war. Photograph: M...

A courtroom sketch of Aafia Siddiqui with Judge Richard Berman in New York Photograph: Shirley Shepard/AFP/Getty Images ...

Zhan Qixiong, seen being led away by Japanese coastguard personnel, was arrested after a collision in disputed waters. Photograph...

Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen came under renewed pressure after figures showed the economy shrank 1.2% in the second q...

Oversized Mexican tequila hats also made an appearance Photograph: Daniel Dal Zennaro/EPA Bold colour shot straight ...

A soldier who has cleared twice as many roadside bombs as any other bomb disposal specialist in history is among more than 100 service perso...

James Cameron during a Guardian/NFT interview. Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian If there were any doubts that...

Commonwealth Games 2010: Athletes and officials from the England team arrive at the airport in Delhi, India. Photograph: Saurabh ...

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addressing the 65th UN general assembly in New York Photograph: Mike Segar/REUTERS President Mahmo...

Credit: Reuters/Luke MacGregor . By Alan Baldwin LONDON | Thu Sep 23, 2010 10:03pm BST LONDON (Reuters) - England committed to th...

People protesting against the execution of Teresa Lewis outside Greensville correctional centre in Virginia. Photograph: Steve Hel...

Virginia put to death a 41-year-old woman Thursday night, the first execution of a female in the country in five years and the first in th...