Deadly Poison Found in Letter Mailed to US Senator; Jodi Arias Defense Rests: Prosecution Starts Rebuttal
The first woman to be UK prime minister, Baroness Thatcher, has died at the age of 87 following a stroke, her spokesman has said.
Physicist pulls out of conference hosted by president Shimon Peres in protest at treatment of PalestiniansProfessor Stephen Hawking is backing the academic boycott of Israel by pulling out of a conference hosted by Israeli president Shimon Peres in Jerusalem as a protest at Israel's treatment of Palestinians.Hawking, 71, the world-renowned theoretical physicist and Lucasian Professor of...
EU member states vote ushers in continent-wide suspension of neonicotinoid pesticides • Europe will enforce the world's first continent-wide ban on widely used insecticides linked to serious harm in bees, after a European commission vote on Monday.The landmark suspension is a victory for concerned about dramatic declines in bees who were (EFSA). But it is a serious defeat for the chemical...
The French parliament is expected to approve a bill legalising same-sex marriage and adoption, after a divisive public debate.
The father of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev called on his son today to give up peacefully, but warned the U.S. that if his son is killed "all hell will break lose."
Two people are killed and 23 injured as twin explosions at the Boston Marathon finish line cause chaos and confusion.
New Zealand's parliament legalises same-sex marriage, making it the first country in the Asia-Pacific region to do so.
Lewis Hamilton earns his maiden pole position for new team Mercedes at the Chinese Grand Prix.
In a gutsy move, Rand Paul challenged young blacks to give the conservative party, once a civil rights leader, another chanceWhat was Rand Paul, a white Republican senator from Kentucky, , a mostly black campus in Washington DC? Asking black Americans to give conservatism a second look. Paul acknowledged that some people thought he was crazy to speak to a largely democratic group, who were...

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