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Madeline McCann Found In India?

Morrissey, never short of a controversy or two, has again courted criticism after he reportedly compared the actions of fast food companies to the recent attacks in Norway.

Suicide bombers armed with guns attacked at least two government buildings in the capital of Afghanistan's volatile southern Uruzgan province Thursday, killing three people and wounding 20, according to officials.Information that have emerged since the terrorist attack suggest that six suicide bombers stormed the provincial governor's compound and the police chief's compound in Tirin Kot, capital of Uruzgan located north of Kandahar, Interior Ministry spokesman, Sediq Sediqi, said.

The news that Britain is now open to the idea of Colonel Gaddafi spending his retirement in Libya, as opposed to being dragged off to an absurd court in Northern Europe, does not come as any great surprise.

BT has lost its battle against Hollywood as it has been forced to block web users in the UK from accessing an illegal download site, Newzbin2, following legal action by the Motion Picture Association (MPA).Newzbin2, is a web site hosted abroad which has up to with 700,000 members and provides an index of films, music and software available for free but unlicensed download from the peer-to-peer network Usenet.

The Gaddafi regime was quick to condemn the UK for recognising the rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) as the "sole governmental authority" in Libya and Deputy foreign minister Khaled Kaim has hit back by saying the decision was "unprecedented in diplomatic history" and that he considered it "a stain on the forehead of Britain".

Chris Hune's file has been passed to prosecutors with reports that David Cameron is ready to replace the Energy Secretary.

House Republicans are decided to press ahead with a vote on a newly modified plan to avoid the dreaded government default next week, despite warning from the White House that President Obama could veto the plan with the backing of Senate Democrats.

In an effort to piece together the ‘’missing hours’’ leading up to the discovery of the late singers body at 4pm on Saturday (23 July), police are following up claims that the late singer had met up with a mystery man before her death.

MP’s to Quiz Tom Crone and Colin Myler Over ‘For Neville’ Email

South Korea forecasts even more rain as emergency workers are still entrenched in a battle against floods and landslides that have killed at least 41 people.The capital has been hit with the heaviest July rain on record, which triggered a mudslide in a residential area in the city's south on Wednesday and killed 16 people.

Rick Perry closing in on Mitt Romney: Time for Perry to Announce Candidacy?

Since Palestinian leaders have announced they will launch a Palestinian statehood bid in September at the United Nations Security Council, governments from all around the world have reacted to the decision, sometimes in a surprisingly passionate manner.

Al-Megrahi, the man convicted of killing 270 people by bombing a Pan Am jet in 1988 was11 years later released from Greenock Prison by the Scottish government on compassionate grounds.

An interview with Julian Assange from December 2009 reveals the Wikileak's founder's view on the NOTW hacking scandal at the time.

Only 7 percent of incapacity claimants are sick enough to stay on benefits for good. The results of new and tougher tests show that the vast majority are either fit enough to work or they abandon the application half way through the process. All fresh applicants for the new Employment and Support Allowance (formerly incapacity benefit) must undergo work capability assessments.

Vodafone has found itself in hot waters after rights group accused the giant mobile operator, which has 23 million of costumers in Egypt, questioned its "loyalty" to the Mubarak government during the protests that led to the ousting of the former leader.

An student intern who witnessed the attacks unfold in Oslo speaks to IBTimes

Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has said that Norway must tolerate views that it doesn't like because not to do so would "undermine the very important provision within democracy that is free speech."

Despite the phone-hacking crisis, the forced closure of the News of the World, the abandonment of the BSkyB deal and an on-going parliamentary and police investigation into the Murdoch's empire, it has been revealed by the Guardian that both James and Rupert Murdoch could be in line for huge bonuses based on the year-to-June performances.

Police have arrested a sixth person in relation to the death of Constable Ronan Kerr.

In the last two weeks China has issued two warnings to the United States, indicating that despite previous move to increase ties between the two countries, suspicions and tensions still dominate the two giants' relationship.

A Mexican judge on Tuesday sentenced a 14-year-old U.S. citizen to three years in prison for homicide, kidnapping and drug and weapons possession.

Just a week before the Aug. 2 deadline for Congress to act, hope for a compromise between Republican and Democratic proposals, and with Washington looking stuck in an impasse, Washington the mood in the U.S. is becoming more and more tensed as the risks of a downgrade to the top-notch US credit rating are looming everyday a little bit closer.

Afghan officials say a suicide bomb attack has killed the mayor of the southern city of Kandahar. "An explosion ripped through in Municipality department of Kandahar city, the capital of Kandahar province this morning, killing Kandahar Mayor Ghulam Haider Hamidi," spokesman for the provincial administration Zalmai Ayubi told Xinhua.

Gaddafi is once again causing havoc it seems as coalition forces supporting the Nato-led operation in Libya appears to be at loggerheads with the International Criminal Court.Recent weeks have been marked by declaration from France, the U.K and the Rebels saying they could allow for Gaddafi to remain in Libya.

18 people were killed following torrential rain in South Korea, after the outpour triggered landslides flooded hundreds of homes, rescuers said on Wednesday.

A tropical storm killed at least 20 people in the Philippines, while nine people are still missing as huge amounts of rain that kept pouring down, causing major flooding and landslides, National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council chief Benito Ramos told reporters on Wednesday.

Just over 38 years ago, on 17 July 1973, King Zahir Shah of Afghanistan was overthrown in a coup d'état whilst undergoing medical treatment in Italy, by his Prime Minister and cousin, Mohammed Daoud Khan. Anyone can be forgiven for missing the 38th anniversary of the First Republic celebrations in Kabul as there don't appear to have been any.