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Despite losing the case against Apple in a Shanghai court on Thursday, the Chinese display manufacturing company Proview has taken the legal battle over the iPad trademark to a California court.

Falkirk MP faces three counts of common assault after alleged House of Commons Strangers' Bar brawl

Scientists from Newcastle University have discovered that space bugs - Bacillus stratosphericus and Bacillus altitudinis - bacteria normally found 30km above the earth have been identified as highly efficient generators of electricity.

Harry Potter novelist turns over new leaf and reaches out for adult audiences with novel for Little, Brown publishers.

Pratima Das returns to court with claims she was treated as a slave by high-profile health department lawyer Shibani Rahulan.

The far-right group are using the alleged race-attack teenager's name as a promotional tool.

An eight-year-old girl is in a critical condition in hospital after a nine-year-old classmate shot her during a lesson in Seattle, Washington.

UK-born domestic population is on the decline, while the state tries to contain the problem of immigration.

The debate on the Origin of Nature between the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams and his opponent - ethnologist and evolutionary biologist, Richard Dawkins will be streamed live.

Doctored photos of the presenter posted on the EDL's official Facebook page show him emblazoned with the group's emblem.

Classified documents detailing multimillion pound military spy plane project stolen from train in Paris.

Andrew Flood leads police to bodies of two elderly women customers of taxi firm.

Cruel pair ignored heartrending cries of rottweiler and Staffordshire bull terrier imprisoned in boarded-up attic.

Google's new privacy policy, which was announced a month ago, has taken a new turn after Attorneys General (and other ranking legal officials) from 36 states and territories of the U.S. sent a letter, on Wednesday, to Google CEO, Larry Page, expressing concerns over the company's new unified privacy policy.

Individual choice on whether protesters comply with legal ruling to clear St Paul's Cathedral camp.

After Apple, it is Microsoft which has accused Google of patent misuse. Microsoft has charged the search engine giant with misusing standard essential patents to gain supremacy in the mobile phone market. Microsoft has sought the aid of European regulators to investigate the alleged unfair use of patents.

Apparently, a video showing an Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) landing near the famed Roswell crash site in New Mexico has surfaced and is rapidly doing the rounds on the Internet.

Joyce was arrested following fracas in Bar in which Tory MP is thought to have been headbutted

Teenager alleges being plied with alcohol and passed around for sex before being paid for her silence.

Judge sparks uproar for light sentence and for calling child victim 'willing participant' in rape by two men.

Scandal sheet publishes sneak front-page picture of singer's corpse in open casket at private family viewing.

Guardian News and Media idea of opening hotel to claw back dwindling revenues could be a business model other UK newspapers could follow.

Losses double year-on-year for Royal Bank of Scotland after hits over pension mis-selling and Greek debt write-offs.

Passengers were thrown to the floor, many injured and blood-soaked by the shattered glasses and mangled metals.

Lindsay Lohan was praised by a Los Angeles judge at her penultimate progress hearing on Wednesday, as she entered the "home stretch" of her probation after being convicted of the theft of a necklace in early 2011.

President Cristina Fernandez has declared two days of mourning and called off the Carnival festivities while expressing her condolences to the families of the victims.

Actress Helena Bonham Carter honoured with Commander of the British Empire award for contribution to film.

From favourite foods to swearing, what will you be giving up this year?

IBTimes UK looks back at the four months of the St Paul's camp in pictures.