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A group of computer hackers, thought to be from Saudi Arabia, claim to have stolen and published the details of up to 400,000 active Israeli credit cards.

Health officials confirm Hong Kong's brand-new government headquarters contaminated with potentially fatal disease.

Sandringham centre of murder inquiry after remains of woman's body found over holiday.

Church of Scientology's David Miscavige accused of being tyrant who has strayed from principles of founder L Ron Hubbard.

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia was the first to issue a decree in 2006 banning men from working in lingerie shops to end "embarrassment" suffered by women buying intimate items from the opposite sex.

Sahar Gul was tortured and locked up in a basement for resisting an attempt to force her into prostitution by her in-laws.

Women in Saudi Arabia would be allowed to work in lingerie and apparel stores.

Crumpets, toilet roll and a tea float have been revealed as some of the more bizarre items that have been stolen from police stations across Britain.

A 19-year-old survived a New Year’s Day gun massacre by throwing herself out of an upstairs window.

Peace talks resume with first face-to-face meeting in more than a year.

Scotland on high alert over 100mph gusts as storms batter large parts of Britain.

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Campaign for Better Transport taps into consumer anger against 5.9 percent fare rise.

Taxi driver Michael Atherton believed to have shot and killed partner, her sister and her niece before turning the gun on himself.

An ultra-Orthodox man was arrested recently on charges of sexual harassment after he verbally abused a woman Israeli soldier for not moving to the back seat of a public bus.

The job of 39-year-old Natalie Thomas involves the checking of the softness of the guests' beds.

A family of four was found dead of gunshot wounds on New Year's Day, while an unidentified fifth woman, 19, was found with shotgun injuries, in another house on the same street.

Some of the Muslim MPs had consumed the meat which was served in the restaurants with the assurance that it was “halal”.

The woman finds the precious object while picking carrots in her garden.

The General Teaching Council of Scotland is preparing guidelines for teachers on the use of social networks.

Female television hosts and newscasters in Egypt can now appear on air wearing a veil, which some of them argues is their religious right, and not a compulsion. An Egyptian court in Alexandria ruled Sunday that female state television hosts have the right to choose whether or not to wear a veil, saying that a veil does not "stand between the woman and her work and does not pose any obstacles for the working women," but rather "conserves her dignity."

Fireplace embers can be misleading. Ask any victim of the 11,600 U.S. residential building fires caused by hot ashes, according to federal authorities.

The 90-year-old Duke of Edinburgh attended the New Year's Day Service at St Mary Magdalene church on the Sandringham estate, the Queen's Norfolk retreat.

The city has been planning for such a grand New Year celebration in view of the forthcoming London Olympics.

Dr Rowan Williams said that the events of the summer were horrific but the youngsters involved in the riots are a minority.

In Vatican City, Pope Benedict XVI marked the end of 2011 with prayers of thanks and said humanity awaits the New Year with apprehension but also with hope for a better future.

People around the world ushered in the New Year 2012 with prayers, balloons and fireworks. They rejoiced the end of 2011 by holding midnight parties at select disco clubs and pubs.

Big crowds gathered in almost all major cities in the continent to celebrate the arrival of 2012.

With only a comparatively few hours left before the ball drops in New York's Times Square, the world-famous New Year's Eve party venue has been all decked out. An estimated 1 million people will make their way to the Manhattan location, looking to welcome the New Year.