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Suicide rates in Greece are now the highest in Europe, with experts attributing the rise to the county's economic crisis and increasing unemployment.

Rescuers have spotted a life raft which may contain survivors from a Russian oil rig disaster feared to have claimed dozens of lives.

The death of North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong-il has triggered a military alert in bordering South Korea, which has a long history of conflict with its secretive neighbour.

A mysterious burial ground dated to the late 10th and early 11th centuries A.D. has been discovered in a recent archaeological excavation in Poland.

A team of researchers and astronomers believe that they have identified the smallest known black hole with the help of the special x-ray pattern, heartbeat.

According to the people who met him recently, the pontiff looked weaker than ever.

The Level Three alert predicts severely cold weather, icy conditions and heavy snow between Sunday night and Monday morning.

The Duchess of Cambridge is due to spend her first Christmas as a royal family member at Sandringham House which is believed to be one of the most haunted places in Norfolk.

Tourism authorities of Tapachula, a Southern Mexican city, has already installed a digital clock to record each passing moment till the time of the end of the world on December 21, 2012.

When you pay £70 for a cup of coffee, you may be forgiven for wanting to know what makes it so special... and whatever that secret ingredient is, you can be sure it is very exclusive.

Prime Minister David Cameron calls UK a Christian country at a speech marking 400th anniversary of the King James Bible.

Christmas is the time of the year when royals and diplomats, just like everyone else tries to embrace the general mood of goodwill and festivity of the season.

The drugs were recovered from a trailer that arrived at the port on a ferry from the Netherlands on December 14. Border Agency officers found that 44 kg of heroin and 36 kg of cocaine were hidden in boxes containing specialist medical equipment.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will be known as the Earl and Countess of Strathearn when they visit Birkhall on the Balmoral Estate, Aberdeenshire.

U.S. officials have confirmed that the drone which crashed in Iran was on a surveillance mission looking for suspected nuclear sites in the country.

A High Court judge has dismissed a legal challenge to a new immigration rule requiring people to be able to speak English before coming to the UK to live with their spouse.

Hop-on, hop-off red double-decker buses will return to regular services in London on 20 February next year, in a return to the traditional 1960s capital favourite.

A report by an independent commission has revealed that one in five Dutch children who spent time at Catholic institutions have been sexually abused.

Kimberly Hainey faces life imprisonment after being has been convicted of murdering her son, Declan, whose decomposed body was found at their home in Paisley.

The death of Christopher Hitchens is a cause of great sadness not only to his family but to a great many people, myself included, who have enjoyed and admired his writing and, perhaps even more so, his speaking.

A 24-and-a-half-year-old terrier-whippet cross named Pip, from Brentwood, Essex, is a candidate for the title of the world's oldest dog.

Amge was measured 62.8 centimetres (24.7 inches) by the Guinness World Records adjudicator Rob Molloy and Dr. Manoj Pahukar of Wockhardt hospital in Nagpur.

A council boss was sent creepy tarot cards and hate mail in a four year campaign of abuse by a demoted council worker, a court heard.

A burglar's "to-do" list of all the houses he plans to rob and how he intends to do it and during the Christmas period has been released by police.

The world has lost one of its greatest orators, writers, debaters and contrarians with the death of Christopher Hitchens, aged 62.

A decision to deport the asylum seeker was overturned two hours before he was due to be sent back to Congo

The marriage between Shahid and Parveen has been declared void as Parveen received a text with 'talaq' (divorce) typed three times from Shahid, the Imam has said.

The mother of an 18-year-old who was killed in a Christmas Eve crash is pleading with drivers to stay off the roads if they drink this year.

The Big Brother star did not blackmail the Manchester United footballer the High Court has heard.