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Michael Jackson, 49, from Oldbury, West Midlands was arrested after the child was discovered bound and screaming for help in a flat in Oldbury.

The largest yellow diamond known in existence has been sold for a massive £7.8m million. The auction house, Sotheby's, estimated that the accurately named Sun-Drop diamond would be valued at somewhere between $11 million to $15 million.

Slain al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden has been described by the new al Qaida chief al-Zawahiri as 'sensitive' man.

According to extracts from a rare speech released in advance by his office, the Foreign Secretary William Hague hopes that with a strengthened legal framework the aptitude of the intelligence agencies could be tapped to support the security and foreign policy.

The eyewitnesses of the Stephen Lawrence murder case are ready to give evidence in hearing.

On Tuesday, Tesco said it had apologised to Streeter and his family and was investigating into the matter.

An ex-Brookside star has told a court today that he had no idea he was caught up in a gun battle because he was having “a line of cocaine.”

Egyptian blogger, Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, who published a series of naked pictures on Twitter in a protest against Islamism has sparked a heated debate on Twitter.

Rhodri Davies QC, counsel for News International has admitted that he cannot guarantee that there was no further phone-hacking at the News of the World after 2007.

John Lennon’s iconic ‘Bed Peace’ sign is going up for sale in prestigious auctioneers, Christie's and could be sold for over £100,000.

A group of Palestinian activists are reportedly re-enacting the U.S. Civil Rights Movement's Freedom Rides in the American South by boarding segregated Israeli settler buses to Jerusalem.

City of London Corporation is renewing legal action to remove Occupy London protesters from outside of St Paul's Cathedral, describing its talks with protesters as having got "nowhere".

Facebook is looking into reports that the site has been hit by a 'virus' that posts hardcore pornography and violent images in users' timelines.

Police working on a major counter terrorism operation have arrested four men in Birmingham in connection with an alleged suicide bomb plot.

Lawyers for the protesters have obtained a temporary restraining order which will stop anyone from evicting the Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zuccotti Park permanently, with a judge ruling the eviction early Tuesday morning as illegal.

Anders Behring Breivik "is not insane", judge said . There is also no evidence he had collaborators in the bomb and gun massacre in which he allegedly killed 77 people in Oslo this summer.

A racist white gang "swallowed" up Stephen Lawrence before he was stabbed to death, the Old Bailey heard.

Attractive people get paid better and enjoy more perks than their average-looking colleagues, says new research

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said that he will step down within 90 days of an agreement with the regional Gulf Cooperation Council

Occupy Wall Street protesters look set on abandoning their old camp at Zuccotti Park after being ‘temporarily’ evicted for sanitation purposes in favour of a new camp at Foley Square.

A News International lawyer has told the Leveson Inquiry that phone hacking by the company's newspapers is "wrong, shameful and should never have happened".

Four men, including three teenagers, have been arrested in Birmingham under the Terrorism Act as a part of a major terror probe in the region.

Irked by his behaviour, Cameron reportedly threw a silver fork at a mouse running across the floor, at a dinner with Cabinet ministers.

Tottenham Hotspur hero David Ginola is suing former Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier over comments the French coach made about him in his latest book.

Police have used pepper spray on protesters at ‘Occupy Wall Street’ in order to remove them from the site after it was dubbed unhygienic by the park owners.

Pomegranate helps fight heart disease, relieves stress and improves your sex life.

The son of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour has been released from prison after he was jailed for violent disorder at student protests.

The police began evicting the Occupy Wall Street protesters in New York this morning at around 2am local time, barring the press from entry and threatening to remove press passes should anyone come close.

The Queen has approved the hiring out of St. James' Palace for up to £30,000 a day (US$47,592) during the 2012 Olympics in London.