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Barack Obama vows strong action while UN chief Ban Ki-moon and William Hague express grave concerns.

Former world number one cruises to easy win as Doha sets up for a tantalizing spate of matches at the WTA Premier event.

Samsung releases Android 4.1.2 XXLQ4 Jelly Bean for Galaxy S Advance users from Russia.

American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson performed at the Endymion Extravaganza for the Mardi Gras 2013 celebrations

Liverpool wing-back Jose Enrique admits friction in his relationship with the Anfield club's manager, Brendan Rodgers

It doesn't matter how big, silly and expensive they are, AAA games can be art, too

It's the high-jump for ski-jump chief Khmed Bilalov after costs shoot up

Impact of 2012 DA14 would be like 2.5 megatons of TNT, but NASA says: "relax"

Gasthaus zum Pommer building in Austrian town of Braunau am Inn at centre of charity denial.

Bashar al-Assad vows strong retaliation for Israel's recent airstrike on Damascus.

Former UK prime minister warns of 'long, difficult, messy' campaign that will take 'a generation'

Russians have marked the 70th anniversary of their victory over the Nazis in the Battle of Stalingrad, widely regarded as a turning point in the Second World War.

David Beckham could earn up to £20 million promoting the Qatar 2022 World Cup, which has been dogged by controversy.

UFOs reported over Russia and Costa Rica but videos are inconclusive.

British hedgehogs may soon be 'endangered species' after numbers fall by 35 million to just one million

Volgograd renamed Stalingrad to celebrate key WWII battle against Nazis in 1943.

Austrian charity Volkshilfe in bid to sublet Braunaum am Inn’s Gasthaus zum Pommer building from interior ministry.

Willian has agreed a move to Russian outfit Anzhi Makhachkala, Shakhtar Donetsk revealed, with the Chelsea and Tottenham target turning his back on a move to the Premier League.

Ambassador Ali Abdul-Karim Ali responds after Israeli warplanes hit research centre on outskirts of Damascus.

Focus shifts to Central Bank as President Vladimir Putin says high interest rates a concern.

Christopher Samba has passed a medical ahead of his transfer move from Russian side Anzhi to Queens Park Rangers.

Chinese hackers infiltrate New York Times’ internal networks to steal passwords of reporters and other employees.

Samsung Galaxy S Advance I9070 running on Android 4.1.2 XXLPZ can be rooted using the root file released by XDA developer.

Seoul hoping for third time lucky with launch of KSLV-1 after previous rocket failures.

Shares fall in London after Europe's second-largest tobacco group says illicit trade hit key markets in Europe and Russia

UN and Arab League special envoy Lakdhar Brahimi addresses a closed meeting of UN Security Council officials.

Chris Samba is Redknapp's new defensive target as Anton Ferdinand moves to Turkey on a season-long loan.

Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), a terrorist group which is financed through its criminal activities of smuggling, drug trafficking and kidnapping for ransom, carried out two separate bombings on 11 April 2007 in the Algerian capital, Algiers. Active members vary between 300 and 800 for this Salafist group which formally changed its name from Group for Call (that is Preaching) and Combat (GSPC in its French form) only in January 2007. Itself a splinter organisation with a history of lea...

Graham Hughes is getting set to become to first person to visit all 201 countries without flying or using private transport.

Milos Zeman has won the Czech Republic's first direct presidential elections.