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IBTimes UK takes a look at the female front-runners for EU presidency.

Troops in Cameroon have killed around 40 Boko Haram Islamist militants in clashes in the far north of the country.

Alleged killer Mehdi Nemmouche arrested by chance after customs check on bus from Amsterdam to Marseille.

Barcelona starlet's bumper contract celebrated with lavish London party, claims ex-Santos president.

Former Fifa executive committee member allegedly transferred millions into football association presidents' accounts in return for votes.

A group of six climbers are believed to have fallen thousands of feet to their deaths on one of the United States' highest mountains.

New poll reveals that 86% of people who voted Ukip in Euro elections will also vote for them in 2015.

Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl was held captive by the Taliban for five years.

Gary Dudek is accused of stealing 200 skin grafts from a hospital where he worked as an account manager.

Eye witnesses describe chaotic scenes as a rally car crashes into a crowd of spectators.

Sudanese authorities have said that Meriam Ibrahim will be released in days following international condemnation of death sentence.

Teenager born a girl wins legal right to testosterone treatment to make him look more like a male.

Descendant of great oceanographer plans to spend 31 days in Aquarius undersea laboratory.

Police at Heathrow arrest 19-year-old man on suspicion of terror offences.

Stockport wife Roya Nobakht, who posted message on Facebook, has been jailed at notorious Evin prison.

The princess daughters of King Abdullah claim they are being punished for criticising absence of women's rights in kingdom.

Missouri attorney-general proposes solution to shortage of lethal injection drugs for death penalty - ordering state to make chemicals itself.

Orthodox Russian priest went straight to church after five months on the high seas alone in a boat.

Political turmoil in the Ukraine and in Libya support crude oil prices.

Ban Ki-moon's spokesperson slams gender-based violence in India and Pakistan.

College student Tyler Lawrence had a testicle removed, but - shockingly - his hazing ritual does not even make the worst 10.

Former NSA contractor speaks out in unaired excerpts of NBC interview.

Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband also press Sudanese government on Christian woman.

A skeleton found on an archaeological dig in Scotland could be the remains of Olaf Guthfrithsson, a 10th-century Irish Viking king.

A graffiti walking tour of the Newtown district of Johannesburg.

Ukraine's prime minister said payment was made at rate of $268 per 1,0000 cubic metres

Marine Le Pen's councillors in Toulon say French general-turned-terrorist deserves better treatment than civil rights icon

Two sisters were gang-raped and hung from a tree in Uttar Pradesh in India.

Elections to be held in 12 months, if peace and reform are achieved says coup leader General Chan-ocha