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Barack Obama to provide direct military aid to Syrian rebels as Washington says Assad crossed 'red line' by using chemical weapons.

The United States is boosting military support to the main Syrian rebel group after determining that the government has used chemical weapons against the opposition, a top White House official said on Thursday (June 13).

Murdoch, 82, is worth some $11.2bn (£7.1bn) according to Forbes magazine's rich list.

News Corporation CEO has been married to his Chinese-born wife for 14 years.

Padua Northern League expels Dolores Valandro from party after violent Facebook comment.

Military officers record sexual encounters and forwards footage via email to colleagues.

Oculolinctus, or worming, exposed after teacher catches students licking each other’s eyeballs.

Human population will increase by 800 million more than previously estimated.

At least 15 injuries in massive explosion reported by local TV.

Eurostar's London-Paris run unaffected by second transport dispute in a week but onward rail travel from French capital hit.

Australian Prime Minister's anti-misogyny campaign descends into farce as radio host asks Gillard if husband is gay.

Suspected Maoist rebels open fire on passing train in eastern state of Bihar before fleeing to nearby forest.

Number of girls raped after defence classes introduced drops from a quarter to one in 10.

Racy video shows the half-naked women swiveling their hips and gyrating around a military-issued rifle.

Exiled leader suggests successor could be first woman to head Tibetan Buddhist movement.

Former Italian prime minster was close to the Libyan dictator before 2011 Nato intervention.

The 27-year-old suspect is an accounts student and believed to be suffering from depression

CBN News interview with radical cleric emerges on rightwing UK website.

UN says 93,000 people killed during Syria's civil war - but the real number could be far higher.

YouTube video triggers controversy about use of torture by authorities in Gulf state.

Researchers uncover 'sperm bank' ability in female guppies.

Australian court rejects Qantas employee Khazaal's bid for lighter sentence

Daniel Metzgar sues his doctor for a penile implant surgery that left him with a permanent erection

The feminist activists had staged a topless protest to defend Amina Tyler.

Six candidates remain in the battle to succeed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

On 26 January 2013, French forces liberated the city of Gao in Mali after it had endured a 10-month-long occupation by Islamic extremists calling themselves the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) and its close ally, Ansar Dine. MUJAO was established as recently as mid-2011 as a Black African offshoot of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) because its fighters thought the parent organisation "too Algeria" focused. In Mali, where the population for the most part pract...

Reporter for France 24 harassed by embassy staff for undercover film on Chinese treatment of Tibetans.

Sectarian violence erupted after police refused to hand over man to angry mob.

Researchers say orthopaedic clinics are 'ideal location' for domestic violence support programmes.