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Mother and stepfather accused of raping four-year-old boy in visiting room in Toul prison.

Ousted president Mohammed Morsi's group hit by confiscation of all assets, pushing it further underground.

Police investigating how two adults and three children died in town of Rice.

UN report reveals reduction in number of new HIV cases but highlights issues affecting 2015 target.

Jacob Rusli Bin failed to understand order to steer the liner to port before it hit reef.

'Angie' may not have Hollywood glamour or utopian ideals, but her pragmatic stewardship is mightily effective.

Teenage boy wandered from state to state with grandmother before suspicious school staff in Missouri alerted police.

Kenyan interior minister Joseph Lenku says end of shopping centre siege in Nairobi imminent as troops hunt down remaining al-Shabaab terrorists.

Attack on All Saints Church in Pakistan leaves at least 81 dead and 140 injured.

Peta investigation shows immense animal suffering in civet coffee trade.

Somali insurgents claim three Americans among shopping centre attackers.

As Al-Shabaab siege of Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi heads into day three, more shocking photos have emerged.

Chancellor to start negotiations with Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens.

Amanda Knox's ex-boyfriend lashes out at Italian prosecutors.

Kenyan forces admit fate of remaining hostages inside shopping centre still unclear.

Asian financial nerve-centre limping back, several flights cancelled.

Loud explosions and heavy gunfire heard at shopping centre as Kenyan forces step up attack against al-Shabaab-backed Islamist militants.

Attack on the Kenyan mall where Islamic extremists are holding hostages a day after attacking the luxury Westgate centre and killing 59 people.

Terrorist group linked to al-Qaida is tweeting live updates on Kenya attack via social media.

Kenyan officials say death toll from grenade-and-gunfire siege at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi has risen to 59, with at least 175 wounded.

Two people killed by falling tree in Shantou City, in southern China's Guangdong province

Israeli commandos airlifted to Nairobi shortly after al-Shabaab fighters attacked Westgate mall.

Al-Qaida-linked group that attacked the Westgate mall has recruited dozens of westerners to its cause.

Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov cites Israeli intelligence that Syrian rebels have seized stockpiles of chemical weapons.

Reports from Nairobi indicate Israel's elite troops are battling Islamic militants to free scores of hostages taken in the Westgate Mall siege.

Merkel's Christian Democratic Union has a strong lead over main challenger Peer Steinbrück's Social Democratic Party (SPD).

As the al-Shabaab siege of the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi heads into day two, more shocking photos have emerged.

Kenyan authorities say 59 shoppers at the Westgate Mall, Nairobi, have been killed and hundreds injured by al-Shabaab terrorists.

Social media updates off as militants monitor authorities' moves through internet.