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Secutiry experts question veracity of YouTube clip said to show hostage reporter in hands of al-Qaida affiliates.

Police searching for missing girl in Machynlleth say there was no struggle when she was lured into vehicle believed to be Land Rover or Ford Focus.

Crewmen from works outing vessel and passenger ferry held as police probe gets under way.

Saakashvili speaking in a live TV broadcast at the Georgian Presidential Office said he accepted his ruling party had lost a parliamentary election to an opposition coalition and that he would respect the voters' will.

Local residents thank pilot for manoeuvring the aircraft away from residential areas before crash which left seven Britons dead.

Terry Vance Garner, 70, eaten by own pigs in incident decide by local public law chief as 'doggone wierd'.

Details of the victims including their nationalities are yet to emerge but UK tourists may be involved.

Passengers on board Hong Kong Electric vessel die after collision en route to firework display.

California Governor Jerry Brown has signed legislation banning a form of psychotherapy that attempts to turn gay teenagers straight.

While smoking is a strong risk factor, heavy drinking found to cause oxidative damage to pancreas.

Moscow court postpones case after member fires her lawyers in action described as a delaying tactic.

Billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, considered as pro-Russia, is challenging current president Mikhail Saakashvili in crucial parliament election.

Atrazine, used in corn crops, found to cause tissue formation in nasal passage during fetal development.

A Russian court has delayed the start of a hearing into an appeal against the conviction of three members of the Pussy Riot punk band who burst into a church and performed a protest against Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Hugo Chavez and opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles locked in bitter poll battle.

Treasury minister said to be sounding out Lib Dem MPs to launch leadership bid for troubled party.

An article on satirical site The Onion claimed 77 percent of rural white Americans would rather vote for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad than Barack Obama.

Grim milestone reached in 11-year war after checkpoint shooting of US soldier by Afghan ally.

Two Turkish pilots who died in aircrash targeted by Assad's forces with help of Russia, says secret Syrian intelligence document.

Protesters allege a Buddhist man posted photos of a burned Koran on Facebook.

Local media reports that flyers warning of death threats have been issued in certain Christian-dominated areas.

Omar Khadr, who was born in Canada and became a militant in Afghanistan, will spend the rest of his prison sentence in Canada.

Explosions target police checkpoints and Shiite-dominated areas as Shiite-Sunni sectarian conflict turns bloodier.

Hajj Commission says it did not deport female pilgrims but the Nigerian government pulled them back.

As oil-rich Venezuela goes to the polls to elect a new president, violence remains a major worry.

Islamic clerics place bounty on filmmaker Nakoula Basseley Nakoula saying whoever kills him will get gold equal to his body weight.

Lack of water and fire extinguishers hampers efforts to control blaze in medieval market in Aleppo's Old City, a Unesco world heritage site.

March by the anti-Muslim English Defence League in Walsall, west Midlands, ends with clashes with police.

Teacher Jeremy Forrest's wife Emily also wished for dream wedding.