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Belarus, Ukraine and Russia marked the 26th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor explosion.

Special Court for Sierra Leone has found Liberian warlord-turned-president Charles Taylor guilty of aiding and abetting war crimes during civil war that wracked country.

A six-year-old Colombian boy nicknamed "Turtle Boy" because of his rare medical condition was successfully operated by a British plastic surgeon.

Former Liberian president Charles Taylor guilty of 'aiding and abetting' war crimes at Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague.

Government in Manama dismisses rumours activist missing from hospital bed three months into hunger strike.

As Liberia's Charles Taylor considers his conviction, IBTimes UK traces background of the man who rose from political activist to warlord to president.

Alain Juppe says UN-brokered ceasefire has failed to halt violence in Syria and wants to move on to 'next step'.

Nasa's Dawn spacecraft finds iron and magnesium on Vesta.

PM escapes jail sentence for failure to reopen corruption case against President Asif Ali Zardari.

Iran is considering a Russian proposal to halt nuclear programme to avoid EU sanctions.

China shows support for South Sudan as the latter's president visits Beijing to court Chinese leaders. Behind the relationship, a lot of oil exports to China are at stake.

Animal, mineral or vegetable: 450-million-year-old Kentucky fossil sparks debate among scientists.

Albert Einstein issued a list of conditions to first wife Mileva Maric to save their marriage for children's sake.

Activists fear for life of hunger striker Abdullhadi al-Khawaja after mystery disappearance.

UN-African Union peacekeeper and 16 civilians killed in separate attacks in disputed area.

Court overrules wishes of dictator's family in fight to fund compensation for Pinochet victims.

On Malaria Day, worrying new figures in Nigeria and Congo prove fight against the decease is far from over.

The killers opened fire from helicopter, slaughtering 22 elephants at Garamba National Park. The poachers removed the elephants' tusks and genitals, which were reportedly smuggled to Asia.

North Korea's top military official claimed that the country has modern weapons to defeat the US in a single blow.

Suspected members of outlawed militant group arrested in raid on house also occupied by women and children.

A 5.2 earthquake has struck off the coast of India's Nicobar Islands.

A man accidentally drove his car down the steps of the Central La Fayette subway station in Paris mistaking it for a parking garage.

UN and Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan disappointed over escalating violence.

Tributes paid on 97th anniversary of First World War Gallipoli invasion to honour military dead.

Mitt Romney vows to beat Obama and promises better America in clean sweep of five Republican primaries.

Oslo bomb carnage scene described to court room on seventh day of Breivik trial.

Global piracy declines by almost a third but seas off Nigeria and Somalia remain serious threat.

Five years of acrimonious allegations in divorce proceedings finally yield multimillion dollar settlement.

Police chief baffled how stringent security at station failed to thwart suspected terror attack.