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Mitt Romney's main rivals hope for 'one-on-one' contest with him by time primary campaign heads to Florida.

Niqab ban at Manouba University spurs Muslim students into indefinite hunger strike.

A nude photo of the Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani has sparked angry reactions from her fans and a warning from Tehran.

Republican supporters have been hesitant in voting for former Massachusetts governor as presidential candidate.

Disgraced RBS banker Sir Fred Goodwin should be stripped of knighthood he was given for services to banking.

'Colonialist' Argentina accuses Britain of rewriting history as diplomatic spat over disputed Falkland Islands escalates.

The wealth of these High Networth Individuals (HNI) are tracked by the deals they close, their high value real estate transactions , ownership of luxury items, and the charity contributions they made during the previous year.

Royal haunting of Glasgow church caught on video footage, Chinese tourists tell paranormal expert Michael Cohen.

Ukraine: Feminist activists brave cold to stage semi-naked protest in Kiev over prostitution restrictions.

Canada's Africa Oil starts drilling test wells in Puntland region in hope of tapping four billion barrels.

Google has changed how it scans web pages and has provided advice to help Wikipedia, Reddit and others remain high in search results while they black out to protest SOPA and PIPA.

Hitler’s former military base has been put up for sale by its Polish owners.

In response to anti-government protests last week, the Romanian government reinstated deputy health minister Raed Arafat on Tuesday.

Tropical depression Dando wrecks houses and topples power lines in Maputo and southern provinces.

Former Republican vice-presidential candidate becomes highest-profile politician to oppose Mitt Romney nomination.

The 35-year-old, Bruckner was visiting his in-laws in the Long Island over Christmas when he bought the ticket from the King Kullen supermarket.

Human rights activist Mahmud Abu Rahma attacked after criticising Hamas-led government in article.

Betty Makoni is an activist who set up Girl Child Network Worldwide to help girls abused in Zimbabwe and other African countries.

The OpBlackOut protest has launched, seeing groups ranging from the hacktivist Anonymous collective, unknown bloggers and massive sites such as Wikipedia unite to protest the US Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa).

Wikipedia and Reddit may not be the only ones on the Anti-SOPA blackout radar, as reports indicate about 7,000 websites will be going down in protest against SOPA and PIPA legislation in U.S.

Two UK servicemen were arrested by military police after claims they filmed themselves abusing two Afghan children.

President Barack Obama away for Michelle's birthday celebrations as 'bomb' thrown over fence during Occupy protest.

Facebook and Twitter last of the big players to stay away from protest against Sopa and Pipa.

Indonesian police step up campaign against commuters who illegally hitch rides on train roofs.

Joseph Herscher's madcap step-by-step chain reaction The Page Turner scores three million YouTube hits

Iran foreign minister Ali Akbar Salehi tells Finnish counterpart Tehran first proposed nuclear-free zone.

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg is believed to be preparing for initial public offering with astronomic $100bn valuation.

Wikipedia to black out English-language site over anti-piracy laws in the US.

Iran's religious rulers declared Barbie, an un-Islamic doll decade ago, but as tensions with the West increase a new crackdown is underway.