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Authorities in Tehran play down the finding saying it may happen for technical reasons beyond the operator's control.

Researchers from Oxford University and Tübingen University discover a flute that dates back 42,000 to 43,000 years.

Syrian forces use helicopter gunships and deadly fire against unarmed civilians.

David Simon, CEO of Simon Property, named highest paid CEO of 2011 in AP analysis.

Vatican Gendarmerie detain whistleblower who leaked internal documents to the media, bringing shame on the Holy See.

A parliamentary debate in Ukraine ended in chaos when the members from opposing parties brawled with each other - the latest bout in a dubious tradition of politcians behaving very, very badly.

United Nations Human Rights chief Navi Pillay urges Western countries to lift sanctions on Zimbabwe and its president, Robert Mugabe.

Head of Vatican Bank Ettore Gotti Tedeschi dismissed after receiving no-confidence vote from board.

A recent report by The Trust for America's Health, a nonprofit disease prevention group, reveals that Americans aged five to 34 are killed more in vehicle crashes than from any other cause.

Unofficial exit results of the Egyptian presidential elections suggest Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Morsi and Mubarak's former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq are set to face each other in a run-off.

One police officer killed in unprecedented suicide bomb attack in central Turkish province of Kayseri, PKK accused.

Adam Smith tells Leveson Inquiry that News Corporation's Fred Michel exaggerated department's support for BSkyB bid.

Vial of former US president's blood, taken at time of failed assassiation attempt, removed from online auction site

The Liberian-flagged Rena split into two causing a huge environmental disaster that killed thousands of birds.

Scientists from the University of York have found that climate change has bought great changes to the lifestyle of the Brown Argus butterfly.

New French President Francois Hollande confirms country's troops early withdrawl on unannounced visit to Afghanistan.

Etan Patz went missing on his first journey to the school bus stop alone.

Wikileaks' founder Julian Assange has donned a Guy Fawkes' Anonymous mask in what he claims to be his "last public appearance" at event in London.

Scientists use forensic-style chemical analysis to study mineral crystal called orthopyroxene from crystals found in Mount St Helens in Washington.

Highlighted piece of American history underscores a crucial aspect of Abraham Lincoln's attitude to Reconstruction.

The 50-year-old woman, suspected of having contracted rabies, was reportedly bitten by puppy in India.

Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington scientists find that carbon molecules in the meteorites came from Mars.

Francois Hollande has made it clear that French troops would be out of Afghanistan by the end of this year.

Antonis Perris was a 60-year-old Greek musician and his mother was 91 years' old.

Freedom and Justice Party's Mohamed Morsi ahead of 12 other candidates, including former Arab League secretary general Amr Moussa.

Armed forces press ahead with offensive to regain extremist strongholds.

Jeremy Hunt, the culture secretary, told David Cameron that he believed BSkyB bid was good for the media industry, prior to his appointment as quasi judicial arbiter of the controversial takeover plan.

Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sent a letter to Hezbollah Chief Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah ahead of Lebanon’s 12th anniversary of Liberation Day, when the Israeli army withdrew from the country in 2000.

Zainab al-Khawaja, daughter of human rights activist and hunger striker Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, sentenced to one month in prison in Manama