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Arrest of British man Chow Hok Kuen in Thailand attempting to smuggle foetuses lifts lid on Kuman Thong occult practices

Officials have released hundreds of documents, audio files and photographs, relating to the murder of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman.

As the King of Bahrain arrives in the UK to celebrate the Queen's Diamond jubilee, protesters in Bahrain continue to take to the streets in protest of the lack of political reforms and human rights abuses.

Turkish residents claim dead bee-eater is Israeli secret service agent.

Crowded night bus plunges off bridge into river in central Vietnam, killing 34 passengers and injuring 21 others in one of the country's deadliest road accidents.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is reportedly "unhappy" over the ban on Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan from entering Mumbai's Wankhede stadium.

Rights groups have condemned the detention of a Shia activist Kamel Abbas al-Ahmed in Saudi Arabia for his support of religious freedom

Footage posted on YouTube of protesters taking refuge in UN vehicle as Assad forces attack Syrian students at Aleppo University.

Scientists stumbled upon a wooden-hulled vessel during a recent NOAA-funded 56-day expedition, while diving in unknown or lesser-known areas in the west of Gulf of Mexico.

First Gay Pride march in former Soviet nation of Georgia marred by fist fight that broke out when Christian activists tried to block their path through capital Tblisi.

The head of the Syrian National Council Burhan Ghalioun announced he is resigning from his position amid growing divisions within the umbrella opposition group.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he believes the global Islamic terrorist network Al-Qaida was behind two recent car bombings that killed 55 people in Damascus.

The eurozone crisis, North Korea, the Middle East and Afghanistan are also expected to figure in talks.

Rights activists and Bahraini opposition members angered at invitation to the King of Bahrain to join other royals at a Jubilee lunch with the Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle.

"Devil's Breath" branded the world's most terrifying drug has a number of alternative uses.

Judge adjourns genocide trial of former Bosnian Serb army chief General Ratko Mladic for six months because prosecutors failed to fully disclose all evidence to defence team.

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he is eager to attend the London Olympics but fears that Britain does not want to host him.

Iran is threatening to start legal action against internet giant Google over its erasing of the Persian Gulf from its maps.

Suicide of estranged wife of Robert F Kennedy Jr adds another tragic chapter to troubled dynasty.

Chilean police arrested more than 70 students in Santiago in biggest protest so far this year over country's education system.

Carcasses of tigers and other big cats discovered in raid on suburban home in Bangkok.

European Jewish Congress urges European governments to ban Greece's Holocaust denying neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party.

Sailf al-Islam Gaddafi, who is currently awaiting trial in Libya, refuses to appoint Libyan lawyer to defend him, top Libyan diplomat says.

Saudi hackers target websites for state-backed Iranol, Iranian Oil Ministry and the National Iranian Oil Company.

Ancient Chinese believed that an eclipse occurred when celestial dragons ate up the sun.

Satellite images released by US-Korea Institute 38 north confirm building construction could soon be completed.

Chicago Police in the US have launched a nation-wide search for Arnoldo Jimenez who they believe murdered his wife, Estrella Carrera, and left her body in a bath just hours after they exchanged their vows.

The eclipse will be seen in eastern Asia, the northern Pacific Ocean and western United States, but not in the UK.

World Bank President Robert Zoellick has been quoted as saying that the core question will be not Greece, but Spain and Italy.