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Dispute between oil giant and Nembe Island's poor community escalates to workers being held on board seized boats.

Jewish settlers who took over house in Hebron's Palestinian area should be allowed to stay, says high-ranking official.

Bashar al-Assad's soldiers continue to ravage cities despite president's latest promise to stop violence.

London's Conservative mayor shouted "it's all f*****g lies" as rivals squared off in lift after LBC Radio debate.

NBC airs edited version of emergency call from killer of Trayvon Martin to suggest racism

Schoolgirl rushed to hospital in desperate bid to save her.

The skyscraper is projected to become the tallest building in Europe.

The gunman just stood up in the class and fired away.

Tensions between two countries continue as President Christina Kirchner labels British ownership of Falklands 'absurd'.

Neighbours close borders and freeze bank accounts as sanctions take effect to put pressure on coup leaders.

Lib Dem MPs warn of rebellion over legislation to extend security services reach over online communications.

Crackdown on citizenship fiddle targets weddings Zimbabwe has suspended all weddings indefinitely, reportedly in an effort to curb corruption and fraud.

Mothers in good condition are more likely to give birth to sons, whereas mothers in poor condition are more likely to give birth to daughters, says a study.

Scientists discover ash and charred bone in cavern on edge of Kalahari Desert

FBI investigates chilling movie poster mock-up but says no genuine threat has been perceived.

History teacher arrested over claims he told underage girl students to perform sex acts and send him lewd images in exchange for higher grades.

Nine suspected militants from the banned radical Islamist group Forsane Alizza, are being held in a detention centre following raids in major French cities on March 30th by French Police.

Relatives greeted the freed hostages at the city of Villavicencio.

The left rebels have been at war with Columbia for the past fifty years.

The control of fire would have been a major turning point in human evolution, said one of the researchers.

Mega Millions claimant snubs McDonald's co-workers in gambling syndicate.

Huge pre-historic animal mounds made by humans dating back to thousands of years have been discovered along the coastal plains of Peru for the first time.

Advertising managers keen to exploit the power to shock to sell their products as best way of clutter-busting.

Five people killed on the spot and two others die in hospital as former student One Goh goes on rampage.

The United Nations General Assembly released a statement to mark the fifth World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD) - 2 April.

Hacking collective brings down hundreds of China's websites in protest at government tyranny.

International Criminal Court confident Invisible Children's Kony 2012 will lead to arrest of warlord.

NGO aims to shift focus back on warlord Joseph Kony after co-founder Russell's public breakdown.

Russia has called on Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to pull his troops from the country's streets.