A senior commander in the Pakistan Taliban last night announced it was planning terror strikes against targets in the US and Europe similar to the Times Square bomb plot.
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The European Union's trade chief has been accused of anti-Semitism referring to the power of the "Jewish lobby" in US policy and the difficulty of having "rational" discussions with Jews on the Middle East.
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The Pakistani Taliban has said it was behind a suicide bomb that killed at least 53 Shi'ite Muslims at a rally in the country's southwest.
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The bodies of two crew members have been recovered after a cargo plane crashed in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates' civil aviation authority has said.
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Seven people have been found guilty of sex crimes at a state-run care home in a child abuse case that has rocked Portugal.
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A South African pastor has caused outrage by preaching a sermon entitled "Jesus was HIV positive".
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Forest fires have flared up again in southern Russia, killing eight people and threatening to spread to neighbouring regions.
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BP has said the cost of tackling the Gulf of Mexico disaster has risen to £5.2bn - as fears were allayed over another rig blaze in the region.
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A British journalist's reputation has been restored after he won an Austrian High Court libel over a claim, distributed internationally by Associated Press (AP), that he made up interviews in his book.
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Fidel Castro, wearing his green military cap and clothing like the comandante of old, made his first speech before the Cuban public on Friday since falling ill in 2006.
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Senior Labour politicians urge fresh inquiries into phone hacking claims surrounding the News of the World newspaper.
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Detectives in Armagh have begun a murder inquiry after a man's body was found in the Castle Street area on Friday.
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A 74-year-old Northamptonshire churchwarden dies when she is knocked to the ground as she herds cattle.
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A 7.0-magnitude earthquake has struck New Zealand's South Island, the US Geological Survey says.
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A scientist who had stored a metal canister in his luggage was detained at Miami airport during a security scare that shut down America's biggest international gateway.
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A former diplomat, a television presenter and a doctor were among six people found guilty of abusing 32 children at a Portuguese state-run children's home.
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Photographer Robert Wilson captures the Paralympians in action.
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A rare baby seahorse has been spotted in British waters.
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A Hare Krishna temple in Leicester is partly destroyed in an explosion, which is thought to have been caused by gas bottles being used for cooking.
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Two women who were arrested after trying to take a dead relative on to a plane at Liverpool John Lennon Airport will not face charges.
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