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New weight-loss pill (Right) US health regulators have approved a weight-loss pill for the first time in 13 years. Belviq, made b...

The Queen greets her subjects from the balcony of the Palace as she stands alongside Camilla, Charles, Prince William, Kate and Prince Har...

Twitter-Occupy Wall Street Twitter is contesting a US court order ordering it to hand over the message history of one of its users. A ...

Police investigate the van that plunged over the Bronx River Parkway Van plunges more than 50 feet from highway near Bronx Zoo, killing 7...

US Drone captured by Iran Iran claimed Sunday that it had reverse-engineered an American spy drone captured by its armed forces last year...

Firefighters work to control the blaze after the crash of an F-18 US Navy jet Emergency crews searched the charred remains of a Virginia ...

US Army Robert Bales (R) Afghan shooting suspect joined Army, dodged judgment (Reuters) - The U.S. soldier accused of killing 16 civi...

A group of rogue US Army soldiers in Afghanistan killed innocent civilians A US soldier in Afghanistan has killed 10 civilians and wou...

Coke and Pepsi Coca-Cola and Pepsi are changing the recipes for their drinks to avoid being legally obliged to put a cancer warning label...

Last Updated at 02 Mar 2012, 10:15 GMT Oil prices have dipped from a 43-month high after Saudi Arabia denied reports that a key pipeline...

Megaupload charged users a fee to upload large files anonymously Megaupload, one of the internet's largest file-sharing sites, has be...

Pilgrims were being searched at a checkpoint in Basra A suicide attack has killed at least 53 Shia Muslim pilgrims and left another 137 w...

Biggest tech show (Reuters) - The world's biggest technology trade show will feature razor-thin laptops, powerful new smartphones an...

Barack Obama, US President (Reuters) - The Obama administration will unveil a "more realistic" vision for the military on Thurs...

The pair attended a benefit for the David Lynch Foundation Russell Brand has filed for divorce from Katy Perry after 14 months of marria...

Japanese Fighter (Reuters) - Debt-riddled Japan Tuesday relaxed its self-imposed decades-old ban on military equipment exports in a move...

Mexico MEXICO CITY -- The Mexican army announced Sunday that it had captured the head of security for Sinaloa drug cartel head Joaquin ...

Raul Castro Cuba says it will release 2,900 prisoners, including some convicted of political crimes, in the next few days. President Ra...

Singer Adele Google has failed to deliver on promises to tackle illegal file-sharing, according to an organisation which represents music...