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Ban Ki-moon pays tribute to the 101 UN staff who died in the Haiti quake, as President Preval seeks US support on boosting the economy.

Ban Ki-moon pays tribute to the 101 UN staff who died in the Haiti quake, as President Preval seeks US support on boosting the economy.

A £1bn government scheme to regenerate former coalmines has been poorly co-ordinated and lacks vision, MPs argue.

Three men are arrested in connection with the theft of the corpse of Cyprus's ex-President Papadopoulos, officials say.

A former head of MI5 says she did not know US intelligence services were mistreating terror suspects until after she retired.

Fraudsters are continuing their switch from traditional card fraud to raiding online bank accounts, new research shows.

Healthier men, no matter their age, are going to have better sex more frequently and desire it more often than healthier women.

A US woman from Pennsylvania faces charges of using the internet to recruit female militant fighters for deadly attacks abroad.

A US woman from Pennsylvania faces charges of using the internet to recruit female militant fighters for deadly attacks abroad.

A former Ohio doctor was sentenced to life in prison for poisoning his wife with cyanide five years ago. The judge lamented that she could not hand down a stiffer sentence.

A documentary producer who interrupted a director's Oscar acceptance speech Sunday night says she was the one who was "big-footed" on stage.

On Facebook, a writer finds a community of insomniacs to pass the night with.

Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday that the United States condemns Israel's decision to build 1,600 housing units in a Jerusalem neighborhood, calling it "a step that undermines the trust we need right now."

A challenger to Louisiana Sen. David Vitter filed an ethics complaint Tuesday, claiming a fundraising letter for the Republican incumbent's campaign makes illegal use of a government emblem.

The social networking site plans to roll out features next month that will give its 400 million users the option of sharing their location with friends as part of their news feeds.

Pratt & Whitney said Tuesday a federal appeals court granted the jet engine maker's request for an expedited appeal of a lawsuit it lost as it tries to move 1,000 jobs out of Connecticut.

A nearly $140 billion bill to extend unemployment benefits and a host of expiring tax cuts cleared a procedural hurdle Tuesday in the Senate on a vote of 66-34, setting up passage of the bill possibly later in the day.

Investigators began their fifth day of scouring New Orleans, Louisiana, for a missing energy executive on Tuesday, and police say he could have fallen into the Mississippi River.

The body of a missing energy executive was pulled from the Mississippi River in New Orleans on Tuesday, four days after he disappeared, police said.

Two of the world's computing powerhouses have started a war of words around their forthcoming tablet computers.