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Fire continues to ravage Colorado
Colorado Springs Hundreds of homes have been destroyed by an out-of-control Colorado wildfire that's forced more than 30 thousand people to flee, officials say.
Former Libyan Prime Minister 'tortured'
Tripoli The lawyer acting for Libya's former prime minister al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi, who was extradited to Tripoli from Tunisia at the weekend, claims his client has been tortured.
Pakistan court puts new PM on notice
Ben Doherty Pakistan's new prime minister may face the same fate as his predecessor, with the Supreme Court giving Raja Pervez Ashraf two weeks to say whether he will reopen corruption cases against the country's president.
Record Arctic ice melt
Washington Sea ice in the Arctic has melted faster this year than ever recorded, according to the US government's national snow and ice centre.
So it's south of the border, down medico way
Jennifer Medina Americans are flocking to Mexico for cheaper healthcare.
Battle to keep PNG ballot boxes safe
Hamish McDonald, Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea Elections are falling behind schedule across the densely populated Highlands of Papua New Guinea as poor preparations cause angry scenes and security forces battle to keep ballot boxes safe.
Holy site a source of geopolitical tension
Harriet Sherwood The Church of the Nativity is at the eye of a political storm.
Syria peace plan hits a Russian roadblock
New York Russia has not signed up to Kofi Annan's plan for a transition of power in Syria.
Karadzic beats one count
The Hague, the Netherlands The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal has acquitted the former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic on one of the two genocide charges he faces at the halfway stage of his trial.
US high court upholds Obama health reforms
1:23am The US Supreme Court has upheld the heart of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, handing him a huge election-year political victory.
British police serve extradition notice on Assange
11:51pm British police served an extradition notice Thursday on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has taken refuge in Ecuador's embassy in London requesting aslyum.
Queen and ex-IRA commander meet
Gordon Rayner, Belfast 5:03pm A ring of steel was set up around the theatre where the Queen had a historic meeting with the former IRA commander Martin McGuinness yesterday.
Sexually mauled by mob: young reporter tells of ordeal in Tahrir Square
3:32pm "Maybe this is how I go, how I die. I've had a good life."
'We don't have murder cases like this': shot gay teens may have been victims of hate crime
11:50am Investigators on Wednesday were still trying to determine a motive for the killing of a teenage woman and the wounding of her girlfriend in a shooting at a South Texas park that has caught the attention of gay rights groups.
Bath salts not to blame for 'Miami zombie' attack
9:45am Lab tests detected only marijuana in the system of a Florida man shot while chewing another man's face, the medical examiner has revealed, ruling out other street drugs including the components typically found in the stimulants known as bath salts.
Thousands flee as wildfire bursts into Colorado city
6:04am A massive wildfire has swept through a residential area of Colorado's second most populous city, destroying homes and prompting 32,000 people to flee to safety.
Circumcision on boys assault, court rules
Nicholas Kulish, Berlin A German court has ruled that circumcising young boys represents grievous bodily harm, a decision that could have significant repercussions for religious groups.
Californian city largest in US to declare bankruptcy
Stockton, California The Californian city of Stockton is set to become the largest American city ever to declare bankruptcy as officials say mediation with creditors has failed.
Anti-Semitic drug speech
IRAN Iran's vice-president has used the podium of an international conference on drugs held in Tehran to deliver a baldly anti-Semitic speech.
British lawyers condemn Israeli injustice on Palestinian minors
Ruth Pollard Israel's practice of holding Palestinian children in solitary confinement and its use of violence and coerced confessions in interrogations is again in the spotlight following a report by eminent British lawyers.
HIV test for pharmacies
UNITED STATES US health officials have set up a $US1.2 million pilot program that offers free rapid HIV tests at pharmacies and clinics in 24 cities and rural communities.
Queen takes step to heal IRA pain
Caroline Davies Enniskillen, Northern Ireland As she prepared for her meeting last night in Northern Ireland with former IRA commander Martin McGuinness, the Queen visited a community that had suffered one of the most notorious IRA attacks.
Second minister resigns
GREECE A second Greek cabinet member has resigned in two days, the latest casualty for the struggling country's new conservative-led government.
State helped spur mutiny
RWANDA The Rwandan government violated UN sanctions by playing a pivotal role in the creation of an anti-government mutiny in Congo and supplying the M23 mutineers with weapons, ammunition and young Rwandan recruits.
Syrian state TV station hit by deadly raid
Rod Nordland and Donna Abu-nasr, Beirut Gunmen have attacked Syria's state-run Ikhbariya television station, killing three employees, a day after President Bashar al-Assad said the country was in a 'real state of war'.
Trebly talented Ephron dies at 71
New York 'Take notes,' Nora Ephron's mother advised her as a child. 'Everything is copy.'
The truth is out there: one in three believe in UFOs
UNITED STATES Aliens often compete with superheroes, vampires and zombies to top hit movie lists - but more than a third of Americans say UFOs are not a fantasy.
Copyright convention spooks Beijing's pirates
John Garnaut, Beijing Beijing has been struck by a desperate shortage of pirated DVDs, clothes and handbags.
Dad of forcibly aborted baby in hiding
Beijing A father whose unborn daughter was forcibly aborted by Chinese officials has gone into hiding after his family were branded 'national traitors' for speaking to foreign media.