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Mexico (AP)Gunmen have slain a Mexican journalist, the third such killing so far this year.Albertano Guinto, the acting attorney general in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero, said it was not yet clear if the death of Jorge...

A US appeals court has ruled that the 22-year sentence of a man convicted of plotting a millennium eve bombing of LA International airport was too short.

A group of former allies of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has urged him to resign to save the country from steep decline.

US President Barack Obama has announced a $3.8 trillion budget plan for 2011, which includes increased spending for job creation, but cuts in other areas.

The US White House has given the go ahead for the resumption of medical evacuation flights from Haiti to the US.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP):A Bahamas court has rejected a United States bid to extradite a Czech-born financier on charges of plotting to bribe officials in the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan in the late 1990s to get favourable treatment in oil...

Carmaker Toyota has recalled up to one point 8 million cars across Europe, including about 200,000 in the UK, following an accelerator problem.

The US administration is considering moving the trial of the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks out of New York City.

A judge in the United States has approved the sale of real estate owned by corporations controlled by alleged swindler Allen Stanford.

Rescuers are now searching for four people in icy Norwegian waters after the helicopter they were flying in crashed.

The Vice-President of Venezuela, Ramon Carrizalez, has resigned from the government.

Paris, France (AP): Mass transport, hospitals, post offices, these and all public services in France would be off-limits to Muslim women wearing face-covering veils if a parliamentary panel's recommendations becomes law.The panel's number two predicts...