European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso on Tuesday accepted a request from the European Union presidency to stand for a second five-year term as head of the bloc's executive arm.
A 53-year-old man was due in court on Tuesday charged with murder over the fatal stabbing of a young woman who was seven months pregnant.
An Australian politician on Tuesday said he would pay an outstanding legal bill before it forces him from his Senate seat but has asked for donations to help with the cost.
US first lady Michelle Obama made an unannounced visit to London on Monday after attending D-Day commemorations in Europe.
A once-pregnant 21-year-old newcomer to Oregon who was found dead in a crawl space of a home had been cut open and her baby taken from her womb, investigators said Monday.
Michelle Obama, whom French fashionists regard as the best-dressed American first lady since Jackie Kennedy, lived up to her sartorial reputation during her trip to Paris.
A North Carolina man has been sentenced to one year and one day in prison for threatening to shoot and kill Barack Obama when he was the Democratic candidate for president.
A Swedish party that wants to legalise Internet filesharing and beef up web privacy scored a big victory Sunday by winning a European parliament seat, results showed.
The family of actor David Carradine has asked US authorities to help unravel the mystery of his death, amid conflicting reports about how his body was found hanging naked in a Bangkok hotel.
When he was a baby, his father entered his hospital room and injected a syringe of HIV-tainted blood into his tiny body. At times during his childhood, he was expected to die.
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