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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano appeals to political leaders for realism and a sense of responsibility in resolving their post-election deadlock.

Police investigate two armed robberies at newsagents to the south of Glasgow.

Lewis Hamilton sets an eye-catching pace on the penultimate day of pre-season testing in Barcelona.

The two front-runners in Kenya's presidential election, Raila Odinga and Uhuru Kenyatta, hold final campaign events before Monday's vote.

The world body that governs the rules of football is to investigate allowing players to wear heart monitors during games.

Plaid Cymru's parliamentary leader urges his party to "strive for parity" with Scotland, whatever the Scottish independence referendum outcome.

A bomb has been made safe after being found outside a house in Hollymount Park in Londonderry.

The work of a controversial painter, well known for tackling subjects like homelessness and mental illness, is to go on show to members of the public.

Legendary former steeplechaser Kauto Star completes his first dressage test in the parade ring at Newbury racecourse.

A number of Britons have been hurt after the coach they were travelling in crashed in Kenya, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has said.

Internet retailer Amazon is continuing to list clothes from a US firm despite a row over a T-shirt with the slogan "keep calm and rape a lot".

The army in the Democratic Republic of Congo says it has recaptured two eastern towns held for months by the M23 rebels.

The Foreign Office confirms that a number of Britons have sustained injuries - but none of them life-threatening - in a coach crash in Kenya.

The Scottish government is to publish proposals aimed at allaying fears that university research budgets could be devastated after independence.

The study estimates that 100 million sharks are killed globally every year. Shark populations are especially vulnerable because they do not reproduce quickly or early on in life. New protections are up for consideration at an international conference Sunday.

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Jeff Bush, 37, was in his bedroom Thursday night when the earth opened and took him and everything else in his room. It's unclear how large the sinkhole is, or whether it leads to other caverns and chasms throughout the neighborhood.

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Two men from Kent are arrested in connection with the case of a former New York policeman accused of plotting to eat women.

Ferocious clashes are reported around the northern town of Raqqa, amid further fighting between government and rebels forces across Syria.

Alliance leader David Ford has claimed that unionists have whipped up tension in east Belfast over the flag issue in order to win votes.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is receiving chemotherapy in a Caracas hospital after cancer surgery in Cuba, the vice-president has revealed.