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Michael Jackson, the charismatic musician who came to be known as The “King of Pop,’ has died at the age of 50.

Barack Obama, the US president, has told Iran “the world is watching” its actions
after the country’s supreme leader demanded an end to street protests over recent elections.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, has backed the outcome of the country’s presidential elections and warned protests against it must stop.

As one of the most widely used applications on Facebook, We’re Related, is at the forefront of a new class of internet services that ride on the back of the popularity of social networks.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Early work on the ambitious health care overhaul the Obama administration is seeking has exposed the kinds of in-house fights that typify just how hard it will be to get meaningful legislation this year. Case in point: A proposal to help bankroll universal health coverage with a dime-a-can increase in the price of soft drinks.

MEMPHIS, TN – Memphis police say a man was arrested for masturbating in a public park.

Nearly two dozen tornados ripped through the Midwest last night, flipping cars, knocking out power for thousands and injuring one person severely.

North Korea has several thousand tonnes of chemical weapons that can be used in a rapid missile strike against the South, a report released by the International Crisis Group (ICG) has said.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) — A suspected drone strike on Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan killed five to seven people Thursday, intelligence sources said.

Istanbul, Turkey - Five days into the vast and sometimes violent street demonstrations over Friday’s contested presidential election, Iran blamed the United States for “intolerable” interference in its domestic affairs.

WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency is facing renewed scrutiny over the extent of its domestic surveillance program, with critics in Congress saying its recent intercepts of the private telephone calls and e-mail messages of Americans are broader than previously acknowledged, current and former officials said.

(CNN) — Ventures lead guitarist Bob Bogle, whose fretwork on such instrumental hits such as “Walk — Don’t Run” and “Hawaii Five-O” influenced countless bands, died Sunday in Vancouver, Washington.

Hamas said it foiled an attempt by Palestinian terrorists to assassinate former US president Jimmy Carter during his visit to the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Palestinian sources told news agencies.

US President Barack Obama says he is “deeply troubled” by violence in Iran following last week’s disputed presidential elections.

A man has stripped naked and stabbed himself to death during service in a church in Ukrainian Spaso-Uspensky monastery, Russian web-site Life.ru reported on Friday.