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Scores of his supporters have been murdered and thousands tortured in the cause of ridding

American military commanders in Baghdad make clear their scepticism of presidential candidate's

Miley Cyrus, one of the world's most famous teenage stars, has admitted to yearning for a

The BBC website may have an unfair advantage if given the go-ahead for a £39m budget increase.

A Syrian lorry driver transporting luxury cars from Turkey to Gibraltar was sent on a 1,600 mile

Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Al-Thani has received an apology from an Arabic newspaper about Israel

An opinion piece by the Republican presidential candidate is rejected days after a similar

A 20-year-old arrested after newborn son is killed while on holiday in Crete.

Radovan Karadzic, one of the world's most wanted war crimes suspects, has been captured in

Radovan Karadzic, accused of orchestrating the worst acts of brutality Europe has seen since the

A British man has been stabbed to death in a double murder in New Zealand.

Radovan Karadzic,accused of war crimes across Europe, was arrested in Serbia on UN genocide

Radovan Karadzic was the most notorious Serbian war criminal of the Bosnia conflict, and until

Serbia has captured Radovan Karadzic, one of the world's most wanted men, prompting world

Former Bosnian Serb leader accused of genocide and war crimes.

The arrest of Serbian war crimes fugitive Radavan Karadzic has been compared with capturing

Gordon Brown is expected to pave the way for the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq by 2010.

A notorious sex column published in a leading Japanese newspaper has been dropped, after the

Australians outraged after a British couple hired a van bearing the slogan "Save a whale...

The Serbian war crimes fugitive will be hauled before an international court in The Hague

The Baghdad government embraced Barack Obama's drive to remove troops from Iraq by 2010.

A young mother has been charged with the murder of her newborn son while she on holiday in

All "Men at Work? road signs in a US city are to be repainted, after complaints they that

Serbian war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic had concealed his identity with a white beard.

A man in a bulldozer has been shot dead during an apparent attempt to copy an attack that killed

India's opposition have demanded the resignation of prime minister Manmohan Singh over

Britain's fraught relationship with Russia received a welcome fillip after Moscow's supermarkets

Cambodia has appealed for the United Nations Security Council to diffuse an "imminent state of war"

A Polish tourist died at a busy railway station when he reportedly urinated on the track, police

Residents of the Greek island of Lesbos have failed in their bid to ban the use of the word lesbian

A wild deer brought chaos to an Italian city centre injuring two people.

Jack Lang, for decades a leading figure in the French Socialist party, has been shown the door

This opinion article was written by Senator John McCain and first submitted to the New York

Those who knew Radovan Karadzic in Sarajevo before the war remembered him as a corrupt doctor, a

Actress who ranted at length about her estranged husband has been dismissed as "calculating and

The Communist party in St Petersburg has petitioned the Orthodox Church to canonise Josef Stalin if

Investigators seeking the source of a nationwide salmonella outbreak that sickened 1,251 people and

Europe's most wanted war crimes suspect has been living in disguise as an alternative healthcare

When identical twin sisters Diane and Darlene Nettemeier met identical twin brothers, it was two

A convertible Rolls Royce reputedly owned by Saddam Hussein has gone up for sale on eBay.

India's government has survived a tumultuous confidence debate, clearing the way for New Delhi to

Hugo Chavez calls for strategic relationship with Russia to counter aggression from US.

A British man has been jailed in France for ploughing into two women in his four-wheel drive while

The diminutive actress spent 40 years struggling for success before finding fame as the

Senator Barack Obama has vowed to work towards ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict if he

A woman accused of killing her newborn baby son while on holiday in Crete could face up to 20 years

The spate of thefts is the latest product of a booming scrap metal market, coupled with the

After a manhunt lasting more than a decade Radovan Karadzic was finally tracked down to a Belgrade

Silvio Berlusconi's government has passed a law which makes the Italian premier immune from

Russia has threatened criminal action against tobacco manufacturers after accusing US corporations

Photographer catches a young squirrel breaking into a squirrel-proof bird feeder.

Sir David Attenborough warned that butterflies could die out unless something is done to help them

Mars was once "a great place to live" - awash with water and capable of supporting life, the

The idea that people have an innate mathematical ability has been questioned by a study of an

Scientists have discovered why people sometimes need to re-read a page. According to a study the

A natural catastrophe that wiped out one tenth of the world's marine invertebrates almost 94

Sir David Attenborough warned that butterflies could die out unless something is done to help them

Some of Britain's best-loved woodland birds are in a tail-spin of decline, the latest survey

Plans for an eco-town near Cambridge have been shelved after the world's largest medical research

Flood-hit authorities across Britain will receive further funding of nearly £31 million to continue

Bigga the killer whale has been photographed off the Shetland Isles flipping seals out of the

With fuel prices going through the roof there has never been a better time to think about

A new, eco-friendly driving technique involves squeezing every last mile out of a tank of fuel,

Thousands of new homes are set to be built on the green belt over the next 20 years under

Antarctic marine life is coming under increasing threat from icebergs that are scouring the seabed

One of Britain's most high profile architects has warned the Government it risks "losing the plot"

China is abandoning Chairman Mao's dream to make Beijing a workers' paradise, rebuilding it under

A new type of flour could turn the humble loaf of bread into a weapon against obesity.

A giant squid has been dissected live on the internet for the first time – and the gory 90 minute

The astonishing spectacle of a leopard savaging a crocodile has been captured for the first time on

If I could, I would be attaching air-source heat pumps to my house to power an eco-friendly

Continuing his series on the curious, Ian Vince pays his respects to the sun in Cornwall.

Few people get to glimpse the treasures hidden behind the scenes at the Natural History Museum, but

Angela Wintle is enchanted by the 600 alpacas that graze in the shadow of the Sussex opera house.

A Nasa spacecraft has taken the most detailed video footage yet of how the Earth would look to

Skippers harness wind power as rising diesel prices threaten to sink their businesses.

Blood vessels, tendons and bladders from animals are to be used in humans for the first time after

When it comes to memory it is clear that men and women are simply not on the same wavelength.

The number of Gordon Brown's flagship eco-towns should be slashed by two thirds because most of the

From the Hollywood film Firefox to the television show Heroes, science fiction writers have always

A robot the size of a briefcase is flushing out illegal immigrants trying to smuggle themselves

Even though I am screwing up my face in concentration, nothing is happening on the monitor in front

Men have long been accused of judging women on looks alone, but even the plainest Jane can get

Cars run on fuel made from household waste could be on the streets within two years, it was

Channel 4 misrepresented the views of some of the world's most distinguished scientists in a

Tony Foster is a man who suffers for his art. His passion for epic panoramas has led him from

Channel 4 misrepresented the views of some of the world's most distinguished scientists in a

The number of monkeys and other non-human primates used in animal experiments is expected to rise

Europe's largest onshore wind farm is to be built in Scotland after ministers yesterday (mon) gave

A pod of dolphins showed their playful side when they performed backflips and somersaults for

Britain imports more illegal timber than almost any other country in Europe, a new report claims.

Thousands of landowners, businesses and farmers should be entitled to compensation over the

MPs have called on the Government to get tough with coal-fired power plants. They say coal power

A killer fungus is spreading across Britain destroying plants and trees.

After decades of solitude, Lonesome George, the Galapagos giant tortoise has stunned his keepers by

Gardeners are being told to keep bird tables topped up with food during the summer or thousands of

The impoverishment of the countryside - sporting, food production, environmental - is due to low

Although not included in the Kyoto Protocol, the maritime industry's CO2 emissions rival those of

Families taking part in a greener living experiment have made big cuts in their carbon footprint.

Plans to build tens of thousands of homes in up to 10 eco-towns across large parts of England could