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LONDON — The austerity pain pursued by a number of European countries has led to very little gain. The 2012 figures from Eurostat, the European Union’s statistics office, showed Monday that many of…

Glasgow, 22 April 2013 – Today UNICEF, the CGF and the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games have announced a unique collaboration for children that seeks to touch the lives of children in Scotland and in…

Heavily armed police are searching a US town house by house for a man suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon. Residents of Watertown and surrounding areas, including the whole of Boston, have been…

By Lateef Mungin, CNN (CNN) -- The full extent of the devastation will have to wait until the light of day Thursday. But residents of the small Texas town of West already know what to expect. "There…

London (CNN) -- The funeral of Britain's first female prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, is under way at St Paul's Cathedral in London. A horse-drawn carriage earlier carried Thatcher's coffin through…

Troops are out, patrolling the city of Boston, and the mood evokes the early hours after the 2001 terrorist attacks. This time, though, Americans are less surprised. Deborah Kathan, a 57-year-old…

CARACAS (Reuters) - Nicolas Maduro, a former bus driver who became Hugo Chavez's protege, narrowly won Venezuela's presidential election on Sunday, the electoral authority said, allowing him to…

By SETH BORENSTEIN The Associated Press WASHINGTON — China, the world's largest producer of carbon dioxide, is directly feeling the man-made heat of global warming, scientists conclude in the first…

Downing Street has released an initial list of invitations to Baroness Thatcher's funeral next Wednesday. All surviving US presidents and British Prime Ministers are on the guest list, as well as a…

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea on Tuesday urged all foreign companies and tourists in South Korea to evacuate, saying the two countries are on the verge of nuclear war. The new threat appeared to be…

Former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher has died "peacefully" at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke, her family has announced. David Cameron called her a "great Briton" and the Queen spoke of her…

(CNN) -- Anne Smedinghoff lived inside a heavily secured compound. But the public diplomacy officer for the U.S. Embassy in Kabul was always pushing to get out. "We thought she was relatively safe in…

By Laura Smith-Spark and Charles Pellegrin, CNN Nearly a dozen countries have passed laws opening up marriage to same-sex couples Paris (CNN) -- The French Senate opened debate Thursday on a…

Mick Philpott has been described in court as "the driving force" behind a fire that killed six of his children, as he was sentenced to life in prison. He was told by the trial judge at Nottingham…

By Holly Yan, CNN April 2, 2013 -- (CNN) -- Former South African President Nelson Mandela's condition continues to improve, the country's presidential office said. Mandela, 94, was readmitted last…