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Save the Children says the majority of victims of rape and other sexual violence in many of the world's conflict zones are often children.

Two people die as a train hits a car at a level crossing near Grimsby in North East Lincolnshire.

The only poem known to have been written by Winston Churchill as an adult is expected to fetch up to £15,000 when it is auctioned at Bonhams in London later.

Two U.S. representatives had complained that the couple's trip was tourism, which is prohibited by U.S. law.

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Cuban authorities say they will turn over a US couple accused of kidnapping their two sons from their grandparents and fleeing to Cuba by boat.

The 2010 Icelandic volcanic eruption, which disrupted flights across Europe, also had a "significant but short-lived" impact on the North Atlantic, a study says.

A trend towards abolishing the death penalty continues in most countries, despite some resuming executions in 2012, Amnesty International says.

Researchers believe that hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas is not a major cause of earthquakes that can be felt.

UK researchers develop an air-dropped projectile to put instruments in some of the most inaccessible places in Antarctica.

The US Senate is set to hold a crunch vote on Thursday on whether to debate a gun control law, as a conservative blockade of the bill begins to splinter.

Two charities are calling for the establishment of at least seven more national parks in Scotland.

The number of Scottish business failures has dropped sharply, according to new figures released by KPMG.

Both the UK and Scottish governments are told to be "more open" about what happens after the independence vote.

The US Treasury freezes the assets of an alleged Honduran drug lord accused of smuggling cocaine to Mexico's powerful cartels.

The airline Jet2 resumes flights at Belfast International Airport, after it suspended its operations earlier this week due to safety concerns.

Leonard A. Lauder's collection — among the best in the world, experts say — consists of 78 cubist works, including 33 works by Picasso.

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Leonard A. Lauder's collection — among the best in the world, experts say — consists of 78 cubist works, including 33 works by Picasso.

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Malaga owner Sheikh Abdullah Al-Thani claims his side's dramatic Champions League defeat at Dortmund was "an injustice and racism".

Many economists would applaud a change in the way Social Security administrators measure inflation. But many older Americans may hiss at using something called the "chained CPI," fearing a new formula will cut their benefits in coming years.

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The spelling bee said the change is a natural extension of the competition. The new test will take effect with this year's bee, scheduled for May 28-30.

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