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The public sector is wasting at least £25bn a year because of a failure to reform, a report says.

Lawyers for Roman Polanski file an appeal over alleged judicial misconduct in his 1970s US trial for sex with a 13-year-old girl.

A newborn baby boy dies after being abandoned at the back of a shop in Cwmcarn, Gwent Police say.

Israel's PM phones Hillary Clinton to say his country will make a "real effort" to help the US restart Mid-East peace talks.

Delegates at a conference on endangered species in Doha, Qatar, rejected the U.S.-backed measures.

Roman Polanski's lawyers ask again for case against to be ended, citing fresh allegations of judicial misconduct.

Duncan Bannatyne accuses fellow dragon and non-dom James Caan of having an "unfair" advantage in business.

A psychiatrist says that the German archdiocese led by the future Pope Benedict XVI ignored his warnings in the early 1980s about a priest accused of sexually abusing boys.

Danero Thomas’s fadeaway 15-footer at the buzzer lifted the 13th-seeded Racers to a victory in a first-round game in the West Region.

A former Irish soldier who killed three colleagues in the Lebanon in 1982 is released prison in County Antrim.

Democrats unveiled the completed version of the health care legislation, saying that it would more than pay for itself over the next decade.

Five-year-old Sahil Saeed returns to the family home in Oldham, as three people are charged with his kidnapping in Pakistan.

Cardinal Sean Brady confirms a priest in NI paid compensation to a woman who had made allegations of sexual abuse.

Fernando Torres scores twice to help Liverpool keep their season alive with victory over Lille and reach the Europa League quarter-finals.

Talks between British Airways and the Unite union aimed at averting strike action have continued into the night.

Two Army bomb disposal experts have been awarded the George Cross for their gallantry in Afghanistan.

His television portrayal of Davy Crockett catapulted him to stardom and inspired one of America's greatest merchandising fads, in which hundreds of thousands of children wore coonskin caps.

The charge was one of many made by Viacom in filings in its copyright lawsuit against YouTube and Google.

Building the health care legislation was not a shopping spree, but more like a trip to the local fruit stand with a set amount of money in hand and every item clearly marked.

Fulham produce a stunning second-leg comeback against nine-man Juventus to make the Europa League quarter-finals.

Gov. Mark Sanford has agreed to pay $74,000 in fines to resolve charges that he violated state ethics laws.

In a tart public clash over Iran, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said that the planned opening of a Russian-built nuclear power plant in Iran would send the wrong signal.

US citizen David Headley changes his plea and admits his role in the deadly Mumbai attacks in 2008.

A first look at Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor

Agents cracked down on a gang in El Paso, Tex., to determine whether it was behind the deaths of three people tied to the American consulate in Ciudad Juarez.

The UK government announces measures to improve safety after a report into a factory blast which killed nine people in 2004.

Kauto Star bids to join jump-racing's immortals when he aims for a third success in the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Friday.

Congressional officials say the healthcare bill will cut the deficit by $138bn over 10 years, ahead of a possible vote on Sunday.

How Pakistan saw the kidnapping of Sahil Saeed

Scientists create the first cloaking device to render an object invisible in three dimensions.

Nigeria recalls its ambassador to Libya after leader Muammar Gaddafi suggested Nigeria be divided into two states.

Opening statements were heard in the trial of the young man charged with killing an immigrant on Long Island.

Rep. Jason Altmire has met with President Obama twice this month and received a phone call from Air Force One. Two planes circled his western Pennsylvania district, trailing banners urging him to vote against the health-care bill. And conservative "tea party" activists confronted him at his office,...

On a recent Friday evening in the basement of the Finnish Embassy, a half-dozen men, all sweating profusely and wrapped in white towels, turned to resident sauna authority Kari Mokko to settle a dispute.

Authorities in Pakistan filed terrorism charges Wednesday against five Northern Virginia men and, for the first time, outlined an extensive plot that included plans to fight U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan and possibly an attack in the United States.

A Virginia infertility clinic sparked an international ethical controversy Wednesday by sponsoring a seminar in London that gave away an attempt to get pregnant using an American woman's eggs.

President Obama claimed his first convert on health-care reform Wednesday, as senior Democrats, labor unions and an array of interest groups intensified their efforts to sway wavering lawmakers before a climactic vote in the House this weekend.

Aggressive attacks against al-Qaeda in Pakistan's tribal region have driven Osama bin Laden and his top deputies deeper into hiding and disrupted their ability to plan sophisticated operations, CIA Director Leon Panetta said Wednesday.