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A US soldier is arrested after allegedly waterboarding his four-year-old daughter for not reciting the alphabet, say Washington state police.

MPs are to vote on Gordon Brown's plan for a referendum on changing Britain's "first past the post" voting system.

The fault which caused a plane to crash land at Heathrow airport in January 2008 was "unrecognised", a report says.

Laws protecting workers' rights need to be improved to properly tackle poverty, a charity says.

Overpayment of benefits due to official errors has doubled from £400m to £800m since 2000, says a committee of MPs.

Emergency legislation is rushed through the House of Commons to allow the assets of suspected terrorists to be frozen.

The commander of Canada's largest Air Force base has been charged with the murder of two women, police say.

A man pulled alive from the rubble of a building in Haiti's capital may have been trapped since the January 12 quake that leveled much of the city, doctors reported Monday.

The office of the first and deputy first minister confirm who will be on a working group to examine the issue of parading.

Will Ukraine PM Yulia Tymoshenko challenge outcome?

Shane Warne describes England captain Andrew Strauss's decision to miss his country's tour of Bangladesh next month as disrespectful.

To prove involuntary manslaughter, prosecutors will have to convince jurors that Michael Jackson's doctor took risks he shouldn't have -- and that other doctors wouldn't have, legal experts say.

A woman convicted in the 2002 kidnapping of Utah teenager Elizabeth Smart pleaded guilty in the attempted kidnapping of Smart's cousin a month later, court officials said Monday.

A group of Americans accused of kidnapping 33 Haitian children had authorization from neighboring Dominican Republic to bring the kids across the border, a lawyer for the group said Monday.

Eating a diet rich in healthy fats and limiting dairy and meat could do more than keep your heart healthier. It could also help keep you thinking clearly.

The convenience store near my house is where I first became aware of the problem.

A UK soldier from 36 Engineer Regiment has been killed by an explosion in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says.

When President Obama presented his budget for the upcoming fiscal year, he demanded that lawmakers forgo "the same old grandstanding when the cameras are on and the same irresponsible budget policies when the cameras are off."

Four pensioners appear in a German court charged with kidnapping a financial adviser they blamed for bad investments.

A man was murdered in his Dubai hotel room by a hit squad that operated with European passports, police say. Sounds like the plot of a novel, but this is reality and the hunt is on for the killers of top Hamas official Mahmoud al-Mabhouh.

A former Sri Lankan general who ran against President Mahinda Rajapaksa in January has been arrested on charges of plotting to overthrow the country's government, authorities announced Monday night.

Three people were shot amid celebrations surrounding the New Orleans Saints' Super Bowl win, police said Monday.

Why surprise plays little part in latest Afghan operation

Rep. John Murtha, a longtime fixture on the House subcommittee that oversees Pentagon spending, died after gallbladder surgery complications, his office said.

Michael Jackson's former doctor is formally charged with involuntary manslaughter over the singer's death.

EW talked to "The Late Show" executive producer Rob Burnett about David Letterman's surprising decision to include Jay Leno in a promotional spot during the Super Bowl.

Google long has been an advocate of a single Web, one that's free of government censorship and barriers to information access.

New Orleans Saints' quarterback Drew Brees said the Hurricane Katrina disaster inspired his side to a 31-17 Super Bowl win over Indianapolis Colts.

The former chief executive of Merrill Lynch, John Thain, was at the heart of the bonus row - now he has a new job as boss of US lender CIT.

Hollywood couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt sue the News Of The World newspaper over allegations about their relationship.

President Obama will meet with Democrats and Republicans to talk about health care reform February 25, and the meeting will be broadcast live, a senior administration official says.

Many Africans with malaria are getting low-grade drugs, according to a study of Uganda, Senegal and Madagascar.

About five people remain unaccounted for after a huge explosion at a power plant in the US state of Connecticut, a fire official says.

War crimes charges against a Darfur rebel leader are dropped by International Criminal Court judges.

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula calls on Muslims in the region to wage holy war against the US and its allies.

The Cassini probe returns yet more data to back up the idea of a sub-surface sea on Saturn's moon Enceladus.

Speaker John Bercow warns MPs not to risk the chances of a fair trial for the three MPs facing charges over their expenses.

Kathryn Hire: With one woman and five men aboard, the space shuttle Endeavour launched early Monday morning and is heading to the international space station. Endeavour's two-week visit is the first of NASA's five final shuttle missions before the space agency retires its aging space shuttle fleet later this year. It's also the last major construction project on the 11-year-old space station, according to SPACE.com.

The defeated candidate in last month's Sri Lankan presidential election, Gen Sarath Fonseka, has been arrested, reports say.

Somali fishermen save some 126 migrants who were reportedly forced into the sea at gunpoint by traffickers.

A wealthylandowner from Gloucestershire is ordered to serve at least 18 years in prison for murdering his wife.

Japanese officials try to identify a body found in the landing gear compartment of a flight that arrived in Tokyo from New York.

Australia increases its aid to Burma, saying the country cannot be allowed to decay while awaiting political change.

Basil Abdul'Faruq and his brother, Jamal, begged their mother to let them go outside to play. It was spring break, April 16, 1990, and the boys wanted to join other kids in their Richmond, Virginia, neighborhood.

Ukrainian voters give their verdict on election result

Ordaining women as bishops would be "a mistake", some 50 clergy have warned in a letter to the General Synod.

The US says new sanctions against Iran are the "only path" after Tehran said it was stepping up uranium enrichment.

An Iranian opposition leader has been jailed for six years for his role in the unrest following June's disputed presidential election, reports say.

A body was found in the landing gear bay of an airplane that arrived at Tokyo's Narita Airport Sunday, the airport announced.

How a talent show winner scored in Las Vegas

Scientists film the giant serpent-like oarfish in its natural deep-sea habitat for the first time, as well as the rare manefish.

France is to sell Russia an advanced helicopter assault ship, and is considering a request for three others, officials say.

Some eye-catching images from around the world

Metropolitan Police Commander Ali Dizaei is convicted of misconduct and perverting the course of justice after a row over £600.

President Obama made a couple of stupid little jokes about Vegas. He uses our Las Vegas as a symbol. Everyone knows what Vegas means. Doc Pomus wrote "Viva Las Vegas" for Elvis years before Doc ever visited Sin City and got everything right.

State and federal investigators were expected to launch an investigation Monday at a power plant where an explosion killed at least five people and injured more than two dozen, authorities said.

In a remarkable comeback, former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich seemed set Monday to become the president of Ukraine -- five years after he was ousted in a populist pro-Western uprising dubbed the "Orange Revolution."

Iran will this week celebrate the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution -- a day that marked the end of the country's western-backed monarchy and the start of an Islamic republic.

Is the euro being stretched to breaking point?

Party season comes early to New Orleans as it celebrates a historic win in the US Super Bowl just before Mardi Gras.

South Africa's Dale Steyn takes eight wickets on the third day of the first Test as India are forced to follow on.

India says its economy is set to grow by 7.2% this financial year, raising the chance that state support could be withdrawn.

Doing lots of exercise drastically cuts the risk of developing painful gallstones, UK researchers have found.

Lost star Daniel Dae Kim is to star in the remake of 1960s US TV series Hawaii Five-O, according to reports.

Iran has announced plans to step up its nuclear enrichment programme. What is your reaction?

What's behind Tehran's plans for further enrichment?

The chief executive of SAP resigns after his contract is not renewed, the company says.

Venezuela President Hugo Chavez orders several historic buildings in Caracas to pass into state control.

The music video for Simon Cowell's Haiti charity single, featuring Leona Lewis and Cheryl Cole, has been released.

India says at least 11 soldiers have been killed after an avalanche struck a high-altitude military training camp in Kashmir.

University applications in the UK rise by a fifth on last year, new figures show.

The INLA, which killed Tory MP Airey Neave and more than 120 other people, confirms it has disposed of its weapons.

England hopeful Gary Cahill is in danger of missing the rest of the season because of a blood clot in his arm.

Nokia says it will defend itself "vigorously" against a class action filed in New York alleging the firm misled investors.

An Australian performance artist sets a world record by swallowing 18 swords at the same time.

A paramedic says he was punched by a Lib Dem politician he was trying to help after a fall during a drunken night out.

China searches for 100 tonnes of melamine-tainted milk products thought to be from a batch which killed six children in 2008.

Two British soldiers are killed in an explosion while on foot patrol in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says.

ITV is fined 3,000 Australian dollars (£1,903) after contestants on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! killed and ate a rat.

Chad's President Idriss Deby makes a surprise trip to Sudan - his first since 2004 - for talks on Darfur.

Several senior members of the Islamist opposition movement in Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood, are detained.

As the mid-Atlantic tried to dig itself out of a record-setting blizzard, a second weather system lumbered toward it, promising to dump more snow this week.

A state election in Nigeria is widely condemned amid reports of vote-buying, ballot-box theft and electoral roll anomalies.

Parts of the eastern US remain largely paralysed for a third day after some of the heaviest snow in decades.

Romantic drama Dear John knocks sci-fi blockbuster Avatar off the top spot in the North American box office in its opening weekend.

The US space agency (Nasa) has launched its shuttle Endeavour on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

Mining group Xstrata is to resume dividend payments despite reporting a drop in full-year profits.

Chelsea striker Didier Drogba admits his club had a "difficult" seven days before Sunday's win over Arsenal because of allegations surrounding captain John Terry.

Three people are arrested as China's largest training website for hackers is shut down, state media reports.

A senior Afghan policeman is arrested in connection with planting and storing roadside bombs, Nato officials say.

Pakistan will be without key fast bowler Mohammad Asif for the two Twenty20 internationals against England later this month.

Iran announces immediate plans to step up its nuclear programme, further heightening tensions with the West.

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Criminal charges relating to Michael Jackson's death last summer will be filed Monday, Los Angeles prosecutors said.

Mission managers loaded the crew into the space shuttle Endeavour early Monday for a second attempt in as many days at getting into orbit.

Revenue staff tip off Radio 4's Money Box that there are more tax code problems than their bosses are admitting to.

Police are investigating a public spending audit chief, who quit after a probe into pornographic material on a work computer.

Pair unrepentant after jail terms for terror offences

Concern grows for the safety of an eight-year-old boy who has gone missing from his home in Derbyshire.

New Zealand continue their dominance over Bangladesh with a five-wicket win in the second one-day international.