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Bill and Hillary Clinton's daughter has married her childhood sweetheart in what has been dubbed America's royal wedding.

Jessica Ennis and Mo Farah have led the way at the European Athletics Championships in Barcelona as Great Britain passed its medals target.

The owner of a South African game reserve is planning to inject the horns of his rhinos with poison.

A competitor has been killed in an accident at the British and European powerboat championships in Harwich, Essex Police have confirmed.

A 10-year-old girl has been pulled alive from the rubble of an apartment block which collapsed in the middle of the night in a southern Italian town, killing three people.

A group of demonstrators in Pakistan have burned an effigy of David Cameron in protest at the recent comments made by the Prime Minister.

More than 800 people have been killed and around one million affected by the worst floods in living memory in Pakistan.

A memorial service has been held in Germany to remember the victims of the deadly crush at the Love Parade techno music festival a week ago.

British and Afghan troops taking part in a major operation against Taliban insurgents are making good progress but "there is still a long way to go".

Killer Ian Huntley is to sue the prison service after he had his throat slashed by another inmate in Frankland Prison, County Durham.

Hardline law enforcement vowed to continue their sweeps of Latino communities but the operations have so far been stymied by the gutted legislation, weather and tweeting activists

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The Obama administration has insisted that its blanket moratorium on deepwater drilling is unavoidable to prevent another spill and ensure drilling is safe before it resumes. But scientists and disaster experts investigating the Deepwater Horizon explosion are advocating for better alternatives to the broad ban -- and the administration ought ...

oxide7 writes "Starting from August 1, internet users will have to register using their real names for playing online games, China Daily reported on Saturday. The regulation, issued by the Ministry of Culture on June 22, is said to be part of a nationwide campaign to improve management of the virtual gaming industry and protect the minor from unwholesome content. It applies to all multiplayer role-playing and social networking games."

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Since many American seniors still believe that the explicit goal of ObamaCare is to kill them all, immediately, the government has hired 84-year-old Andy Griffith to explain all of the Medicare goodies they'll now receive before Obama kills them.

Obama Sends Blunt Message in CBS News Interview; Embattled Congressman Shows No Sign of Abruptly Ending 40-Year-Career

theodp writes "Remember those old Lifecall commercials? Well, you've come a long way, Grandma! The NY Times reports on a raft of new technology that's making it possible for adult children to remotely monitor to a stunningly precise degree the daily movements and habits of their aging parents. The purpose is to provide enough supervision to allow elderly people to stay in their homes rather than move to an assisted-living facility or nursing home. Systems like GrandCare, BeClose, QuietCare, and MedMinder allow families to keep tabs on Mom and Dad's whereabouts, and make sure they take their meds. Perhaps Zynga can make a game out of all this — GeriatricVille?"

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On Sunday, the White House Correspondents' Association will vote on who gets the front-row UPI seat long held by Helen Thomas, and two liberal groups have come out urging the WHCA to vote for NPR instead of Fox.

A man arrested for raping a Russian tourist and harassing multiple other women in New York City, has been identified as a French-born television presenter.

Police have warned residents to be on their guard after a two-metre long (6ft) boa constrictor escaped from its owner's home in Essex.