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Public services and transport in Greece have ground to a halt as workers stage a third general strike in protest at the government's austerity measures.

Mexican telecom giant Carlos Slim has topped Forbes magazine's billionaire's list - the first time since 1994 that an American has not led the rankings.

Protests are being held in Japan over a proposed ban on international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna.

Chile's new President, Sebastian Pinera is sworn in to office minutes after parts of the country were hit by the largest aftershock since last month's devastating earthquake.

A seven-year-old boy has been hailed a hero after his 911 call saved his parents from armed robbers.

The world's new richest man is a Mexican billionaire, Carlos Slim.

Protesters and police clashed during a march in central Athens as workers stage a third general strike in protest at the government's austerity measures.

US Vice-President Joe Biden has stressed support for Israel despite his condemnation of their plans to build on occupied land.

Seven-year-old boy thwarts attempt by armed robbers to rob his parents at gunpoint in their family home.

Mexican telecom giant Carlos Slim has topped Forbes magazine's billionaire list.

An elephant in an Australian zoo has shocked vets by giving birth to a live elephant calf which zoo-keepers believed had died in the womb

Italians fed up with the political parties on offer have begun their own pressure group, the Purple People Movement.

Services in Greece are grinding to a halt for the second time in a month as hundreds of thousands of workers stage a general strike.

CCTV cameras that can pick out abandoned luggage, suspicious behaviour and lock onto potential suspects are being developed by UK researchers.

The UN climate change panel's work is to be reviewed by science academies around the world, in plans announced by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

The US vice-president renews criticism of Israel over an East Jerusalem building project and urges bold steps to peace

Businessman Boris Berezovsky has won a libel case over allegations he was behind the murder of former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko

Police in America have charged a woman with terror offences including using the internet to recruit militants for deadly attacks abroad.

The governor of Nigeria's Plateau state has accused military commanders of ignoring warnings of an attack on Sunday near the city of Jos.

DNA tests on the body of a man killed in Jakarta prove beyond doubt he is Dulmatin, the last main suspect of the Bali bombings, Indonesian police say.