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UK PM visits scene of massive floods

22 Nov 2009, 7:55AM

British PM Gordon Brown has visited the scene of massive floods that killed one person and stranded hundreds in the heaviest rainfall on record in England. Read more

Leaked emails stoke climate debate

22 Nov 2009, 7:27AM

Computer hackers have broken into a server at a climate change research centre in Britain and posted hundreds of private emails and documents online. Read more

Ireland battles severe flooding

22 Nov 2009, 7:03AM

Ireland is battling floods described as a "once in 800 years event", with the government rushing to provide shelter and drinking water. Read more

Pope and Anglican leader meet for talks

22 Nov 2009, 5:51AM

The Archbishop of Canterbury has held his first talks with Pope Benedict XVI since the Roman Catholic Church's invitation to disaffected Anglicans. Read more

Two linked to Mumbai attacks arrested

21 Nov 2009, 10:01PM

Italian police have arrested a Pakistani father and son accused of helping fund last year's terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, authorities said. Read more

Large Hadron Collider starts up again

21 Nov 2009, 8:51PM

Scientists have switched on the world's largest atom smasher for the first time since the machine suffered a spectacular failure more than a year ago. Read more

Mussolini's brain 'up for sale on eBay'

21 Nov 2009, 2:59PM

Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's blood and brain went on sale for 15,000 euros ($A24,343) on auction website eBay before the company pulled the ad. Read more

Britons kidnapped by pirates interviewed

21 Nov 2009, 12:17PM

A British couple being held hostage by Somali pirates have said in an interview that they fear they will be killed if a ransom is not paid soon. Read more

Knox weeps as prosecutor sums up case

21 Nov 2009, 11:52AM

American exchange student Amanda Knox wept at the trial in which she is accused of murdering her British housemate in Perugia two years ago. Read more

Five million given swine flu jab in EU

21 Nov 2009, 8:42AM

The European Medicines Agency announced that five million people in the European Union have been vaccinated against swine flu. Read more

Shroud of Turin 'bears hidden text'

21 Nov 2009, 7:32AM

A Vatican researcher claims a nearly invisible text on the Shroud of Turin proves the authenticity of the artifact revered as Jesus' burial cloth. Read more

Midday shooting in Paris kills one

21 Nov 2009, 7:06AM

Police say a man with an automatic rifle opened fire on a car near a Paris train station, killing one man and wounding two others. Read more

Mutation found in Norway swine flu virus

21 Nov 2009, 7:06AM

The World Health Organisation says a mutation had been found in samples of the swine flu virus taken following the first two deaths from the pandemic in Norway. Read more

A court freed a British man who killed his wife during his sleep, thinking she was an intruder. (AAP)

Freed: Man who killed wife in sleep

21 Nov 2009, 7:02AM

A British man who strangled his wife in his sleep because he dreamt she was an intruder has been freed after prosecutors withdrew the case against him. Read more

Hundreds rescued by floods in UK and Ireland

21 Nov 2009, 6:29AM

Military helicopters winched dozens of people to safety and emergency workers in inflatable boats rescued scores more as floods swamped northern England. Read more