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Suicide bomber kills guard at US Embassy in Turkey
In the second deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic post in five months, a suicide bomber struck the American Embassy in Ankara on Friday, killing a ...
Balotelli wants 'to win as a protagonist' at Milan
Mario Balotelli declared his lifelong love for AC Milan during a packed presentation with his new club Friday. There wasn't much love for England, ...
For Beckham in Paris, flashbulbs burn differently
In London, the paparazzi hunt in packs, as David Beckham and other celebrities know well. When Beckham moved to Los Angeles, high-speed road chases ...
British basketball earns funding reprieve
The plea from Chicago Bulls forward Luol Deng to British Prime Minister David Cameron has worked: funding will be restored to the country's Olympic ...
Minister: Iceland refused to help FBI on WikiLeaks
Iceland's interior minister said Friday that he ordered the country's police not to cooperate with FBI agents sent to investigate WikiLeaks two years ...
London anarchist bookshop hit by suspicious fire
One of Britain's oldest anarchist publishers says its east London bookshop has been firebombed. Freedom Press — set up more than 100 years ago — said ...
Kessler to fight Froch in London in May
Mikkel Kessler's super-middleweight rematch against Carl Froch will take place in London in May. In their 2010 fight, Kessler won on a unanimous ...
APNewsBreak: Emirates agrees to 5-year PSG deal
Emirates airlines has agreed to a new five-year shirt sponsorship deal in principle with Paris Saint-Germain, the big-spending French team which just ...
Signs of firm US recovery trigger market gains
Evidence that the U.S. economic recovery is firmly on track drove markets higher on Friday, adding to the cheer from good economic indicators out of ...
Ferguson denies FA misconduct charge over bias
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has denied a charge by the English Football Association that he implied a referee's assistant was motivated ...
Talks between Iberia, unions end with no agreement
International Airlines Group, which owns Spanish carrier Iberia, says it will go ahead with its staff cut plans after talks with labor unions failed ...
Bungling hit men convicted of schoolboy's murder
Two bungling British hit men who went to the wrong address and stabbed a teenager to death instead of their intended victim were convicted of murder ...
Teenage hacker sentenced in UK for cyber-attacks
A British court has sentenced a teenage hacker to youth rehabilitation after he and other members of the Anonymous movement carried out cyber-attacks ...
CEO of scandal-hit Barclays gives up 2012 bonus
The chief executive of Britain's Barclays bank said Friday he is giving up his 2012 bonus amid a string of high-profile scandals over market-fixing, ...
French media and sport enthuse about Beckham
David Beckham's sudden arrival at Paris Saint-Germain has been warmly received by French media and sport alike. Beckham joined the cash-rich club on ...
Mancini says it was difficult to replace Balotelli
Roberto Mancini will be hoping the decision to offload Mario Balotelli doesn't backfire with Manchester City's striking options now curtailed.
UK: No charges for Australian royal hoax DJs
British prosecutors said Friday they will not press charges against two Australian DJs over the royal hoax call that preceded a nurse's suicide.
British detective jailed in phone-hacking scandal
A senior British counterterrorism detective was sentenced Friday to 15 months in prison for trying to sell information to Rupert Murdoch's News of the ...
Liverpool's Sterling charged with assaulting woman
Liverpool winger Raheem Sterling has been charged with assaulting a woman. Police say the 27-year-old woman, who is known to the footballer, was ...
Chinese automaker Geely buys maker of London cabs
The Chinese automaker that owns Sweden's Volvo Cars said Friday it has acquired the British manufacturer of the distinctive London cab. Geely Holding ...
BT profit down 1.6 percent as call revenue falls
U.K. telecommunications company BT said Friday that its net profit fell 1.6 percent to 484 million pounds ($767.7 million) in the third quarter amid ...
Arsenal moves late on deadline day to sign Monreal
Arsenal moved late to strengthen its fragile defense on an otherwise quiet transfer deadline day for the Premier League's top teams, with the clubs ...
Arsenal strengthens defense with Monreal signing
Arsenal has bolstered its flaky defense with the signing of Spain left back Nacho Monreal from Malaga in the final moments of the January transfer ...