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A sign protesting against the HS2 high-speed London-Birmingham rail project, which has been condemned as a '33 billion pound gamble' Demand for the HS2 high-speed rail project has "likely been overestimated" and the A 33 billion project does not offer good value for money, according to a report by a think-tank.

Passengers on a United Airlines flight on Monday helped subdue a man who they said stood up and screamed about the CIA, national security leaks and poison.

The little-seen, little-discussed Obama girls, now 14 and 11 respectively, are along for the ride with first lady Michelle Obama while the president is in Northern Ireland today and Tuesday meeting with other leaders of the G-8 industrial nations.

A passenger aboard a United Airlines flight from Hong Kong to Newark allegedly became disruptive on Monday, apparently claiming fellow travelers had been poisoned, officials said.

As a child, Jorge Tume used to sit and do homework as his parents cleaned the desks and floors of a concrete company in Miami.

At every international air show, there's a race to garner the most headlines, the most orders, the best visuals and the best sound bites.

Moments after she was crowned at the Planet Hollywood hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip Sunday, Connecticut accountant Erin Brady said all she could think about was letting her bosses know she won't be coming in tomorrow.

Air Force One touched down at Aldergrove International Airport, 20 miles north of the city, where the president emerged from the plane with his wife Michelle and two daughters, Malia, 14, and Sasha, 11. He was flown to Belfast City Airport by helicopter and then travelled to the Waterfront Hall conference centre where he spoke to an invited ... (more)

In this May 31, 2012 file photo, Chen Guangcheng speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.

AUSTRALIA'S Great Barrier Reef and six ancient Syrian sites could be listed as endangered by UNESCO, which on Sunday begins its annual session to decide which global cultural and natural treasures merit World Heritage status.

Britain's electronic eavesdropping agency - mounted an intensive spying operation on foreign politicians attending two G20 summit meetings in London in 2009, it has been reported.

MAZATLAN, Mexico-The atmosphere in the Plaza de Toros, hot in the afternoon sun, crackled like popcorn, leaving visitors wondering just how long the crowd, growing larger by the minute, would sit patiently and wait.

In this image released by the Egyptian Presidency, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi waves as he arrives at a rally called for by hardline Islamists loyal to the Egyptian president to show solidarity with the people of Syria, in a stadium in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, June 15, 2013.

The tall ships looked majestic as they sailed into the bay -- replicas of the masted, rigged vessels that once transported millions of emigrants from these shores.

Dubai Exports, the export promotion agency of the Department of Economic Development , recently showcased the emirate's expertise and resources in Islamic economic services to the business community in Toronto and Vancouver across a series of seminars conducted with the support of the Canadian Embassy in the UAE and the provincial governments of ... (more)

Texas Gov. Rick Perry had a bit of an "oops" moment on Saturday when he mistakenly referred to the administration's response to the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi as occurring in Lebanon instead of Libya.

More than a century after guests at the Crawford House awoke to the "Breakfast Bell Polka," Plymouth State University is reviving some of long-lost music composed specifically to entertain guests at New Hampshire's grand hotels and keep them coming back for more.

Egypt's Islamist president says he is cutting off diplomatic relations with Syria and has ordered that Damascus Embassy in Cairo to be closed.

Mandela, remains in the hospital for a seventh day. The 94-year-old icon was hospitalized on Saturday for a recurring lung infection.

Google is preparing to conquer a new dimension: the stratosphere. The Internet giant is releasing 30 high-tech balloons in a trial of technology designed to bring the Internet to places where people are not yet connected.