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I grew up on the shores of Sydney Harbor and I fondly remember exploring the crystal clear pools, observing the unique and bountiful marine life. Shells and driftwood, cuttlefish bones and dried seaweed littered the sand. That was the only debris from[...]

Top adviser lauds 'unfailing rock' of Catholic church in break from St Peter's Square traditional service

Barack Obama's ambitious goal of freeing the world of nuclear weapons won a significant boost tonight when Russia indicated that it had reached agreement with the United States on a historic nuclear arms reduction treaty.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering the police constable Keith Blakelock in north London 25 years ago.

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Frantic survivors of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti have spent the night digging with their bare hands through the rubble in a desperate search for loved ones.

Barely an hour after U.S. President Barack Obama landing in Copenhagen, Denmark on Friday, he headed into a meeting with other world leaders to hammer out an agreement on climate change.

For many months now, American and European intelligence agencies have been trading theories about a spare, two-page document written in Persian that, if genuine, would strongly suggest that scientists in Iran were planning some of the final experiments[...]

One way that President Obama cannot have expected to make history is as the first reluctant recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.

The new war strategy of a Nobel Peace Prize winner came under fire from both left and right yesterday as President Obama’s three most senior lieutenants endured marathon sessions on Capitol Hill to start selling the strategy to voters, Congress and[...]