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Nine killed in Philippine shooting spree
Several Philippine men sprayed houses in a farming village outside Manila with bursts of automatic weapon fire, killing nine people, most of them sleeping children, police said on Monday.
Brown promises 'light touch' tech regulation
Prime Minister Gordon Brown will promise on Monday to maintain "light touch" regulation of technology firms to encourage investment in the sector.
Accountants survey says business confidence tumbles
Business confidence has fallen sharply across all sectors of British industry in recent months but a recession is still viewed as unlikely, according to the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
MPs to vote on human-animal embryos
MPs vote on Monday on far-reaching changes to Britain's laws on fertility research, including controversial proposals to allow scientists to create hybrid human-animal embryos.
New tremor hits China on eve of 3-days mourning
A fresh tremor in southwestern China killed three people on Sunday, injured 1,000 others and sent thousands of people already traumatised by last week's massive earthquake fleeing their homes into the streets.
U.N. chief going to Myanmar to speed aid
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon will travel to Burma this week to try to speed up troubled cyclone relief, his spokeswoman said on Sunday, as signs mounted of a breakthrough in getting aid to survivors.
Kennedy in hospital as doctors probe seizure cause
U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy remained in hospital in Boston on Sunday as doctors tried to determine what caused the patriarch of America's most prominent political dynasty to suffer a seizure on Saturday.
Zimbabwe opposition vows to 'bury' Mugabe in vote
Zimbabwe's main opposition vowed on Sunday to 'bury' President Robert Mugabe at next month's second-round election, and called for the process of checking the poll results to be open to the media.
South Africa anti-foreigner violence spreads, many flee
Hundreds of foreigners living in South Africa took refuge in police stations and churches as week-old violence against them spread further across poor townships, local media reported on Sunday.
Critics cheer return of Indiana Jones in new film
Indiana Jones returns 19 years after his last adventure, and early reaction suggests the Cannes film festival's notoriously picky critics are happy the whip-wielding archaeologist is back.
New 'Narnia' film falls short at box office
For the second consecutive weekend, a major Hollywood film fell short of expectations at the box office on Sunday, providing a wobbly start for the lucrative summer moviegoing season in North America.
In Romania, high-level corruption resists reform
Chocolate and candy are among the things a Romanian football club owner said he wanted his representatives to buy with 1.7 million euros, found in a car near a restaurant where they were watching a match.
Lebanon talks in Qatar progress, major hurdles remain
Rival Lebanese leaders made progress towards ending their political crisis on Sunday but disagreements over Hezbollah's weapons remained a major hurdle to a Qatari-mediated deal.
Christian leaders condemn Brown's backing of hybrid embryo plans
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been criticised by leading religious leaders as he called on Sunday for members of parliament to offer their support for research using embryonic stem cells, which controversially includes human-animal hybrid embryos.
Naples trash and migrant rows wait for Berlusconi action
A resurgent trash crisis in Naples and squabbling over immigration pose challenges to newly elected Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as he finalises a sweeping security and economic reform package.
Israel and Palestine discuss peace in private
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators are privately discussing a peace agreement and the talks should intensify in the next several months, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday.