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The Law Lords have been asked to rule if Britain can use evidence against terror suspects that may have been obtained by torture in other countries.

We now have the 21st named storm of this hurricane season: Wilma. And she looks to beinto the lower Gulf of Mexico as a hurricane possibly as early as Saturday.

BP, Chevron and ExxonMobil are vying for a stake to develop a huge natural gas field in India, reports say.

Swiss drugs maker Serono has admitted it was guilty of illegally promoting its Aids drug, Serostim, and has agreed to pay a $704m (£398m) settlement.

U.S. warplanes and attack helicopters killed about 70 militants around the western Iraqi city of Ramadi, as election officials counted ballots.

China‘s second manned spacecraft, Shenzhou VI, has touched down successfully in Inner Mongolia after orbiting the Earth for five days.

Greece said on Monday it had detected one turkey with bird flu on the eastern Aegean island of Chios, becoming the first EU country where the virus has spread to.

Michigan’s unapologetic king of bulk e-mail is in trouble again. This time, an FBI raid has closed what some consider one of the world’s largest houses of spam.

Republicans hope to win back complete control of Virginia’s state government.