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Some are surprised, but they shouldn't be. Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helu, 70, has taken the title of the "World's Richest Man" from Bill Gates, 54, on the Forbes Billionaire List.

A director at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva has told BBC News that some mistakes were made in construction.

The five-year-old British boy allegedly kidnapped by gunmen in Pakistan has been found, it has been reported.

Plans for a high-speed rail network featuring 250mph trains will be announced by the Government.

A global Internet oversight agency is reopening discussions about whether to create a ".xxx" domain name as an online red-light district where porn sites can set up shop away from the wandering eyes of children and teenagers.

President Barack Obama on Wednesday renewed America's commitment to the recovery and reconstruction of earthquake-devastated Haiti, telling visiting President Rene Preval he knows the crisis has not passed.

At least three Swedish newspapers on Wednesday published a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog after an alleged plot to murder the artist who created it was uncovered in Ireland.

A 23-year-old American activist i skilled by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza.

Indonesian counterterror authorities won international praise on Wednesday for killing a top-ranked Southeast Asian militant wanted for planning the deadly 2002 Bali bombings.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates raised the possibility Wednesday that some of the U.S. forces involved in the Afghanistan surge could leave the country before President Barack Obama's announced July 2011 date to begin withdrawal.

Authorities say all six people killed in last week's pre-dawn bus crash on an Arizona interstate were Mexican citizens.

Vice President Joe Biden condemned an Israeli plan to build hundreds of homes in disputed east Jerusalem on Tuesday, casting a cloud over a high-profile visit that had been aimed at repairing ties with the Jewish state and kickstarting Mideast peace talks.

India's ruling Congress party supporters celebrate outside party leader Sonia Gandhi's house after the Women's Reservation Bill was passed Tuesday by the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of parliament.

Local media reports said the target was Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, who drew a cartoon of the Muslim prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog in 2007, prompting al Qaeda to offer $100,000 to anyone who killed him - plus an extra $50,000 if the killer slits his throat.

The Chinese government is considering legislation that would make eating cats and dogs illegal.

The magnitude-8.8 earthquake that rocked the west coast of Chile last month was violent enough to move the city of Concepcion at least 10 feet to the west and the capital, Santiago, about 11 inches to the west-southwest, researchers said.

A body discovered in a Nicosia cemetery is the stolen corpse of Cyprus' ex-president Tassos Papadopoulos, police said Tuesday.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, in Afghanistan to check on the progress of the war, says the Marjah offensive is encouraging, but stopped short of saying that the war is at a turning point.

The Obama administration said Monday that Israel and the Palestinians have agreed to indirect peace talks brokered by U.S. special Mideast envoy George Mitchell.