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BARACK Obama has ended the US combat mission in Iraq, declaring no victory after seven years of bloodshed.

TWO men on a flight from Chicago to Amsterdam were reportedly facing a terror charge today after officials found suspicious items in their luggage.

VILLAGERS forced to flee after a series of volcanic eruptions in Indonesia returned to their homes today.

THE man at the centre of match-fixing allegations involving the Pakistan cricket team has been bailed without charge.

MORE than 100,000 pregnant women face the risk of disease as flooding in Pakistan continues, Save the Children warned today.

A NEW video of 33 men trapped in San Jose Mine under Chile’s Atacama Desert shows them sending greetings to their families.

THE first video has been released of the 33 men trapped deep in a Chilean copper mine.

THOUSANDS of Pakistanis were fleeing their homes today after the Indus River broke its banks and flooded new areas, officials said.

SENIOR military figures called on Downing Street to urgently review security arrangements after the Taliban tried to bring down David Cameron’s helicopter in Afghanistan, it was reported today.

FRUSTRATED Gulf oil spill investigators in the US have lashed out at BP.

A SCOTTISH lorry driver was arrested in Romania on suspicion of sexually abusing young boys, police said.

SIX people died and more than 70 were injured in two huge pile-ups involving almost 50 vehicles on opposite lanes of a Portuguese motorway.

MINERS who have been trapped underground for more than 17 days have received their first supplies of fresh food and water, rescue workers in Chile said today.

TWO survivors of the Philippines bus hostage drama were British nationals, the Foreign Office said today.

FRESH efforts were being made today to stop floods engulfing a Pakistan city.

A FUGITIVE couple who sparked a nationwide US manhunt have been captured.

THE UK government warned Libya not to celebrate the return of the Lockerbie bomber today, the first anniversary of his release from a Scottish jail.

THE funeral of a serviceman shot dead in southern Afghanistan was to take place today.

THE Government is doubling aid to flood-hit Pakistan amid mounting criticism of the international community’s response to the disaster.

A MAN has died after being attacked by a shark while surfing off the south-western coast of Australia today, police said.

A SUICIDE bomber blew himself up today among dozens of Iraqi army recruits in Baghdad killing 61 people.