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A lavish resort which sits on Dubai's man-made island is about to open in spectacular star style.

A Thai elephant has become pregnant after being injected with frozen sperm, boosting hopes in the species' fight against extinction.

The IMF has approved a $2.1 billion loan for Iceland to stabilise what the fund called a "banking crisis of extraordinary proportions".

A grenade attack on protesters occupying the Thai prime minister's office in Bangkok has killed a protester and wounded 23 others.

Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said that Britain would not pay a ransom for the hostages held by pirates off the east African coast.

The Foreign Office is investigating reports that a British tourist was allegedly raped by a teenage monk in Cambodia.

Al-Qaeda's second-in-command has slammed US president-elect Barack Obama for vowing to back Israel.

A talented British tennis player has been arrested by US police on suspicion of raping a woman at a party.

An astronaut was left helplessly watching her tool bag and everything inside it float away after accidentally dropping it in space.

A young-mother of two has been given a new wind-pipe in a landmark operation that could change the face of transplant surgery.