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This is the Tories' lowest poll lead for almost a year and puts us back in hung parliament territory. Conservatives' support falling from 43 per cent last month to 37 per cent, with Labour's increasing by five points to 31...

Officials said Sunday the death toll from a sunken ferry disaster off the Indonesian island of Sumatra increased to 25 people. Ministry of Transportation spokesman Bambang Ervan told CNN that authorities are investigating the deadly incident since the 25 fatalities...

Rescuers are battling to locate 21 miners trapped after a gas explosion on Saturday. Photograph: Shengli/Reuters Hundreds of rescuers in northern China are battling to reach 21 miners trapped after a huge gas explosion early yesterday killed at least 87...

Old and obsolete equipment are hampering the government�s efforts to speedily clear and repair roads and bridges devastated by the recent tropical cyclones. To address this, Public Works and Highways Secretary Victor Domingo is appealing to Congress, which is now...

Former president Joseph Estrada showed that at the age of 72, he would still be fit for the presidency. He led a ceremonial run on the University of Makati�s new track oval on Sunday, before a cheering crowd of 1,000...

Three crewmembers of a tugboat were abducted in the high seas of Siocon Bay in Siocon town, Zamboanga del Norte on Saturday night. Commodore Rodolfo Isorena, Chief of the Philippine Coast Guard in Western Mindanao, said M/T Tugboat Marinero was...

Two conjoined twins separated in a 32-hour operation in Australia appear to be making a good recovery, the woman who has been caring for them says. Guardian Moira Kelly said the girls, Trishna and Krishna, who turn 3 on Dec...Trishna...

American Peter Marshall broke his own shortcourse 50m backstroke world record at the World Cup swimming meet here on Sunday. Marshall clocked 22.61secs to shave a fraction of a second off his previous record of 22.73 set in Stockholm earlier...

In 2007, the 40-year-old was convicted of murdering 13 people and robbing, raping and assaulting 20 others during a two year spree. Although South Korea still has the death penalty, it has not carried out an execution in 12 years....

Dan Carter stepped somewhat clumsily into the history books, but he still outshone the man he's chasing. When he banged over the first of four penalties on the night, Carter eased past fellow Cantabrian, Andrew Mehrtens, as the All Blacks'...