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Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was found guilty of tax fraud Friday and sentenced to four years in prison, a major setback for the media mogul-turned-politician who has dominated Italy's political landscape for the last 20 years.

President Barack Obama shrugged off the suggestion by a top Mitt Romney adviser that former Secretary of State Colin Powell's endorsement of Obama was due to race rather than support for his positions.

China's largely rubber stamp parliament has expelled disgraced former senior politician Bo Xilai, state news agency Xinhua said today, paving the way for formal criminal charges to be laid against him.

The Supreme Court of sa国际传媒 on Thurs-day upheld the election of a Conservative member of Parliament whose narrow victory was challenged by his Liberal opponent on the grounds that election officials had mistakenly allowed some people to vote.

Hours before sunrise Thursday, thousands of Muslims from around the world stood in the dark on a rocky desert hill, preparing for prayers on the first day of the annual hajj pilgrimage, a central pillar of their faith.

When 14-year-old Simon Chamberland saw several Grade 6 students running down the school hallway, crying and screaming with blood dripping down their faces, he thought a gunman was on the loose.

Damascus residents reported artillery barrages by Syrian troops hours before today's scheduled start of a ceasefire to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.

Saskatchewan's highest court has rejected the appeal of a man convicted of shooting two Mounties to death. Curt Dagenais was hoping to have his convictions overturned by the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal.

300 claim to have been victims of once-lionized TV host Savile

Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip fired dozens of rockets and mortar shells into southern Israel Wednesday in the heaviest bombardment on the area in months, drawing ominous Israeli threats of retaliation and dangers of escalation.