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Two-time world champion Sebastian Vettel held off the surprise challenge of Kimi Raikkonen in a Lotus to win Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix.

Former Icelandic Prime Minister Geir Haarde was convicted Monday of negligence related to the collapse of his nation’s banking system, but he was cleared of three other charges and will face no punishment, a court official said.

Environmental authorities are investigating the deaths of more than 800 dolphins that have washed up on the northern coast of Peru this year.

The dramatic fall from grace of a man so close to the top of China’s hierarchy is “very positive” for the country’s political development, one prominent China expert has argued.

A scheduled hearing Monday where a Bahraini dissident, on hunger strike, could have appealed his life sentence was adjourned until Aprll 30.

A scheduled hearing Monday where a Bahraini dissident, on hunger strike, could have appealed his life sentence was adjourned until Aprll 30.

Removing the wrecked cruise liner Costa Concordia from the coastal waters off an Italian island will begin in May and take about a year, the ship’s owner said.

The mother of a South African girl seen gang-raped in a cellphone video slammed authorities for neglecting to protect her mentally disabled daughter when she was raped before.

A soccer ball recently found washed up on a remote Alaskan beach apparently belongs to a teenager from a city devastated by the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan more than a year ago.

A soccer ball recently found washed up on a remote Alaskan beach apparently belongs to a teenager from a city devastated by the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan more than a year ago.