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Edward Snowden, the fugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor who leaked details of mass surveillance programs, said he is not being offered a fair trial if he returns to the U.S.

Four patients at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in L.A. were infected with a drug-resistant "superbug" bacteria during endoscopic procedures, the hospital said Wednesday.

Results for El Salvador's bungled legislative and mayoral vote will not be available for another 14 days, the president of the country's electoral authority said on Wednesday, blaming the delay on "sabotage."

A miner, Sergei Baldayev, said five bodies had been retrieved from the area of the blast, in a shaft deep underground.

Kentucky and West Virginia were forecasted to be the hardest hit, according to the National Weather Service.

UKIP hopes to tap into public frustration about rising immigration, and to focus more on attracting skilled immigrants.

CEO Peter Sands will leave in June after eight years in charge, to be replaced by former JPMorgan investment bank boss Bill Winters.

Approximately 70 people were working underground at the time of the explosion, according to a local emergencies ministry official.

The rate cut marks a vote of faith in the government, which on Saturday pledged to be fiscally responsible.

Apple is discussing a settlement in a lawsuit brought by electric car battery maker A123 Systems, which accused the iPhone maker of poaching top engineers to build a large-scale battery division.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Obama condemned Russia for not following through on its agreements in a video conference call with European leaders.

Revenge may be the motive for the killings in South Carolina of more than 300,000 commercial chickens worth about $1.7 million over the past two weeks, authorities said on Monday.

Target Corp. on Tuesday said it planned to cut several thousand jobs, mainly from headquarters locations, as part of a restructuring that will cut $2 billion in costs over two years.

Oil installations and key infrastructure are prime targets in the conflict, pitting Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni's internationally recognized government against Libya Dawn.

The all-white panel included 10 women and eight men, 12 of whom will vote on Tsarnaev's fate.

Citigroup will use a part of the proceeds from the sale to retire certain funding that currently supports Citi Holdings.

German retail sales rose more than economists had forecast, helping lift the DAX stock index.

Mark Zuckerberg was on hostile turf as spoke to executives at the world's biggest annual gathering of the mobile industry, renewing attempts to win their backing to help reach billions of users with no Internet access.

The bank's shares were the top fallers in a flat European banking sector, down almost 3 percent in early trade.

U.S. spy chief James Clapper said that when he made a secret visit to North Korea in November to bring home two jailed Americans he was first given a 12-course banquet and then told that his security could not be guaranteed.

Two people were killed when a bomb exploded near a top court building in central Cairo, the health ministry said, the deadliest attack in three blasts to hit the Egyptian capital on Monday.

Obama cautioned it will take more time to fully establish normal relations with Cuba after more than a half-century rupture.

Iran must commit to a verifiable freeze of at least 10 years on sensitive nuclear activity for a landmark deal to be reached, but the odds are still against sealing an agreement, Obama told Reuters, an exclusive report says.

The Rev. Hyeon Soo Lim, 60, has made hundreds of trips to North Korea, where he helps oversee a nursing home, a nursery and an orphanage.

The deal is the fourth semiconductor sector M&A deal this year, and the biggest of these by far.

China, which posted its slowest growth in decades in 2014, on Saturday cut its benchmark lending and deposit rates.

The agency's tentative plan would affect how companies manage their portfolios in illiquid markets.

Buffett, the billionaire CEO and chairman of Berkshire, has said he would support Ajit Jain if ever he decided to seek Buffett’s post.

The PBOC made its move just days before China's national legislature meets to set the official economic growth target for 2015.