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The British manufacturing sector is approaching negative growth thanks largely to a decline in exports to the troubled eurozone, according to a monthly benchmark index that gauges industrial health released Tuesday.The Markit/CIPS Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for the manufacturing sector fell to 50.5 in April, down from 51.9 in March. The report also showed the sharpest decline in new export orders since March 2009.

Rupert Murdoch is unfit to run a major international company, British lawmakers said on Tuesday, finding him responsible for a culture of illegal phone hacking that has convulsed his News Corporation media empire.

The share of privately-owned U.S. homes fell to a 15-year low in the first quarter as falling house prices and stringent lending conditions push younger Americans, in particular, into renting.

The vessel reportedly capsized and broke apart into two segments.

Rescue workers fought heavy wind and rain to search for survivors after at least 103 people drowned on an overloaded ferry carrying about 300 people that sank at night on one of India's largest rivers on Monday, police said.

Nike designer Jason Petrie took to Twitter to mock Bulls guard Derrick Rose after his season ending injury.

Saudi Arabia said on Saturday it had recalled its ambassador in Cairo for security reasons after protests in Egypt against the kingdom's arrest of an Egyptian lawyer, marking a diplomatic rupture between the long-time allies.

When Hillary Clinton made her first trip abroad as secretary of state, she baldly said the United States could not let human rights disputes get in the way of working with China on global challenges.

A memo from former CIA Director Leon Panetta, which confirms President Barack Obama's decision to proceed with the mission to hunt down Osama bin Laden, has been released. It notes that the timing, operational decision making and control [of the mission were] in Admiral McRaven's hands.

One of the latest sensations to bring the classic boy-band trend back, One Direction, has taken the pop world by storm. The five-piece music group, a result of Simon Cowell?s creation, became the first British band to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Chart. Move over Justin Bieber, it looks like there?s some competition for pre-teen female affections.

A queen has lost her crown. Beauty queen Miss Dominican Republic 2012 will lose her title because she is married, The Associated Press reported on Wednesday.

A dog as a co-anchor? For Canadian station Global TV, news anchor Leslie Roberts better watch out ... because Storm the Weather Dog is stealing the show.

Pop star Katy Perry is ready to show the world that she is moving on from ex-husband Russell Brand. The singer took Coachella by storm this weekend with some hot man candy on her arm. Perry's latest beau? The smoking hot guitarist for Florence + the Machine, Robert Ackroyd.

A rare, powerful spring nor'easter storm along the U.S. East coast has cut power to more than 50,000 customers in Pennsylvania and upstate New York,

Shovels will be coming out before the rakes on the East coast, as some residents brace for a spring nor'easter that is expected to dump up to 12 inches of snow on parts of Pennsylvania and New York at higher elevations inland.

A Pakistani airline carrying 116 passengers and up to six crew members, crashed near Islamabad's international airport, killing everyone on board.

On Thursday, protestors in Egypt took control of Cairo's Oct. 6 bridge, the cite where over a year ago anti-government demonstrators violently clashed with the forces of then-President Hosni Mubarak.

A strong solar storm could cause devastating consequences for the planet, researchers said. Earth needs to better prepare for an event that could knock out power and GPS satellites, possibly for months.

Amazon seems to be just as excited about the new “God of War” release as the franchise’s fans. The online mega store published the game’s product page a day early, according to Game Informer. On April 19th Sony officially announced the action platformer’s upcoming fourth release.

Cherry-picking a mere 100 people from across the world and from across all walks of life and getting everyone to agree to it is practically impossible.

China and the Philippines took one step further on Wednesday in their ongoing military face-off over the Scarborough Reef, known by the Chinese as Huangyan Island and by the Filipino as Panatag Shoal.