A MAN was handed three life sentences by a judge in Manchester, north-west England today for murdering his former girlfriend and her two teenage children with a hammer
BRITAIN has accused Burma`s military regime of paying only lip service to international calls for democratic reforms, as the UN special envoy embarked on a fresh round of talks there
THE UN agency in charge of alleviating world hunger warned the European Union that the fast-growing use of biofuels is driving up food prices for the world`s poor
THE Netherlands has raised its terrorism alert level to "substantial" because of the planned release of an anti-Islam film by a far right politician, the justice ministry said
