A 19-year-old man who was found guilty of murdering Matalan shop manager Jamie Simpson has been given a life sentence. Kobina Essel, 19, was ordered to serve a minimum term of 20 years at the Old Bailey for stabbing Mr Simpson, 33, during a botched raid Full Article at BBC News

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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) — Eight Marines were charged in the biggest criminal case against U.S. troops to arise from the Iraq war. Six have had charges dismissed, and one was acquitted. Whether the only remaining and perhaps highest-profile defendant Full Article at FOX News

Mogadishu's mayor has ordered around 1,000 Somali refugees to move away from the city's main airport, citing security concerns. Mayor Abdurisaq Mohamed Nor suggested that insurgent group al-Shabab could use refugees' shelters as cover to launch an attack Full Article at BBC News

A chairman has been appointed to an independent review into the science published by the research unit at the centre of the "Climategate" row. Lord Oxburgh is a former chairman of the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology. Full Article at BBC News

North Korea is to put a US citizen on trial for illegally entering the country, its state news agency has said. The citizen was named as 30-year-old Aijalon Mahli Gomes, from Boston, the Korean Central News Agency reported. His "crime has been confi Full Article at BBC News

A fundamental review of policing is needed before a crisis such as a multi-site terrorism strike happens, a senior police chief has said. Sir Hugh Orde, head of the Association of Chief Police Officers, said changes could include a reduction of the 43 se Full Article at BBC News

WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is to assure Israel on Monday that the Obama administration's commitment to its security and future is "rock solid" despite a severe diplomatic dispute that emerged this month. In remarks prepared Full Article at FOX News

Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland is still the number one film in the US and Canada, topping the North American box office chart for the third week. The fantasy took $34.5m (£23m) in its third weekend on release, swelling its overall US takings to $265.8m Full Article at BBC News

A judge in Malawi says that two gay men arrested in December after getting engaged have a case to answer. A lawyer said the couple would now call defence witnesses. They deny three charges of unnatural practices between males and gross indecency. Tiwonge Full Article at BBC News

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is to call on Israel to make "difficult but necessary choices" if it wants a peace agreement with the Palestinians. Mrs Clinton will warn that the status quo is "unsustainable" in a speech to the Full Article at BBC News

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The former chief executive of American International Group, Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, reached a deal to sell most of the shares he holds in the insurer to a unit of Swiss bank UBS. Greenberg's investment vehicle, Starr International Co, entered into a... Full Article at CNBC

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton are traveling to Haiti's rubble-filled capital Monday as part of their effort to raise aid and investment for a country still reeling from a devastating Jan. 12 earthquake. It is... Full Article at FOX News

Advertisement The video was posted on YouTube by another motorist A motorist who was shunted sideways and pushed along a motorway at 60mph when her car was hit by a lorry, has told how she thought she was going to die. Rona Williams' car was trapped unde Full Article at BBC News

Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina have have had an improved 3.44bn Australian dollars ($3.14bn, £2.1bn) takeover bid for Australia's Arrow Energy accepted. Shell and PetroChina's new joint bid is up from their $2.96bn joint bid offered earlier this month. Full Article at BBC News

Republicans plan to introduce about 300 amendments to attempt to weaken or kill key provisions of a regulatory reform bill developed over months of negotiation by the committee's Democratic chairman, Senator Christopher Dodd. Whether a bill emerges as... Full Article at Reuters