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Junior minister backs 'greater autonomy' in Tibet trip - Parents jumped from cliff after son's death - Confusion over Jackson tribute show.



Junior minister backs 'greater autonomy' in Tibet trip

A minister underlined London's support for greater Tibetan autonomy during an unprecedented visit to Lhasa this week, and talks in Beijing, the Foreign Office said Friday.

Parents jumped from cliff after son's death

An inquest has heard how a distraught couple jumped to their deaths after their paralysed son died.

Confusion over Jackson tribute show

Confusion surroundes a planned Michael Jackson tribute concert after organisers axed the original Vienna gig and moved it to the UK.

Killer 'slipped through police net'

A murderer committed a violent armed bank robbery in the US years before he returned to Britain and killed his boss during a terrifying four-hour ordeal, a court has been told.

Obama: U.S. 'will never falter' in pursuit of al-Qaida

Echoing the words of his predecessor, President Barack Obama vowed the United States "will never falter" in the pursuit of al-Qaida as he marked the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks by placing a wreath at the site of the attack on the Pentagon.

Annie Leibovitz retains copyright to her photos

Celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz has won an extension on a $24 million loan in a financial dispute that threatened her rights to her famous images, the two sides said in a joint statement Friday.

Ex-stepfather of slain girl sentenced in porn case

The former stepfather of a slain 12-year-old Vermont girl was sentenced Friday to nearly 17 years in prison on child pornography charges that surfaced while authorities investigated her disappearance last summer.

9/11 marked with mourning and a spirit of service

With familiar rituals of grief and a new purpose to honor those who rushed into danger to help, the nation marked eight years since the Sept. 11 terror attacks Friday, with volunteers reading the names of the World Trade Center lost.

Bear attacks Colorado man inside his home

A man was attacked by a large black bear in his Aspen home in the latest in a string of violent encounters with the animals this summer in the mountain community.

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