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There has reportedly been a dramatic increase in the number of employers being prosecuted for hiring illegal immigrants in the United Kingdom.

The Burmese state media said a referendum on a new constitution would go ahead on May 10 despite Tropical Cyclone Nargis, which killed 350 people.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said it has been a disappointing election for the Labour party, in the wake of its loss in the recent council votes.

Zimbabwe\'s electoral commission has told an all-party meeting that Morgan Tsvangirai won almost 48 percent in March\'s presidential election.

Police in Kashmir, India said at least a dozen labourers are feared dead following a huge landslide.

Colombian police said they have killed one of the country\'s most notorious criminals and drug lords.

Hundreds of people have held an emotional candlelit vigil in the Austrian town where Josef Fritzl kept his daughter in a cellar for 24 years.

The United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, is reportedly setting up a task force to tackle the global food crisis.

At least 70 people have been killed and 400 injured, many of them seriously, after two trains collided at dawn in eastern China.

The United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon is calling for immediate action to help resolve the global food crisis.

The United States Senate has passed legislation banning discrimination on the basis of a persons genetic details.

At least a third of the schools in England and Wales have been disrupted by the first national teachers\' strike in 21 years.