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Virginians face a massive cleanup project today after at least three tornadoes damaged dozens of homes and injured more than 200 people. "We have had some injuries. Most of them are minor, so in many ways we are blessed," Suffolk Mayor Linda Johnson said.

Defence Secretary Des Browne announces 600 British troops will be sent to Kosovo. More Info...  

Home prices have posted another record decline, as most of the nation's largest markets suffered double-digit drops over last year, a survey released Tuesday shows.

Kenyan police shoot dead two members of the outlawed Mungiki sect a day after a sect leader was killed. More Info...  

The Olympic torch tours Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam on the final international stop of its troubled tour. More Info...  

Jeremiah Wright has been a lot of things -- husband, father, author, composer, outspoken minister and spiritual confidant to Sen. Barack Obama.

Visit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news.DNA evidence supports an Austrian man's confession that he fathered his daughter's children, police say. More Info...  

President Bush will address Americans' "understandable anxiety" about their finances Tuesday, the White House said.

The tension mounts at Old Trafford as Manchester United prepare for a must-win game against Barcelona in the Champions League semi-final second leg. More Info...  

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A Chilean mayor wants to hand out free potency pills to older people in his municipality near the capital Santiago. More Info...  

A suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan kills 15 local people and wounds 14 others, the Nato-led force says. More Info...  

Sens. Hillary Clinton and John McCain are pushing for a gas-tax holiday, but Sen. Barack Obama says the plan is a quick fix that would do more harm than good.

Zimbabwe's UN ambassador says a national unity government is needed, whoever wins the presidential election. More Info...  

Twenty-eight militants are killed and US soldiers are wounded in clashes in Sadr City, Baghdad, the US says. More Info...  

Sven-Goran Eriksson will not be Manchester City's manager next season, BBC Sport understands. More Info...  

An Austrian who admitted imprisoning his daughter and fathering her children is to appear before a magistrate. More Info...  

A French yacht. A Japanese tanker. A Spanish fishing boat. After several years of decline, pirates are striking with increasing frequency on the high seas.

The UN's Ban Ki-moon announces a new task force will tackle the crisis triggered by soaring global food prices. More Info...  

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