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The leader of Britain's UKIP party, Nigel Farage, celebrates with newly elected councillors in Basildon. (Photo: Reuters) (24 May)   Britain’s UK Independence Party surged to its best ever performance in local council elections on Friday, boosting the hopes of Nigel Farage’s anti-EU and anti-immigration group for... 

The 'faces and names' behind the keyboards in Shanghai, according to a US official(19 May)   The US has charged five Chinese army officers with hacking into private-sector American companies in a bid for competitive advantage, in the first cyber-espionage case of its kind. Attorney General Eric Holder said the alleged... 

Soldiers say they lack the firepower to tackle insurgents Soldiers in Nigeria have opened fire on their commander in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri, witnesses say. Maj-Gen Ahmed Mohammed escaped unhurt after soldiers shot at his car at the Maimalari barracks, the sources said. The soldiers blamed him for the killing of...