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The US Supreme Court hear arguments today on same-sex marriage. Gay marriage advocates have targeted California's Proposition 8, which banned such unions 5 years ago.

Public health officials in the US and UK have warned of a potential "nightmare" from super-bugs that resist antibiotics. Why is it getting so urgent? What might be done?

Army private Bradley Manning is facing court-martial for revealing the Wikileaks documents. In pre-trial hearings almost no one was watching.

President Obama plunged back into the perils of Middle East diplomacy, backing a Palestinian state while supporting Israel almost without reservation.

Financial trouble in tiny Cyprus is the latest threat to the entire Eurozone. With their banks in danger, should ordinary Cypriots be taxed to protect wealthy Russians?

It's ten years to the day since the US led the invasion of Saddam Hussein's Iraq. We look at the cost and lessons of the Iraq War.

Ten years ago, the US invaded Iraq. Today, in the first of our 2-part series, we look at the human cost to US veterans and their families, and Iraqis in a ruined country.

Very little is known about China's new President, installed yesterday to run the world's second most powerful country. But Xi Jinping wants the world to know more about China.

The Church of Rome looked to the New World to find Pope Francis, former Archbishop of Buenos Aires. We hear about his theological leanings and the challenges he faces.

The Republican Party's continued struggle to find new leadership after last year's devastating presidential campaign.