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Analysts think Vodafone has bid €7.2 billion ($9.6 billion) and that Liberty has raised the ante to €7.5 billion ($10 billion).

In Italy, almost 67,000 inmates are housed in Italian facilities that were designed to hold only 45,000.

Investor sentiment in Germany and the euro zone improved more than expected while inflation in the UK rebounded, data released on Tuesday show.

Chelsea have been linked with a number of leading strikers in recent weeks.

Some say Turkey is an economic powerhouse needed to recharge the EU's economy, but more say it isn't ready.

Russia is maintaining its firm pro-Assad government stance, despite increasing opposition from member nations at the upcoming G-8 summit.

Investors also had an ear for a hint of the U.S. Federal Reserve's likely monetary policy stance at its meeting Wednesday.

The focus will be on the FOMC statement Wednesday, when the Fed will likely lower its forecasts, but remain ambiguous about the prospects for tapering its QE.

The Australian earned a major victory at Queen's Club.

Juventus midfielder Claudio Marchisio has revealed that he is proud to be linked with a move to Manchester United.

Uganda may levy a new tax on mobile money usage, a controversial move given corruption concerns in the government.

Michael Karkoc, the 94-year-old former commander of a Nazi SS unit accused of wartime atrocities, has been found living in Minnesota.

Japan's increasingly large elderly population is not considered in Abe's economic reforms.

India's privately owned telegram service, BSNL, announced this week that telegrams will soon become extinct in India.

The Corsa models will be sold in the car markets of Russia, Kazakhstan and also Belarus.

In highlighting Iran’s nuclear pursuit, U.S. policymakers and pundits have cast insufficient light on Tehran’s other activities.

Russia’s lower house of parliament unanimously passed a bill that constricts gay rights, including banning educating minors about homosexuality.

The agent of Benfica’s Lorenzo Melgarejo has claimed the player has been the source of interest from Arsenal.

The fact that two of the oldest people on the planet are both Japanese is not a coincidence.

The potential deal would help Vodafone compete against cable providers that are conversely aiming to increase their cellphone services.

U.S. stock index futures point to a higher open on Wednesday ahead of the federal budget report for May.