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The latest transfer news claims that Arsenal will face serious competition if they are to land two high-profile targets.

Watch highlights of Liverpool's victory over West Brom in the Capital One Cup.

Watch highlights of Manchester United's victory over Newcastle in the Capital One Cup.

The leader of France's parliament is being criticized for adding his wife to his staff as he unveils budget cuts for MPs.

Poland, one of the last European countries with strict laws against abortion, may consider easing such restrictions.

The release date for Samsung's Galaxy Note 2 has arrived for South Korean customers, and the U.K. plans to launch the device as early as next week.

Russia has one of the world's highest rates of alcoholism and road accidents caused by booze.

Why Arsenal would be wise not to give into Theo Walcott's financial or footballing demands over a new contract.

The world’s largest office products company is trimming stores and focusing on Web commerce and business services.

A British trade group predicted a global bacon shortage where U.S. consumers could pay more for pork in 2013.

A second version of Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa is said to legitimately exist

Forty-five years after Martin Scorsese's "The Big Shave," filmmakers continue to be inspired by short films.

Canada and the United Kingdom have agreed to share embassies and consulates on foreign soil -- is this a tough break for Ottawa?

The latest transfer news has further reports of Liverpool trying to boost their attacking options in January.

Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) is joining other major tech and e-commerce companies like Apple, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) and eBay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY) in the run to revolutionize mobile payments for a new generation of smartphone-friendly users. Adding to its recent unveiling of a new-and-improved advertising system, the struggling tech company announced a streamlined mobile payment system that it hopes will help monetize a greater percentage of its user-base.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger could reportedly have £50 million to spend on some big names in the January transfer window.

Third-party iPhone 5 vendors like Radio Shack are receiving fewer iPhone 5s than Apple's own 249 U.S. retail stores.

Police in Moscow are probing the poisoning deaths of up to 70 dogs in local parks.

Despite the recent efforts from competitors like Samsung and Motorola to denigrate the all-new iPhone 5, customers have lined up to purchase Apple’s latest smartphone in record numbers. Since its release last Friday, the iPhone 5 sold more than five million units in its first weekend available. The Cupertino, Calif.-based computer company announced the news in a press release early Monday morning. Apple: iPhone 5 Sales Top 5 Million Units In First Weekend Of Release

Apple said it sold 5 million iPhone 5s, although some analysts had expected double.

The WHO said it has identified a new deadly strain of SARS after a 49-year-old Qatari man became ill.