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MIAMI (Reuters) - A son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor has been charged with passport fraud and is in U.S. custody, a spokeswoman for the U.S. immigration service said on Saturday. Charles McArthur Emmanuel, also known as Charles "Chuckie" Taylor Jr., was arrested at Miami International Airport on Thursday night after flying in from Trinidad, and was accused of lying about his father ...

A hospital put scores of breast cancer patients at risk by missing out a vital part of the treatment, the BBC learns. Bradford NHS Trust failed to give up to 150 women radiotherapy after they had tumours removed in the 1980s and 1990s, according to BBC One's Panorama. Cancer expert Professor Michael Baum says this failure means "about a 30% chance of the disease coming back". The hospital said it had acted quickly to solve the problem and its breast cancer care was now "highly commended". Al ...

The remarkable Gretna story continued as they swept Dundee aside to reach the Scottish Cup final. The Second Division champions stand on the verge of European football after strikes from Kenny Deuchar and Ryan McGuffie and a Barry Smith own goal. Deuchar squeezed in a controlled finish from an acute angle right on the stroke of half-time. McGuffie scored from the penalty spot and Dundee, who posed little threat, were punished by Smith's late mishap. Gretna, who joined the senior ranks of Sco ...

EWING, New Jersey (AP) -- Authorities planned Saturday to search two Pennsylvania landfills for a missing college student after his blood was found in and around a trash bin outside his dormitory. John Fiocco, 19, was last seen early March 25 at his dormitory at The College of New Jersey after attending an off-campus party. Friends told police the art major from Mantua Township appeared to be drunk but otherwise fine. His roommate reported him missing about 36 hours later. Authorities said th ...

Seven people, including three children, have been taken to hospital after a car accident on the M2 motorway. The crash, which is thought to have involved two cars, happened at about 1600 BST on Saturday near the Sandyknowes roundabout. Three women and a man are among those injured. The woman is said to have severe head injuries. The police closed the northbound lanes of the motorway for a time and diverted traffic at Sandyknowes. Mark Beresford from the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service sa ...

A representative of the company that hired a tour boat which capsized off Bahrain, killing at least 57 people, has insisted his firm was not to blame. Manager Simon Hill, who survived the disaster, said the construction firm Nass-Murray and Roberts had told the captain not to sail if it was unsafe. He said some people were uneasy and got off the swaying boat before it set out. The captain is being questioned by local prosecutors, who have suggested he was not qualified to be in charge. At le ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Rock star Chris Martin has joined forces with the Conservatives to unseat Prime Minister Tony Blair, after his Hollywood wife Gwyneth Paltrow met the Tory leader's wife at yoga class. Meanwhile, Blair's own wife Cherie has removed the landmark black door of his Number 10 Downing Street office and swapped it for a red one. And engineers have discovered that ginger nut biscuits  ...

By Justin Palmer LONDON (Reuters) - Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy hit a second-half winner for Manchester United at Bolton Wanderers on Saturday to cut Chelsea's lead to seven points after the champions were held 0-0 at Birmingham. Van Nistelrooy, starting from the bench again despite netting the winner against West Ham in midweek, converted Louis Saha's cross on 79 minutes to seal a 2-1 win at the Reebok Stadium and breathe new life into the title race. Saha had cancelled out Kevin Davie ...

The activities of rebels in northern Uganda are "terrorism of the worst kind anywhere in the world", UN humanitarian affairs chief Jan Egeland has said. Security must be improved in the region where Lord's Resistance Army rebels abduct children and carry out attacks, he said while visiting Pader district. Mr Egeland urged the Ugandan government and international community to do more to end the humanitarian crisis. Almost two million people have been displaced during 20 years of civil war. Th ...

KOROLYOV, Russia (AP) -- Brazil's first man in space floated into the international space station with his country's flag and a beaming smile Saturday, as his Russian and American crew mates began a six-month mission orbiting the Earth. After two days' cramped journey in a Russian-built Soyuz capsule, Pavel Vinogradov, Jeffrey Williams and Brazilian Marcos C. Pontes entered the station as applause and tears broke out among the Brazilian, American and Russian observers watching at Mission Contr ...