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UKIP dealt a major blow to mainstream parties Friday with initial results of local elections in England showing strong gains for the eurosceptic party. Nigel Farage predicted his party could chalk up some 200 council seats by the end of the day after…

Two football fans were convicted Thursday of tearing up a copy of the Koran during an English football match and throwing the pieces in the air. Julie Phillips, 50, ripped pages from the Islamic holy book and handed them out to fellow away supporters…

British hate preacher Abu Hamza goes on trial in New York on Monday, facing the rest of his life behind bars if found guilty on kidnapping and terror charges that predate the 9/11 attacks. It is the second high-profile terror trial to be heard by a…