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Ukraine slams Euro 2012 boycott
Ukraine denounces a threatened EU boycott of next month's Euro 2012 football championship as "destructive". In a statement, Ukraine’s foreign ministry said the move would...
Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande trade insults in the final debate
President Nicolas Sarkozy and his rival Francois Hollande have traded insults in their only TV debate of the election campaign. Nicolas Sarkozy called Francois Hollande...
Alexander Dale Oen, Norwegian swimming champion, dies from cardiac arrest at 26
Norwegian Swimming Federation announces that champion Alexander Dale Oen has died in the US, aged 26. Alexander Dale Oen was found collapsed in a shower...
Marine Le Pen vows blank vote in Sunday’s French presidential poll
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen has vowed to cast a blank vote in Sunday's French presidential poll run-off. Marine Le Pen told a rally of...
Nicolas Sarkozy to sue Mediapart website over Gaddafi claims
President Nicolas Sarkozy is to file a complaint against Mediapart website that claimed Libya's Col. Muammar Gaddafi had offered to fund his 2007 election...
Germany threats to boycott Ukraine Euro 2012 over Yulia Tymoshenko mistreatment case
German media reports that pressure is mounting on the government to boycott Euro 2012 matches in Ukraine this summer because of alleged mistreatment of...
Shukri Ghanem, Libya’s former PM, found dead in Danube River in Austria
Libya's former General Secretary of the General People's Committee of Libya (prime minister) and Oil Minister Shukri Ghanem has been found dead in the...
Laura Adshead, who was once David Cameron’s girlfriend, is now Sister John Mary
Former socialite Laura Adshead, whose breakup with David Cameron sent her straight into the nunnery as Sister John Mary at the Abbey of Regina...
Nicolas Sarkozy rejects DSK’s claims that his party was behind former IMF chief’s downfall
President Nicolas Sarkozy has rejected claims by Dominique Strauss-Kahn that his party was behind former IMF chief's downfall. Nicolas Sarkozy told reporters DSK should keep...
Venus Palermo, the 15-year-old living doll who became an internet sensation
Venus Palermo is a 15-year-old British girl who chooses to style herself as a “living doll” and who became an internet sensation. Venus Palermo has...
Dramatic plane landings at Loiu Airport in Bilbao as extreme weather pounds Basque region
A dramatic footage shows the terrifying ordeal pilots and air passengers endured while landing at Loiu Airport in Bilbao as high winds batter northern...
Romanian government falls in no-confidence vote after 78 days
Romania's centre-right government led by PM Mihai Razvan Ungureanu lost a confidence vote today after 78 days of governing. The no-confidence bill was filed by...
Ukraine: at least 27 people injured in four explosions in Dnipropetrovsk
At least 27 people have been injured after four explosions have rocked the city of Dnipropetrovsk in eastern Ukraine. The first two blasts happened at...
Standard & Poor’s cuts Spain’s credit rating to BBB+
Standard & Poor's has cut Spain's credit rating and warned of risks to come. S&P cut Spain two notches to BBB+, warning that the country...
Mark Duggan shooting footage emerged to media
Footage of the aftermath of the police shooting of Mark Duggan, whose death in north London sparked the 2011 summer riots, has emerged to...
The Golden Lie that Kills. MindBomb for Roșia Montană.
Mindbomb's action The Golden Lie that Kills – MindBomb for Roşia Montană aims to raise public awareness in Romania about the toxic propaganda used in...
Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster: 26 years later
The world is marking today 26 years from the worst nuclear accident and Chernobyl survivors and victims’ families have held a midnight memorial. Dozens of...
Madeleine McCann pictured aged nine, as detectives reveal they think she is alive
Metropolitan Police in UK have issued a computer-generated image of what Madeleine McCann might look like now, as evidence into her disappearance are reviewed. The picture,...
Kung Fu Guinea Pig incredible flying kick in dog attack
Locals in Hradok, Slovakia, are currently living in a fear of this tiny tearaway - whose fearsome fighting skills have seen it dubbed the...
UK economy returns to recession after three years
The Office for National Statistics in UK has announced that the country’s economy has returned to recession, after shrinking by 0.2% in the first...
International German Beard and Moustache Championships 2012 in Bad Schussenried
The 2012 International German Beard and Moustache Championships have been held in Bad Schussenried. Beards from around the world have travelled to Bad Schussenried and...
Driver parks on metro station stairs in Paris
A confused driver has ended up trapping his car on the steps of Chaussee d'Antin-La Fayette metro station in Paris, after mistaking it for...
The story of Steven Thorpe, a teenager who made a miracle recovery from coma after four doctors declared him brain-dead
Steven Thorpe, a British teenager who was declared brain dead by four doctors, made a “miracle” recovery after his parents begged medics for a...
Why do so many French people vote?
French turnout in the first round of the presidential election was more than 80%, one of the highest in the world. It's a measure of...
Lyudmila Putina, the hidden First Lady of Russia
As Vladimir Putin prepares to take up Russia's Presidency for an unprecedented third time, speculation is mounting as to why the future First Lady...
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