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Olympic flame reaches North Pole ahead of Sochi Winter Games
The Olympic flame has arrived to the North Pole aboard a Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker, the Sochi Winter Games organizers say. The Sochi organizing committee said...
Serbia holds state funeral for Jovanka Broz
Serbia is holding state funeral in Belgrade to honor the widow of former Yugoslav leader Marshal Tito, Jovanka Broz. Jovanka Broz, who died of heart...
Germany to send top intelligence chiefs to US over spying allegations
Germany is planning to send its top intelligence chiefs to Washington to "push forward" an investigation into allegations the US spied on Chancellor Angela...
Iran: At least 17 guards killed in clash with gunmen on Pakistan border
At least 17 Iranian border guards have been killed in a clash with gunmen on the border with Pakistan, the official Iranian news agency...
JP Morgan agrees $5.1 billion settlement with FHFA
JP Morgan has reached a $5.1 billion settlement with the US Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) over charges it misled mortgage giants Fannie Mae...
Saudi Arabia warns women over driving protest
Saudi Arabia’s government has stepped up warnings to women not to defy a ban on female drivers by taking part in a mass driving...
Chen Yongzhou confesses to wrongdoing on state TV
Imprisoned Chinese journalist Chen Yongzhou, whose newspaper New Express has made front-page appeals for his release, has confessed to wrongdoing on state TV. "I'm willing...
Augusto Odone dead: Lorenzo’s oil creator dies in Italy at the age of 80
Augusto Odone, a former World Bank economist who rejected medical opinion and created an oil to save the life of his son Lorenzo, has...
Mystery girl Maria: DNA tests confirm Bulgarian Roma couple are her parents
The parents of mystery girl Maria are the Bulgarian Roma couple who came forward earlier this week, DNA tests have confirmed. Sasha Ruseva spotted the...
Global Gender Gap Report 2013: Iceland is the best place to be a woman
According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), Iceland has been rated the country with the world's smallest gender gap for five years in a...
EU Summit: Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande want a “no spy” deal with US
European leaders at the EU summit in Brussels say distrust of the US over spying could harm the fight against terrorism. A statement agreed by...
North Korea releases six South Koreans
Six South Korean men have been returned by North Korea to their homeland, South Korean officials say, in a rare move. The men, between the...
Madagascar holds first presidential election since 2009 coup
Madagascar voters are going to the polls in the first election since the military-backed coup in 2009. Thirty-three candidates are contesting the election, which has...
Prince Charles fears being a king will be a form of prison?
The recent reports claiming that Prince Charles believes becoming king will be a form of prison have been strongly denied by the Clarence House. According...
Bo Xilai appeal and upheld his life sentence rejected by Chinese court
Shandong court in China has rejected the appeal of former politician Bo Xilai and upheld his life sentence for bribery, embezzlement and abuse of...
Prince George christening: Official portraits released
Queen Elizabeth II has been pictured with three future kings – Prince Charles, Prince William and newborn Prince George. This is the first such image...
Chen Yongzhou case: New Express publishes second plea for his release
Chinese newspaper The New Express has published a second front-page plea for the release of its journalist Chen Yongzhou held by police. The New Express...
Greece girl Maria: Bulgarian police questioning couple suspected of being biological parents
Bulgarian police is questioning a couple suspected of being the biological parents of Maria, the young girl found in a Roma community in Greece...
Madeleine McCann inquiry reopened in Portugal
Portuguese police has decided to reopen their inquiry into the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann, the public prosecutor's office has announced. Madeleine McCann, from...
Germany summons US ambassador John Emerson over Angela Merkel’s mobile phone row
John Emerson - the American ambassador in Berlin - has been summoned over claims that the US monitored German Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone. German...
Bank of America’s Countrywide Financial found liable for defrauding Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
A federal jury has found Bank of America's Countrywide Financial unit liable for defrauding two US government-backed mortgage companies. Countrywide, which was acquired by Bank...
Andy Lopez: 13-year-old boy carrying replica assault rifle shot dead by Santa Rosa police
Andy Lopez, a 13-year-old boy carrying a replica assault rifle, has been shot dead by police in the US state of California. Officers in the...
EU holds Brussels summit amid US spying allegations
The fresh allegations of US spying threaten to overshadow talks at an EU summit due to begin in Brussels. The EU summit comes a day...
US spied on Angela Merkel’s mobile phone
Angela Merkel has called President Barack Obama after receiving information that the US may have spied on her mobile phone. A spokesman for Angela Merkel...
Russia: Greenpeace activists to be charged with hooliganism instead of piracy
Piracy charges against 30 Greenpeace activists will be replaced with hooliganism charges, according to Russian officials. The new charge has a maximum penalty of seven...
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