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Hong Kong ferry sinks after Lamma collision
At least eight people have died after a ferry collided with another boat off Hong Kong. A rescue operation is continuing for passengers still missing...
Somali and AU troops enter port of Kismayo
The first Somali government and African Union (AU) troops are reported to have entered the strategic Somali port of Kismayo, witnesses and officials say. They...
IKEA Saudi catalogue removes women from its pages
IKEA has said it regrets that images of women are missing from the Saudi version of its catalogue. Women are clearly present in corresponding images...
PM Yoshihiko Noda reshuffles his cabinet ahead of upcoming polls
Japan’s PM Yoshihiko Noda has named a new finance minister, in a reshuffle aimed at revitalizing his cabinet. Koriki Jojima replaces Jun Azumi in the...
Bonnie and Clyde guns fetch $504,000 at New Hampshire auction
Guns used by gangsters Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, who died in a hail of police bullets in 1934, have sold at New Hampshire...
Venezuela election: huge Caracas rally for opposition candidate Henrique Capriles
More than 100,000 people gathered in Venezuela's capital, Caracas, in support of opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles. Henrique Capriles criticized President Hugo Chavez for what...
Mikheil Saakashvili faces election test in Georgia
Voters in Georgia are going to the polls in an election regarded as President Mikheil Saakashvili's biggest test since he came to power in...
Princess Charlene of Monaco at South Africa Night Gala
Princess Charlene of Monaco put the spotlight back on South Africa, hosting a lavish gala dinner in celebration of all things South African at...
Afghanistan: suicide bomber kills at least 20 people in Khost
A suicide bomber has killed at least 20 people, three of them NATO soldiers, in the eastern Afghan city of Khost, according to NATO...
US death toll in Afghanistan war reaches 2,000
A checkpoint shooting in eastern Afghanistan has taken the US military's death toll in the war past 2,000. A US soldier and contractor were killed...
Kenya: Sunday school grenade attack kills one child and hurts another three in Nairobi
One child has been killed and three seriously hurt in a grenade attack on a church's Sunday school in the Kenya capital, Nairobi. The attacker...
Gaddafi killed by French secret serviceman on the express orders of Nicolas Sarkozy
A French secret serviceman acting on the express orders of President Nicolas Sarkozy is suspected of murdering Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi, it was sensationally claimed...
Bonnie and Clyde guns up for sale in New Hampshire
The guns used by gangsters Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, who died in a hail of police bullets in 1934, are up for auction. The...
Venezuela election: two opposition politicians killed during a campaign rally
Two opposition politicians have been killed in Venezuela during a campaign rally, a week before the country's presidential election. Geison Valero belonged to the opposition...
Ancient Madina souk in Aleppo’s Old City burns as battles rage
A blaze has swept though ancient markets in Aleppo, activists say, as rebels and government forces seek to gain control of Syria's largest city. Reports...
Paolo Gabriele trial: Vatican judges refuse to admit key evidence
Vatican judges have refused to admit key evidence in the trial of Paolo Gabriele, Pope Benedict's former butler, charged with stealing sensitive documents. Paolo Gabriele's...
Omar Khadr, the youngest prisoner at Guantanamo Bay, returns to Canada
Omar Khadr, the youngest prisoner to be held at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre, has been returned to his native Canada. Omar Khadr had been...
Interstate 405 shutdown in Los Angeles until early Monday morning
California drivers had been long warned and now Carmageddon, the sequel, is hours underway. Ten miles of the world’s busiest freeways have been shut down...
Car chase suicide live on Fox News
Fox News has apologized for showing a man fatally shooting himself in the head on live television. Fox News on Friday was covering a high-speed...
Barack Obama and his family cost taxpayers $1.4 billion per year
US President Barack Obama and his family cost the taxpayer $1.4 billion per year, according to a recently published book. By contrast, the British Royal...
Se Og Hor publishes photos of Kate changing her bikini bottoms
Danish magazine Se Og Hor has published photographs of Kate Middleton changing her bikini bottom, reigniting the privacy scandal surrounding the Royal couple. Celebrity magazine...
Spain flash floods: at least seven people die in Malaga, Almeria and Murcia
At least seven people have died after heavy rains triggered flash floods in southern Spain, officials have said. Among the victims were an elderly woman...
Paolo Gabriele on trial for theft
Paolo Gabriele, Pope Benedict XVI's former butler, is set to go on trial in the Vatican on charges of aggravated theft. Paolo Gabriele, 46, has...
Shooting at Czech President Vaclav Klaus
A man armed with a replica pistol has fired at Czech President Vaclav Klaus at close range while he was opening a bridge in...
Spanish banks need an injection of 59.3 billion euros to survive a serious downturn
According an independent audit, Spain's banks will need an injection of 59.3 billion euros ($76.3 billion) to survive a serious downturn. The amount is broadly...
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