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Anti-corruption campaigner Baba Ramdev arrested during protest in Delhi
Indian police have stopped prominent anti-corruption campaigner Baba Ramdev from marching to parliament to stage a protest in Delhi. Baba Ramdev and his supporters have...
Paolo Gabriele, Pope’s ex-butler, to stand trial for stealing confidential papers
Paolo Gabriele, former butler to Pope Benedict XVI, will stand trial for stealing confidential papers and leaking them to the press, a magistrate has...
Twenty Boko Haram Islamist militants killed by Nigeria army in Maiduguri
Nigerian army has killed 20 suspected members of the militant Islamist group Boko Haram in the north-east of the country. One government soldier also died...
Italian airline Wind Jet suspends flights leaving hundreds of passengers stranded
Italian cash-strapped budget airline Wind Jet has suspended all its flights, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded. At Rome's Fiumicino airport, some 200 Israeli nationals -...
Mohammed Mursi retires army chief Mohamad Hussein Tantawi
Egypt’s President Mohammed Mursi has ordered the retirement of the powerful head of the country's armed forces, Field Marshal Mohamad Hussein Tantawi, a presidential...
Canary Islands fresh fires blaze forced 4,700 people to leave their homes
Firefighting teams in Spain’s Canary Islands are struggling anew to contain forest fires said to have forced some 4,700 people to leave their homes. On the island...
Arab League calls emergency talks over Syrian crisis
Foreign ministers from the Arab League are due to meet in the Saudi city of Jeddah for talks over Syrian crisis. The ministers are expected...
Iran earthquakes death toll rises to at least 250 as search goes on
Iranian rescue teams are searching through the rubble of collapsed buildings for survivors from two strong earthquakes which left at least 250 people dead. The...
Saudi Arabia plans women-only city building in a bid to allow more females to pursue a career
Saudi Arabia is planning to build a new city exclusively for women as it bids to combine strict Sharia law and career minded females,...
Dog Amanda rescues her ten-day-old puppies from a blazing home
Touching pictures of a mother dog rescuing her ten-day-old puppies from a house fire and carrying them to safety have emerged on the internet. The...
Shanyna Isom suffers from mystery illness which causes her to grow nails instead of hair
Shanyna Isom, an university student from Memphis, has been labelled a medical mystery after falling victim to an unidentified illness which causes human nails...
Iran earthquakes leave at least 87 people dead and more than 400 injured near Tabriz
Two strong earthquakes have hit north-western Iran, leaving at least 87 people dead and 400 more injured, according to state TV. The quakes struck near the...
Mitt Romney to announce Paul Ryan as running mate in Virginia
Mitt Romney, the US Republican presidential candidate, is to reveal his choice for running mate in the November election on Saturday, his campaign says. The...
Hillary Clinton arrives in Turkey for Syria talks
Hillary Clinton has arrived in Turkey for talks on the worsening crisis in neighboring Syria. The US Secretary of State will meet Turkish leaders as...
Drunk Norwegian tourist naps on moving baggage belt at Rome’s Fiumicino airport
X-ray has identified a Norwegian tourist sleeping on a moving baggage belt at Rome's Fiumicino airport. The unnamed 36 year-old man reportedly climbed over one...
Gu Kailai admits murdering Neil Heywood due to a mental breakdown
Gu Kailai, wife of disgraced top politician Bo Xilai, has admitted murdering British businessman Neil Heywood and blamed her actions on a mental breakdown,...
Texting Championship: Austin Weirschke wins US’s fastest texter title
Austin Weirschke, a teenager from Wisconsin, has out-tapped the competition to hold onto the title of being the US's fastest texter. Austin Weirschke, 17, beat...
Egypt’s Bedouin tribal leaders back Sinai offensive
Egypt's Bedouin tribal leaders in Sinai peninsula have agreed to help restore security in the lawless border area with the Gaza Strip and Israel. In...
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak stirs up islands dispute
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak is visiting islands also claimed by Japan, in a move set to raise diplomatic tensions. Lee Myung-bak flew to the...
Lakhdar Bahrimi to be appointed as UN-Arab League envoy for Syria
Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi is expected to be appointed as the new UN-Arab League envoy for Syria, according to diplomats. If confirmed, Lakhdar Brahimi would...
SpongeBob, world’s heaviest cat, dies two months after being adopted
Just two months after being adopted by a new family, SpongeBob, the 33lbs gigantic cat, who horrified and charmed New York, has died. The cat...
Gu Kailai trial for Neil Heywood murder ends in Hefei
The trial of Bo Xilai’s wife, Gu Kailai, for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood has ended in the Chinese city of Hefei,...
Syrian rebels lose strategic district Salah al-Din in Aleppo
Syrian rebel commanders say they have lost control of the strategic Salah al-Din district in the northern city of Aleppo after a government offensive. The...
Restaurant insiders from across US reveal what really goes on behind customers’ backs
Restaurant insiders from across the US have revealed what really goes on behind customers' backs. Tricks, such as adding extra sugar to kids' meals so...
Vietnam: US begins Agent Orange clean-up after 37 years since the war ended
The United States has begun a project to help clean up Agent Orange contamination at one area in Vietnam - the first such move...
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