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Costa Concordia: ship owner Costa Cruises offers passengers compensation
Costa Cruises, the Italian company that owns the capsized cruise ship Costa Concordia has offered passengers 11,000 euros ($14,000; £9,000) each in compensation. The deal...
Australia: PM Julia Gillard rescued after becoming trapped in a restaurant by angry protesters
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and leader of the opposition Tony Abbott had to be rescued after becoming trapped in a restaurant by angry...
Brazil: two high-rise buildings have collapsed in Rio de Janeiro
Streets in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, have been filled with masonry and cars have been covered with debris after two buildings - one nearly...
Jean-Claude Mas, PIP breast implant owner, has been arrested in southern France
French Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) founder Jean-Claude Mas has been arrested at his home in Six-Fours-les-Plages, southern France, according to police. In 2010, France banned...
Somalia: hostages Jessica Buchanan and Poul Thisted freed in US Navy Seals raid
Two foreign aid workers, American Jessica Buchanan and Danish Poul Thisted, kidnapped in Somalia three months ago, have been freed in a rare US...
Demi Moore rushed to hospital to be treated for exhaustion
Demi Moore was rushed to hospital last night where is being treated for “exhaustion”. Demi Moore, 49, who has appeared increasingly frail in recent weeks,...
Nigeria: 158 members of Boko Haram organization has been arrested after Kano blasts
158 suspected members of the Islamist Boko Haram organization has been arrested in raids in the northern city of Kano by Nigerian forces. Boko Haram...
Costa Concordia: death toll raised to 16 after another body was found inside the wreck of the ship
Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster is raised to 16 after another body has been found inside the wreck of the vessel, officials say. Salvage crews...
South storms: at least two people killed and thousands left without power
Powerful storms hit Alabama early this morning in an area that has not yet fully recovered from tornadoes that left the community in despair...
Costa Concordia: death toll raised to 15 after the bodies of two women have been found on the 4th deck
Italian divers have found the bodies of two women on the wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, bringing the confirmed death toll of...
Felicity Aston becomes the first woman to cross Antarctica solo
Explorer Felicity Aston from UK has reached Antarctica's Hercules Inlet, becoming the first woman to cross the continent alone. Felicity Aston, 33, tweeted late on...
Costa Concordia latest news: death toll raised to 13 after a woman’s body was found on deck seven
The death toll of Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster is raised to 13 after divers have found the body of a woman in the...
Joe Paterno, the legendary Penn State football coach has died at 85
Joe Paterno, the legendary former football coach of Penn State University, has died aged 85, reports say. Joe Paterno led Penn State University to more...
New Jersey: 22 show horses died in a barn fire at Heritage Acres farm
22 show horses, each worth tens of thousands of dollars, died in a barn fire at a farm in the US state of New...
Costa Concordia death toll raised to 12 after a woman’s body was found on board
The death toll of Costa Concordia disaster is raised to twelve after the body of a woman has been found on board of the...
Syria: at least 11 people died after a police detainee van was blown up on Idlib-Ariha highway
At least 11 people have died in north-west Syria after a police van carrying prisoners was blown up on the Idlib-Ariha highway, reports say. Sana,...
Buenos Aires: Union flags burned outside the UK embassy in protest over Falkland Islands dispute
Around 100 left-wing activists have protested by burning Union flags outside the British embassy in Buenos Aires on Friday to demand Argentina break off diplomatic...
Etta James has died at 73
Etta James, the US soul singer best known for the tracks At Last and for I'd Rather Go Blind, has died aged 73. It was...
US Senate Leader Harry Reid postpones anti-online piracy bill vote
Democrat Harry Reid, the U.S. Senate Majority Leader, announced he will postpone a vote on a contested anti-online piracy bill. This decision follows protests by...
Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke dies at 29
Sarah Burke, the Canadian freestyle skier, has died from injuries sustained in a training accident, a family spokeswoman says. Sarah Burke, 29, helped bring freestyle...
Ethiopia: 5 tourists killed and 4 kidnapped during an attack by unknown gunmen in Afar region
Five foreign tourists have been killed and other four have been kidnapped in Ethiopia during an attack by unknown gunmen, the government says. European nationals...
Francesco Schettino has been released from jail and placed under house arrest
Francesco Schettino, the captain of Costa Concordia cruise ship who steered his vessel onto rocks on Friday, killing 11 people has been put under...
Costa Concordia: five more bodies found inside the stricken cruise ship
Rescue teams have found five more bodies inside the Italian Costa Concordia stricken cruise ship, raising the confirmed death toll to 11. According to officials,...
European Commission warns Hungary of legal action over new laws
The European Commission warns Hungary that it faces legal action if it fails to change reforms to its central bank, data protection and judiciary. Hungary’s...
South Sudan: more than 50 people killed during clashes in Jonglei state
At least 51 people, mostly women and children, have been killed by gunmen during the latest clashes in South Sudan's troubled Jonglei state, according...
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