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Lebanon: at least 13 people died and 12 injured after a five-block collapsed in Beirut
At least 13 people died and 12 have been injured after a five-floor block collapsed in the Ashrafiyeh district of the Lebanese capital Beirut...
Nigeria: President Goodluck Jonathan announced 30% drop in the price of fuel
President Goodluck Jonathan has announced an immediate drop in the price of fuel, following a week of strikes and protests in Nigeria. Goodluck Jonathan said...
Francesco Schettino committed errors, says the company operating Costa Concordia cruise ship
Costa Crociere, the company operating Costa Concordia cruise ship that capsized after hitting rocks off western Italy on Friday says Captain Francesco Schettino may...
Bucharest: street riot escalates after football supporters joined the protests
Protests continued today in capital Bucharest and other cities in Romania, the third consecutive day of street riots in the country. Demonstrations spread in Bucharest...
Phobos-Grunt Mars probe crashed down in the Pacific Ocean
Russian Phobos-Grunt Mars probe that's been stuck in Earth orbit for two months has crashed down in the Pacific Ocean on late Sunday. "Phobos-Grunt fragments...
Pakistan: 17 Shias killed in a bomb attack during a religious procession in Khanpur
17 people have been killed and other 20 wounded in a bomb attack on a Shia religious procession in the central Pakistani city of...
Costa Concordia: death toll raised to five, as two more bodies were found on the ship
Italian rescue teams have found two more bodies in the partially submerged Costa Concordia cruise liner that sank off Italy. The moment brings to five...
Costa Concordia: three survivors have been found on the stricken cruise ship
More than 24 hours after Costa Concordia ran aground off the Italian coast, three survivors have been found on the stricken cruise ship. Rescuers are...
Romania: more than 20 people injured during protests over healthcare reform bill and austerity measures in Bucharest
Thousands of Romanians in Bucharest and other cities staged a third straight day of protests on Saturday, as anger over a healthcare reform bill widened...
Francesco Schettino, the Italian captain of Costa Concordia cruise ship, has been arrested
Francesco Schettino, the Italian captain of Costa Concordia cruise ship that ran aground killing three person and injuring more than 20 more was arrested...
Gene Hackman hospitalized with body and leg injuries after being hit by car
Gene Hackman suffered injuries to his body and leg after being hit by a car Friday afternoon. The legendary actor was struck while riding his...
Three people died after Costa Concordia cruise ship ran aground off near Giglio in Italy
At least three people died after Costa Concordia cruise ship carrying more than 4,000 people ran aground off Italy. The luxury Costa Concordia cruise ship...
Apple stops iPhone models sales in China after iPhone 4S launch was disrupted by large crowds
Apple has decided to halt the sale of all iPhone models from its stores in China, after large crowds disrupted the launch of the...
Two of US Marines urinating on Taliban corpses have been identified
Two of four US Marines shown in a video appearing to urinate on Taliban corpses have been identified, a Marine Corps official said. The video,...
French TV reporter Gilles Jacquier is the first Western journalist killed in the Syrian unrest
A French TV reporter, who has been killed in the Syrian city of Homs among other eight today, is the first Western journalist to...
Iran: another nuclear scientist has been killed in car explosion in Tehran
University lecturer and nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan has been killed in a car explosion in north Tehran. Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan, an academic who also worked at...
Indonesia: 7.3 earthquake triggers tsunami warning in Sumatra
Indonesia has issued a tsunami warning after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off Aceh province. The 7.3 magnitude quake struck 423 km (262 miles) south-west of...
Mikolaj Przybyl, Polish military prosecutor, shot himself during a news conference
Colonel Mikolaj Przybyl, the Polish military prosecutor who investigates the case of the plane crash that killed Poland’s president, shot himself today in dramatic...
Malam Bacai Sanha, Guinea Bissau president, dies at 64 in hospital in Paris
Guinea-Bissau's leader Malam Bacai Sanha has died at 64 in hospital in Paris, national radio reports. President Malam Bacai Sanha had travelled to France for...
US expelled Venezuela’s Miami consul over possible cyber-attacks
The US State Department has declared Livia Acosta Noguera, Venezuela's consul general in Miami, persona non grata and says she must leave the country...
New Zealand: 11 people died in a hot-air balloon crash in Wairarapa region
Eleven people have died in a hot-air balloon crash in the Wairarapa region, about 80 km (50 miles) north-east of New Zealand’s capital Wellington. Police...
Syria: at least 10 people died and 46 were injured in a suicide atack in central Damascus
At least 10 people have been killed and 46 have been injured in a suicide attack on a district in central Damascus, Syria, according...
At least 50 people have been killed in bomb attacks in southern Iraq and Baghdad
At least 50 people have been killed and more than 70 have been injured in bomb attacks in southern Iraq and in the capital...
Nigeria: trade unions announced indefinite strike unless the fuel subsidy removal is reversed
Trade unions in Nigeria have announced an indefinite strike and mass demonstrations unless the removal of a fuel subsidy is reversed. The fuel subsidy’s withdrawal...
Hungary: 30,000 people protesting against new constitution
Over 30,000 people have been protesting in Budapest over Hungary's controversial new constitution, a day after it came into force. The country's governing Fidesz party...
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