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French elections: Nicolas Sarkozy vs. Francois Hollande
Nicolas Sarkozy • Will balance French finances by 2016. • Promises to call national referendums on compulsory training for the long-term unemployed and how to deal...
French elections: Nicolas Sarkozy loses first round battle
President Nicolas Sarkozy faces an uphill struggle in the second round of the French presidential election, after coming second in Sunday's first vote. Nicolas Sarkozy...
Francois Hollande wins first round of France’s presidential election
Socialist Francois Hollande has won most votes in the first round of France's presidential election, early estimates say. Francois Hollande got 28.4% of votes, according...
Bahrain Formula 1 Grand Prix has taken place despite continuing anti-government protests
Bahrain Formula 1 Grand Prix has taken place despite continuing anti-government protests and the race track has been heavily guarded by police, dogs and...
Charles Chuck Colson, the “evil genius” of Richard Nixon’s administration, dies at 80
Charles Colson, President Richard Nixon’s aide who was involved in the Watergate scandal and later became an evangelical preacher, has died aged 80. Charles Colson...
First round of France’s presidential election
Polls are opened for France's presidential election, which takes place amid widespread concern over the eurozone crisis and high unemployment. Centre-right incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy is...
Li Jun claims to have been tortured by police working under Bo Xilai
Bo Xilai, the Chinese politician who launched an attack on organized crime is accused of heading a police apparatus that carried out "evil" operations...
Urus, the first Lamborghini SUV, to be unveiled at the Beijing Motor Show
Urus, the first Lamborghini SUV, will officially be unveiled at the Beijing Motor Show shortly. The first few photos of the Lamborghini SUV have been...
Oreo breastfeeding baby advert was never meant to go public, says Kraft Foods
Kraft Foods has claimed its controversial Oreo breastfeeding baby advert was “never meant to go public”. Kraft Foods said the provocative picture of a child...
Boxun.com, the US-based Chinese-language website covering Bo Xilai scandal, has been hacked
Boxun.com, the US-based Chinese-language website that has reported extensively on the Bo Xilai scandal in China, says it was crippled for several hours by...
Sarkophobia: Why French people dislike President Nicolas Sarkozy?
From the moment Nicolas Sarkozy took office in 2007, no French president in modern times has been the object of such blatant dislike. It is...
Nestle reports rising sales after having a challenging 2012
Nestle, the world's biggest food group, has reported rising sales but says it is having a "challenging year". The Swiss company said its sales in...
Neil Heywood case: Chinese police “covered-up” the murder not to be linked to Bo Xilai
According to a senior Chinese journalist, police knew British businessman Neil Heywood had been murdered in Chongqing last November and that a cover-up began...
Barack Obama Sr. categorized as “anti-American and anti-white” when he moved to US in 1959
As President Barack Obama has been dogged by claims he is not patriotic enough it now emerges that similar fears were expressed about his...
Record number of Americans renounced their US citizenship in 2011 to avoid paying taxes
In 2011, almost 1,800 people renounced their U.S. citizenship or handed in their Green Cards and many of them said it was because of...
Sweden’s culture minister Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth triggered race row after cutting cake designed like an African woman
Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth, Sweden's culture minister, faces furious calls to resign after she was pictured cutting a “racist” black cake designed like a native...
Warren Buffett reveals he has been diagnosed with early stage prostate cancer
Warren Buffett has revealed in a letter to shareholders that he has been diagnosed with early stage prostate cancer. The billionaire investor said the cancer,...
China promises thorough investigation into Bo Xilai over Neil Heywood’s death
China has promised a thorough investigation into top politician Bo Xilai linked to the death of British businessman Neil Heywood. In an editorial, state-run agency...
Spain warns Argentina of strong response over YFP Repsol nationalization
Spain has warned it will defend its interests as a row with Argentina over the nationalization of oil company YPF Repsol. Promising a "clear and...
Jim Yong Kim is the new president of the World Bank
US nominee Jim Yong Kim has been chosen as the new president of the World Bank. Jim Yong Kim, 52, a Korean-American health expert, is...
Strippers dressed as nuns performed at Silvio Berlusconi parties, says model Imane Fadil
Model Imane Fadil, a witness at the trial of Silvio Berlusconi, has said strippers dressed as nuns performed for the former Italian prime minister...
Argentina will nationalize country’s biggest oil company YPF owned by Repsol
Argentina has decided to nationalize a controlling interest in country’s biggest oil company YPF owned by Spanish firm Repsol. President Cristina Fernandez said a bill...
Kim Jong-Un speaks publicly for the first time as North Korea marks Kim Il-Sung’s centenary
Kim Jong-Un has made his first televised speech, as Pyongyang marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of North Korea's founder, Kim Il-Sung. In front...
Ten candidates barred from the Egyptian presidential poll
Ten candidates from the Egyptian presidential poll, including former spy chief Omar Suleiman and the Muslim Brotherhood's Khairat al-Shater, have been barred by election...
Nicolas Sarkozy has admitted Fukushima gaffe
Nicolas Sarkozy has admitted he did not visit Fukushima on a visit to Japan after last year's tsunami, despite saying he had. Election rival Francois...
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