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Athens flooded after hours of torrential rainfall
Greek capital Athens has been hit by heavy rain and a thunderstorm for several hours, leaving flooded roads and homes, causing traffic jams and...
Hyderabad twin blasts kill 12 people in India
Twin blasts have killed 12 people in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, in what Prime Minister Manmohan Singh labeled as a "dastardly attack". The...
Damascus: Car bomb explosion kills at least 31 people near Russian embassy
A car bomb exploded in the Syrian capital Damascus killing at least 31 people and sending smoke billowing across the capital's skyline. State media blamed...
Syrian football player Youssef Sleiman killed in mortar strike near Tishreen stadium in Damascus
Syrian footballer Youssef Sleiman has been killed in a mortar strike near a stadium in Damascus, state news agency Sana says. Sana news agency says...
Bulgarian government resigns after nationwide protests against electricity prices
Bulgarian government is resigning after nationwide protests against high electricity prices and austerity, Prime Minister Boiko Borisov has announced. "I will not participate in a...
Kansas Country Club Plaza gas explosion leaves at least 15 people injured
At least 15 people have been injured after a suspected gas explosion triggered a huge blaze in Country Club Plaza shopping district in Kansas City,...
Hamadi Jebali resigns as Tunisia PM after failing to reach agreement on forming a new government
Tunisia’s Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali has resigned after failing to reach agreement on forming a new government. Hamadi Jebali had been trying to form a...
Seven French tourists kidnapped by gunmen in Cameroon
Seven French tourists, including four children, have been kidnapped by gunmen in Cameroon, near the border with Nigeria, French President Francois Hollande has said. Francois...
Hugo Chavez returns to Venezuela after cancer treatment in Cuba
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez says he has returned home after receiving treatment for cancer in Cuba. In three messages posted on Twitter, Hugo Chavez, 58,...
Six foreign workers abducted in Nigeria
At least six foreign workers have been seized and a security guard shot dead by gunmen who attacked a construction company site in Bauchi,...
Australian senator Nick Xenophon detained in Malaysia
Australian senator Nick Xenophon on a fact-finding mission to Malaysia says he has been refused entry because authorities consider him a "security risk". Nick Xenophon...
Meteor shower hits central Russia injuring at least 100 people in Chelyabinsk and Sverdlovsk regions
A meteor shower has exploded over Chelyabinsk and Sverdlovsk regions, central Russia, injuring dozens and shattering windows. Brightly burning rocks could be seen for hundreds...
Carnival Triumph cruise ship nears US coast after being stranded for 4 days
Stranded Carnival Triumph cruise ship with more than 4,000 people aboard is within sight of land four days after an engine fire knocked out...
Horsemeat detected in German lasagne
Horsemeat has been detected in frozen lasagne on sale in Germany and supermarkets have started removing the product from their shelves. Real supermarket chain said...
Oscar Pistorius shoots dead girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp at his home in Pretoria
South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, aka blade runner, has been arrested over the fatal shooting of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, at his home...
Christopher Dorner in shoot-out with federal agents in Big Bear
Former LAPD officer Christopher Dorner accused of three murders has been involved in a shoot-out with police in California, reports say. The fugitive exchanged shots...
North Korea confirms third underground nuclear test
North Korea confirms it has successfully carried out its third underground nuclear test, a move that has drawn international condemnation. Pyongyang said the test involved...
Pope Benedict XVI resigns!
Pope Benedict XVI is to resign at the end of this month in an entirely unexpected development, the Vatican has confirmed. He became Pope Benedict...
Vorkutinskaya coal mine explosion kills 18 people in Russia
An underground blast at a coal mine in the Komi region of northern Russia has killed 18 people, officials say. Rescuers were brought in to...
Canary Islands: Majesty cruise ship accident leaves 5 crew members dead
Five crew members have died after a lifeboat they were in fell from Majesty cruise ship docked in the port of Santa Cruz de la...
Annette Schavan resigns over plagiarism row
German Education Minister Annette Schavan has resigned after Heinrich Heine University stripped her of her doctorate for plagiarism. Duesseldorf's Heinrich Heine University voted last Tuesday...
Nigeria polio shootings kill 12 people in Kano
Twelve people, including polio vaccinators, have been killed in two shootings at health centres in northern Nigeria. In the first attack in Kano four polio...
Colombian drug lord Jacinto Nicolas Fuentes German arrested in Peru
Jacinto Nicolas Fuentes German, who is suspected of being a leader of Colombia's Urabenos criminal gang, has been arrested in Peru. Peruvian police detained Jacinto...
Russian fighter jets violate Japanese airspace
Two Russian fighter jets have breached Japanese airspace, prompting Tokyo to scramble its own aircraft, reports say. Japan lodged a protest after the planes were...
Chokri Belaid shot dead outside his home in Tunis
Tunisian opposition leader Chokri Belaid has been shot dead outside his home in the capital, Tunis, his brother and officials say. They say that Chokri...
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