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More than 600 ice floe anglers rescued in Russia
More than 600 Russian anglers stranded on an ice floe in far east have been rescued. The operation to airlift them off the ice involved...
Mali: Tuareg rebels took control of the garrison town of Gao
Tuareg rebels have taken control of the Malian garrison town of Gao, including the largest military base in the north of the country. Capt. Amadou...
Mali: strategic garrison town of Gao attacked by Tuareg rebels
Strategic Mali garrison town of Gao have been attacked by Tuareg rebels with heavy weapons, hours after another town, Kidal, fell to them. Two army...
Mega Millions: Maryland, Illinois and Kansas ticket holders won the biggest jackpot in world history
Lottery officials has announced that three ticket holders have got all six numbers in the $640 million Mega Millions lottery draw - putting them...
China: six bloggers arrested and 16 websites shut down over coup rumors
Six Chinese bloggers have been arrested and police shut 16 websites after rumors were spread that military vehicles were on the streets of Beijing,...
France: police arrested 19 suspected Islamists and seized weapons in a series of dawn raids
French police have arrested 19 suspected Islamists and seized weapons in a series of dawn raids, President Nicolas Sarkozy told Europe 1 radio. The raids...
Japan prepared to shut down a North Korean rocket if necessary
Japan announces that will shoot down a North Korean rocket if necessary, as new satellite images appeared to show preparations for the April launch. Japanese...
Spain general strike: nationwide violent protests over government austerity measures
Spanish riot police have clashed with protesters in Barcelona on the day of a general strike called in protest at the government's labor market...
US planned food aid to North Korea has been suspended after violation of a missile test moratorium agreement
The United States has confirmed the decision to put on hold planned food aid to North Korea. The decision comes after Pyongyang announced a new...
JetBlue flight from New York to Las Vegas made emergency landing in Texas
JetBlue domestic flight 191 from New York to Las Vegas has made an emergency landing amid a medical scare over the captain, the airline...
Video of Toulouse shootings filmed by Mohamed Merah sent to Al-Jazeera office in Paris
A disturbing video of the Toulouse shootings was sent to Al-Jazeera office in Paris, but the Arabic TV network has said it will not...
First Kenyan oil discovery after Tullow Oil drilling
Kenya has announced discovery of oil for the first time in the country after exploratory drilling by Anglo-Irish firm Tullow Oil. President Mwai Kibaki said...
James Cameron is back to ocean surface after he reached Mariana Trench
James Cameron has triumphantly resurfaced from the Earth's deepest point - Mariana Trench - where only two men have ever been before. James Cameron, Avatar...
James Cameron begins diving to the bottom of Mariana Trench
James Cameron begins an attempt to become the first person in 50 years to visit the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of Pacific Ocean. Film director...
CY Leung was declared Hong Kong’s new chief executive after a turbulent campaign
CY Leung is the newly elected leader of Hong Kong after an unusually turbulent campaign. Self-made businessman CY Leung, 57, was elected by a committee...
Dick Cheney gets heart transplant after waiting more than 20 months on the transplant list
Former US Vice President Dick Cheney has finally had a heart transplant on Saturday after waiting more than 20 months on the transplant list,...
ISS crew took refuge in Soyuz escape capsules in space junk alert
International Space Station (ISS) crew took refuge in two Soyuz escape capsules as a piece of space junk drifted nearby. The debris - a discarded...
EU aproves attacks on Somali pirates land bases by extending Atalanta Operation mandate
The EU has agreed to expand its mission against Somali pirates, by allowing military forces to attack land targets as well as those at...
Whitney Houston cause of death: accidental drowning and drug abuse
Whitney Houston died from accidental drowning, but drug abuse and heart disease were also factors, a coroner has ruled today. Coroner's spokesman Craig Harvey said...
Costa Concordia: five more bodies found on the capsized cruise ship
Five more bodies have been found after more than two months since the cruise ship Costa Concordia capsized off the Italian coast. Italian authorities say...
Toulouse siege ended with Mohamed Merah’s death
French police siege in Toulouse has ended with the death of Mohamed Merah, the man suspected of killing seven people, the AFP news agency...
French police inside Mohamed Merah’s flat
The siege of Mohamed Merah suspected of seven killings in Toulouse, southern France, is nearing its end, police sources say. Three loud explosions were heard...
Judith Tebbutt released six months after she was kidnapped in Kenya
Judith Tebbutt, the British woman kidnapped in Kenya, has been freed in Somalia six months after she was seized and her husband David killed. Judith...
Toulouse shooting suspect’s house surrounded by police
French police hunting an Algerian-origin gunman suspected of killing seven people in southern France in two separate attacks, including Ozar Hatorah Jewish school, have...
Mexico: 7.4 earthquake hits Oaxaca and Mexico City damaging 800 houses
A large earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 struck near Acapulco on Mexico's Pacific coast on Tuesday, sending terrified workers and residents running into...
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