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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...
Sony is cutting 10,000 jobs in major reorganization
Sony will shed 10,000 jobs over the next 12 months as part of a major reorganization, company’s CEO Kazuo Hirai has announced. The cuts, which...
Kim Jong-Un has been given two new titles
Kim Jong-Un, the young North Korean leader, has been given two posts previous occupied by his late father, KimJong-Il. Kim Jong-Un had been named chairman...
US Department of Justice sues Apple and major publishers over e-books prices
US Department of Justice sues giant tech Apple and major publishers over pricing of e-books. The US accuses Apple and book publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan...
China urges support for its probe into disgraced leader Bo Xilai
China has urged support for its probe into disgraced leader Bo Xilai, a day after news of his dismissal and the detention of his...
Rick Santorum ends his bid for the White House
Republican Rick Santorum has ended his bid for the White House, leaving Mitt Romney as the presumptive nominee. The former Pennsylvania senator made the announcement...
Gu Kailai, Bo Xilai’s wife, suspected over murder of Neil Heywood
The wife of Bo Xilai, the Chinese politician once tipped as a future leader, has been detained over the suspected murder of British Neil...
Facebook will buy Instagram for $1 billion in the most expensive business deal in history
Facebook announces its decision to buy Instagram, one of the most popular photo-sharing smartphone app. Facebook is paying $1 billion in cash and stock for...
Barack Obama’s Facebook page swamped with comments from Hazem Abu Ismail’s supporters
President Barack Obama's Facebook page has been swamped with comments from supporters of Hazem Abu Ismail, a candidate in Egypt's presidential election. It follows news...
China sets up rare earth association to regulate the sector’s development
China has created a rare earth association in a bid to regulate the sector's development, as it continues to face criticism over its policies. Beijing has...
Apple will become world’s first trillion-dollar company, Wall Street analysts predicted
Wall Street analysts have predicted that Apple will become the world's first trillion-dollar company when its shares top $1,000 each. Apple's shares were worth $633.38...
Joyce Banda is the new Malawi president
Joyce Banda has been sworn in as Malawi’s president following the death of Bingu wa Mutharika. Joyce Banda, who had been Malawi’s Vice-President since 2009,...
Clint Hill, Jackie Kennedy’ secret agent, recalls the terrifying moments after JFK’s assassination
Clint Hill, the secret service agent employed to protect Jackie Kennedy has recounted the terrifying moments after JFK's assassination in 1963, and how the...
Serbia’s President Boris Tadic has resigned
Serbia’s President Boris Tadic has announced his resignation. Boris Tadic still has 10 months of his current term of office to serve, but the move...
Richard Descoings, head of Paris Institute of Political Studies, found dead in a New York hotel room
Richard Descoings, the head of the Paris Institute of Political Studies, one of France's most prestigious academic institutions, has been found dead in a...
Chelsea Clinton recalls how Rush Limbaugh made fun of her looks by comparing her to a dog
Former First Daughter Chelsea Clinton has told how talk show host Rush Limbaugh made fun of her looks when she was 13 years old...
Robert Redford will produce Watergate documentary with Discovery Channel
Robert Redford will produce a documentary about Watergate, more than 30 years after appearing in a film about the US political scandal. Robert Redford, 75,...
Girls Around Me mobile app withdrawn due to safety concerns
Girls Around Me, the controversial mobile app which allowed users to find nearby women and access their full name, photos, and send them messages,...
Hungary’s President Pal Schmitt resigned amid plagiarism scandal
Hungarian President Pal Schmitt has announced his resignation, after being stripped of his doctorate over plagiarism. Pal Schmitt, 69, elected in 2010, said "my personal issue...
Almost 1.5 million US Visa and MasterCard accounts have been hacked
Nearly 1.5 million US Visa and MasterCard accounts have been hacked in a major credit card heist. The data leak was revealed on Friday, when...
FiveFingers running shoes sued over increasing injury risk
FiveFingers running shoes, which are designed to simulate the sensation of running barefoot, have received negative attention due to a class-action lawsuit against the...
BlackBerry maker will abandon most consumer markets after another $125M loss
Research in Motion Ltd, the maker of BlackBerry, seemed to admit defeat in the smartphone wars after suggesting it will abandon most consumer markets. RIM...
FLA investigation found “significant issues” among working practices at Apple’s Chinese plant Foxconn
The US Fair Labor Association investigation has found "significant issues" among working practices at Chinese plants making Apple iPhones and iPads. FLA was asked by...
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...
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