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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...
NASA probe found evidence for the existence of water ice at Mercury’s poles
NASA’s Messenger probe has found further tantalizing evidence for the existence of water ice at Mercury's poles. Though surface temperatures can soar above 400 C,...
Mohammed Merah, Toulouse shooting suspect, has not been arrested yet
Mohammed Merah, the Frenchman suspected of a spate of shootings in the Toulouse area, has not been arrested yet, but police have surrounded his...
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...
How the world’s first ever rock concert, the Moondog Coronation Ball, was about to end in turmoil
Moondog Coronation Ball, the world's first rock concert, was staged in Cleveland in 1952 by two men whose passion for music bridged the racial...
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...
There is no evidence in Afghan massacre suspect Sgt. Robert Bales case, says lawyer John Henry Browne
John Henry Browne, the lawyer representing Staff Sgt. Robert Bales accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians in their homes has said there is little...
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...
Van Gogh’ Still Life With Meadow Flowers and Roses is deemed genuine
Still Life With Meadow Flowers and Roses, a painting once thought to be by Vincent van Gogh but later dismissed has now been confirmed...
Bo Xilai demoted Wang Lijun after a police investigation into his family, audio recordings revealed
Audio recordings of a Chongqing senior officials meeting revealed that a police investigation into the family of top Chinese politician Bo Xilai led to...
North Korea invites UN inspectors to visit its nuclear sites
UN nuclear inspectors have been invited to North Korea for the first time in three years, the country's chief nuclear negotiator Ri Yong-Ho has...
About 9,000 Syrian ancient sites discovered using satellite images
About 9,000 of possible new ancient sites have been discovered by archaeologists using computers to scour satellite images. Jason Ur said he had found about...
Ozar Hatorah shooting: huge manhunt after four people have been killed at the Jewish school in Toulouse
France launched one of the biggest manhunts in recent country’s history after three children and one adult were shot dead at Ozar Hatorah Jewish...
Norway: five foreign tourists killed in a major avalanche in Troms
Five foreign tourists have died after being buried by a major avalanche in northern Norway, local police say. The victims are reported to be four...
Ozar Hatorah shooting UPDATE: a teacher and 3 children have been killed at Toulouse Jewish school
A teacher and three children have been killed after a gunman opened fire at Ozar Hatorah Jewish school in the French city of Toulouse. A...
New Zealand police admitted making errors during raid on Kim Dotcom’s home
A New Zealand judge has ruled that luxury cars, giant TVs and jewellery seized during a police raid will be returned to Megaupload owner...
How facial muscle contractions reveal emotional high-stakes lies
Researchers from the University of British Columbia have unlocked a secret code written on everyone’s face which reveals when people are lying. Scientists have discovered...
Shooting at French Jewish school Ozar Hatorah in Toulouse
Two children and one adult have been killed in a shooting outside a Jewish school in Toulouse, south-west France. Eyewitnesses said a man opened fire...
Joachim Gauck elected as Germany’s new president
Joachim Gauck, a former Lutheran pastor and civil rights activist from the former East Germany, has been elected as Germany's new president. Joachim Gauck, 72,...
Fidel Castro at least knew about JFK’s assassination, claims retired CIA agent Brian Latell in a new book
According to an explosive new book by retired CIA agent Brian Latell, which is set to be released next month, Fidel Castro had advance...
Occupy Wall Street: police and protesters clash in New York as movement celebrates 6 months
New York police cleared Zuccotti Park where the Occupy Wall Street movement was born six months ago and made several arrests after hundreds of...
Libya has requested the handover of Abdullah al-Senussi, Gaddafi’s former intelligence chief
Libya has formally requested the handover of Abdullah al-Senussi, Muammar Gaddafi's former spy chief, following his arrest in Mauritania. A spokesman for the new government...
Robert Bales, the Afghan massacre soldier, was trying to leave the Army in response to financial problems
Robert Bales, the soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians in Kandahar, including nine children, was trying to leave active service in response to...
Abdullah al-Senussi, Muammar Gaddafi’s spy chief, arrested in Mauritania
Abdullah al-Senussi, Muammar Gaddafi's intelligence chief has been arrested in Mauritania, Libyan authorities have confirmed. Abdullah al-Senussi, 63, was detained at Nouakchott airport, according to...
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