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Spain to change time zone
Spain is to consider changing time zones by an hour after a report said this would improve eating, sleeping and working habits. The document by...
Costa Concordia: Remains found during salvage operation
Divers working on the salvage operation of the Costa Concordia, which crashed off the Italian coast of Giglio in January 2012, have found human...
French public deficit to hit record in 2014
The French government has revealed the country’s public debt will hit a record 95.1% of GDP in 2014, above previous estimates, and up from...
Russia: Greenpeace activists detained in Murmansk over piracy
Thirty Greenpeace activists have been detained by Russian coastguards in the port of Murmansk. Greenpeace says so far five of them have been questioned. The activists,...
Pope Emeritus Benedict denies abuse cover-up in letter to Piergiorgio Odifreddi
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has denied any role in covering up child abuse by priests, in his first public comments since retirement. The former Pope...
Greenpeace activists accused by Russia of piracy in Arctic
Around 30 Greenpeace activists have been accused by Russian prosecutors of piracy and will be prosecuted for trying to board an Arctic oil platform. Russia's...
Germany elections 2013: Angela Merkel’s CDU celebrates victory
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged her party to celebrate "a super result" after exit polls suggested CDU was set to win a third...
Prince Felix of Luxembourg marries Claire Lademacher
Prince Felix of Luxembourg has married his long-time love Claire Lademacher in south eastern France. Grand dukes and duchesses, princes and princesses and a smattering...
Is Vladimir Putin married to Alina Kabaeva? Kremlin denies rumors.
The Kremlin was forced to deny claims that Russian President Vladimir Putin has married former Olympic gymnast Alina Kabaeva. Rumors that the recently divorced Vladimir...
Germany elections 2013: Polls open as Europe awaits vote result
Polls have opened in Germany with Chancellor Angela Merkel vying for a third term in charge of Europe's most powerful economy. Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats...
Winners of Used Car of the Year Awards 2013
Britain's used car market is more than four times larger than the new car market – almost 9 million people every year purchase a...
Germany elections 2013: CDU and SDP in last push for votes
Germany's rival parties, CDU and SDP, are in their final day of campaigning ahead of Sunday's parliamentary elections. Polls suggest Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic...
Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise seized by Russian security forces in Barents Sea
At least 30 Greenpeace activists are being held at gunpoint by Russian security officers who stormed the group's ship in the Arctic. About 15 men...
Pope Francis: Catholic Church must heal wounds instead of being focused on abortion and contraception
Pope Francis has warned that the Catholic Church is too focused on preaching about abortion, gay people and contraception and needs to become more...
Greece: Neo-Nazi held over Pavlos Fyssas death
Left-wing musician Pavlos Fyssas has been stabbed to death in Athens and the suspect is a member of the Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn. Pavlos...
Alexei Pushkov: Russian politician mocks Washington Navy Yard tragedy
Russian politician Alexei Pushkov shocked America by mocking the Washington Navy Yard tragedy before a death toll had even been tallied. Alexei Pushkov took to...
Costa Concordia UPDATE: Search teams move in to recover two missing bodies
Costa Concordia cruise ship was finally pulled upright after a dramatic 19-hour salvage operation. Salvage officials believe the bodies of waiter Russel Rebello and passenger...
Prince Philip meets Prince George two months after his birth
Prince Philip has been finally introduced to his great-grandson, Prince George, for the first time since his birth in July. The eight-week-old future king flew...
Costa Concordia freed from reef
Engineering officials say they have succeeded in lifting the cruise ship Costa Concordia free of rocks, 20 months after it ran aground. Efforts to right...
Cost Concordia raising under way
An attempt to pull the shipwrecked Costa Concordia upright - one of the largest and most daunting salvage operations ever undertaken - is under...
Costa Concordia salvage due to begin on Monday
Costa Concordia salvage will go ahead on Monday, Italian officials have confirmed. The Civil Protection agency said the sea and weather conditions were right for...
How Vladimir Putin beat Republican Dana Rohrabacher in drunken arm-wrestling match
Vladimir Putin and a group of American politicians had an arm-wrestling match a few years after the fall of the Berlin wall. In an interview...
Soldier N: SAS assassinated Princess Diana by shining light into her driver’s face
Soldier N claimed Princess Diana was killed after a member of British SAS unit shone a light in her driver's face causing him to...
Raffaele Sollecito claims Italian police wanted him to frame Amanda Knox for murder
Raffaele Sollecito has claimed Italian police tried to bribe him into framing ex-girlfriend Amanda Knox for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher -...
Poland: Mass anti-government rally against labor law changes
Tens of thousands of protesters have marched through Warsaw in the last of four days of Polish protests against proposed labor law changes. The protesters...
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