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Diamond Jubilee Events Guide
Celebrate The Queen's Diamond Jubilee in London with your neighbors by hosting a Big Jubilee Lunch. Big Jubilee Lunch in London The Big Lunch is an...
The Diamond Jubilee – Frequently Asked Questions
A. Celebrations What is Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee?The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee marks 60 years since her accession in 1952. Royal Jubilees celebrate significant periods in...
The Diamond Jubilee – The Queen
Early life Her Majesty the Queen was born on 21 April 1926 in London, the first child of Prince Albert, The Duke of York, and...
Spain denies IMF bailout rumors
Spanish Economy Minister Luis de Guindos has dismissed talk of it seeking a bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as "senseless". And the IMF...
Crown Prince Willem-Alexander ashamed of a toilet-throwing stunt
Crown Prince Willem-Alexander, the heir to the Dutch throne, made a media splash by hurling a toilet for fun in a contest recently -...
ACTA back under scrutiny as European Parliament prepares to carry out key votes
The controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is back under scrutiny as the European Parliament prepares to carry out a series of key votes. ACTA seeks...
Barack Obama causes outcry in Poland after referring to a Nazi death camp as “Polish”
Barack Obama has caused an outcry in Poland after referring to a Nazi death camp as "Polish". President Barack Obama made the remark at a...
Vatileaks: Pope Benedict XVI speaks for the first time on the scandal and denounces media coverage
Pope Benedict XVI has broken his silence on the Vatileaks scandal, expressing his anger at the way some parts of the media are covering...
Julian Assange has lost extradition appeal at UK Supreme Court
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has lost his extradition appeal at UK Supreme Court. Julian Assange, 40, fights against extradition to Sweden to face accusations of...
Italy earthquake UPDATE: death toll rises to 17 and 350 people have been injured
Seventeen people are now known to have died and another 350 were hurt in the 5.8 magnitude earthquake that hit northern Italy yesterday. The tremor...
Emilia earthquake UPDATE: 10 people dead and several others buried under rubble
A new earthquake of 5.8-magnitude has struck the Emilia region in northern Italy, killing at least 10 people and burying several others under rubble,...
Spanish retail sales in record fall in April
Spain’s retail sales dived in April, showing the biggest fall since the figures started being collected in 2003. Sales fell 9.8% last month compared with...
New 5.8 magnitude earthquake strikes northern Italy in Emilia region
A new earthquake has shaken northern Italy, centred on the Emilia region, where a quake on May 20 killed seven people and damaged many...
Lucy Challenger travels from London to New York to finish two-year tattoo on her derriere
Lucy Challenger from London travelled all the way to New York to finish a tattoo that has taken two years to complete. The tattoo tourist...
Stefano Mauri, Lazio captain, arrested in match-fixing investigation
Midfielder Stefano Mauri, the captain of Lazio football team, has been arrested by police investigating claims of match-fixing. Stefano Mauri, 32, was held along with...
European stock markets up after Greek weekend poll showed support for conservative party
European markets have risen after a weekend poll in Greece showed growing support for a pro-austerity conservative party. The survey suggested the New Democracy party...
German girl enslaved by a Bosnian couple for eight years
A German girl has been enslaved by a Bosnian couple for eight years, by starving and beating her, local media have reported. The girl, now aged...
Fauja Singh, the world’s oldest marathon runner aged 101, on the start line at Edinburgh Marathon Festival
Fauja Singh, the world's oldest marathon runner, is set to join more than 27,000 people taking part in the 10th Edinburgh Marathon Festival. Fauja Singh,...
Sweden wins Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with Loreen’s club track Euphoria
Swedish Loreen has won the 57th Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, Azerbaijan, with her club track Euphoria. Loreen, a former Swedish Idol contestant, led from early...
Paolo Gabriele officially named as suspect in Vatileaks scandal
Paolo Gabriele, Pope Benedict's butler, has been formally named as a suspect in the Vatican's inquiry into a series of media leaks from the...
EU Cookies Law comes into force today
Thousands of websites in Europe are expected to be in breach of a law that dictates what they can log about visitors. European laws that...
Hyvinkaa shooting: gunman killed two people and injured seven others in south Finland
A gunman fired from the rooftop of a house in Hyvinkaa, a southern Finnish town, killing two people and injuring seven others, the authorities...
Eurovision Song Contest 2012: 26 countries compete in the final at Crystal Hall in Baku
Engelbert Humperdinck from UK will open the proceedings as 26 countries compete in the final of this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Baku tonight. The...
Pope Benedict’s personal butler detained as suspect in Vatileaks scandal
The Vatican says it has detained a person, named by Italian media as Paolo Gabriele, who is suspected of leaking a series of confidential...
Turkey: deadly suicide bomb attack outside police station in Pinarbasi
A policeman has been killed and 17 people have been injured in a suspected suicide bomb attack outside a police station in the central Turkish province...
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