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Russia: at least 32 people killed after an UTair passenger plane crashed in Siberia
An UTair passenger plane having 43 people on board has crashed shortly after take-off in Siberia, Russian officials say. Thirty-two people were killed and 11...
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...
Four paintings worth $1M stolen from a New York gallery uncovered in Germany after 24 years
Four contemporary artworks worth $1 million stolen from a New York gallery have been recovered in Germany 24 years on. A total of six artworks...
86-year-old Johanna Quaas showed off her gymnastics skills at the 2012 Cottbus World Cup
Octogenarian Johanna Quaas showed off her skills at the 2012 Cottbus World Cup in Germany, where she wowed the crowd with her moves, performing...
What you need to know for the London Olympics 2012
Aerial shoot: Olympic Park London Olympics 2012 This summer millions of people will visit London and the UK for the 2012 Olympic Games which promise...
Black-and-white twins Remee and Kian Hodgson turn seven
British fraternal black and white twins Remee and Kian Hodgson, who were born one minute apart, turn seven next month. Kian, who has the genes from...
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...
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...
Jean-Paul Guerlain fined for racist comments
France’s famous parfumier Jean-Paul Guerlain has been found guilty of making racist comments by a court in Paris. Jean-Paul Guerlain, 75, was fined 6,000 Euros...
Nafissatou Diallo launches Dominique Strauss-Kahn civil case
A New York civil court has begun hearing the case against former IFM chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, brought by Nafissatou Diallo, the Sofitel hotel maid who...
Amazon launches Kindle Touch in Europe
Amazon has announced the launch of Kindle Touch, its touchscreen version of iKindle e-reader, in the UK, Germany, France, Spain and Italy. The Kindle Touch will...
What the Mohamed Merah video sent to Al-Jazeera contains?
Al-Jazeera TV network has received a video apparently showing the attacks carried out by Islamist gunman Mohamed Merah in Toulouse, south-west France. The Qatar-based satellite...
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...
Dr. Pierre Dukan, the founder of Dukan Diet, faces ethics hearing
Dr. Pierre Dukan, the founder of the controversial Dukan Diet, faces an ethics hearing after suggesting children could pass a new exam by staying...
Queen Elizabeth congratulates John and Frances Canning in a surprise appearance at their wedding
John and Frances Canning, a delighted British couple, have told how their wedding day was given the royal seal of approval when Queen Elizabeth...
Romania sets the world record for the longest wedding dress train
The world’s longest bridal train was unveiled in Bucharest, Romania, this week. To show off the two-mile gown, 17-year-old Romanian model Emma Dumitrescu took a ride...
Tiny Elvis dancer William Stokkebroe became an internet sensation dancing the jive to Jailhouse Rock
A video of toddler William Stokkebroe dancing the jive to Elvis Presley’s Jailhouse Rock has attracted more than 3.8 million hits, 15,000 likes, and...
Mozart composition uncovered in a notebook in Austria
A previously unknown Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart piano composition, believed to have been written when he was as young as 10, has been uncovered in...
Birdman Jarno Smeets admits YouTube video is a hoax and he is in fact film-maker Floris Kaayk
Jarno Smeets, the man who posted on YouTube a video of himself apparently conducting a successful test flight of a "wing-suit" he'd invented ,...
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...
EU set to impose travel ban and asset freeze on Syria First Lady Asma al-Assad
EU foreign ministers are set to impose a travel ban and asset freeze on Syria First Lady Asma al-Assad, diplomats say. The UK-born wife of...
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...
Mohamed Merah has been killed by French police after 32 hours of siege
The French police siege in Toulouse has ended with the death of Mohamed Merah, the man suspected of killing seven people, the French interior...
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...
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