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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...
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,...
Kirtana Vallabhaneni named as the UK Young Scientist of the Year
Kirtana Vallabhaneni, a Merseyside student at West Kirby Grammar School has been named as the UK Young Scientist of the Year. Kirtana Vallabhaneni, 17, beat...
Ronald Reagan’s doodles released by Margaret Thatcher Archive Trust
Margaret Thatcher Archive Trust has released doodles made by Ronald Reagan at the 1981 Ottawa G7 summit, which were then kept by the former...
Belgium: day of national mourning to remember victims of the Switzerland coach crash
Belgium is holding a day of national mourning by coming to a standstill for a minute's silence at 11:00 a.m. and with flags being...
Costa Concordia: the ship’s bell has gone missing
The Costa Concordia's bell is reported to have gone missing, two months after the ship ran aground off Italy. An investigation has been launched into...
At least 22 children and 6 adults killed after a Belgian coach crashed in Switzerland
At least 28 people, including 22 children, have been killed after a Belgian coach crashed in a tunnel in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. Another...
London Olympics 2012 doubled hotel rooms price
Visitors to London in 2012 will pay twice as much to stay in the city as last year, according to an annual survey of...
Possible Leonardo Da Vinci fresco found in the Palazzo Vecchio
Italian art researchers say they may have found traces of a Leonardo Da Vinci work hidden under a Florentine fresco. Tiny probes, sent through drilled...
Sarkozy junior hurled tomato and other objects at female officer guarding Elysee Palace
Louis Sarkozy, the youngest son of French president Nicolas Sarkozy, threw a tomato and other objects at a police woman standing outside Elysee Palace,...
Istanbul blaze killed at least 11 construction workers in Esenyurt district
At least 11 construction workers have died after fire swept through a tent at a building site in Istanbul, Turkey. The incident happened in the...
Moebius, the French comics artist Jean Giraud, died at 73 in Paris
Moebius, as Jean Giraud, one of France's leading comics artists, was known, has died in Paris at the age of 73 after a long...
Bild abolishes “Page 1 Girl” after 28 years of tradition
German tabloid Bild has decided to end the tradition of publishing pictures of naked women on its front page after 28 years. Bild, the Germany's...
Italian cargo ship Gelso M ran aground off Sicily
The Italian coast guards have rescued the crew of a cargo ship after it ran aground on a reef off Sicily in stormy seas. All...
New anti-Putin protests in Moscow and other Russian cities
New protests are taking place in Moscow and other Russian cities following Vladimir Putin's victory in last weekend's presidential election. Almost 20,000 people lined one...
Madeleine McCann disappearance: Portuguese police set up a new team of detectives to review the case
A new team of detectives has been set up by the Portuguese police to review the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. An outside...
Italy demands UK clarifications around the failed bid to rescue Chris McManus and Franco Lamolinara in Nigeria
Giulio Terzi, the Italian foreign minister, has asked British government to provide the "utmost clarity" around the failed bid to rescue Chris McManus and...
Joanna Krzysztonek lay upside down in labor for 75 days to make sure her twins survived
Joanna Krzysztonek, a Polish mother-to-be, lay almost upside down in labor for a staggering 75 days to make sure her twins survived - after...
Simon McCoy caught napping at his desk during BBC Breakfast show
Simon McCoy, the BBC Breakfast show presenter, has been caught apparently asleep on his desk during this morning show. Simon McCoy, 50, looked like he...
Hostages Chris McManus and Franco Lamolinara killed by the Nigerian captors, after SBS rescue operation failed
British Chris McManus and Italian Franco Lamolinara, who were taken hostages in Nigeria, have been killed by their captors yesterday when a UK Special...
Vatican on the watch list as a possible centre for money laundering from criminal activity
A report of the American State Department's International Narcotics Control Strategy has for the first time identified the Vatican as a possible centre for...
Armenia pulls out from 2012 Eurovision song contest held in Azerbaijan
Armenia has announced its withdrawal from the 2012 Eurovision song contest in Baku amid new tension with its old rival Azerbaijan. The European Broadcasting Union...
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