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DSK pimping case to proceed
French judges have decided to press ahead with the prosecution of Dominique Strauss-Kahn for pimping. Lawyers for the former International Monetary Fund chief said they...
Pakistan polio campaign suspended following three more killings
The United Nations has suspended an anti-polio campaign in Pakistan after three more health workers died in the latest of a spate of gun...
South Korea presidential election: Park-Geun-hye seeks to become first female president
Millions of South Koreans have cast ballots in a presidential election seen as too close to call. Park Geun-hye of the governing Saenuri party is...
Sandy Hook shooting: Barack Obama backs assault weapons ban
President Barack Obama wants to reinstate an assault weapons ban in the wake of the mass killings in Newtown, Connecticut, his spokesman Jay Carney...
S&P increases Greece’s rating from selective default to B-minus
Standard and Poor's has raised the credit rating of Greece's sovereign debt by six levels, praising the "strong determination" of fellow European countries to...
Jacob Zuma re-elected as African National Congress leader
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has been re-elected as leader of country’s governing African National Congress. Jacob Zuma, 70, received an overwhelming majority of votes...
Polio vaccination workers killed in a string of co-ordinated attacks in Karachi
Five female Pakistani polio vaccination workers have been fatally shot in a string of co-ordinated attacks - four within 20 minutes across Karachi. The fifth...
Mayan Doomsday: Ron Hubbard builds survival shelter in California
Ron Hubbard has built a luxurious underground bomb-proof shelter in Montebello, California, with a leather sofa, plasma TV and wooden flooring - just in...
North Korea struggles to control Unha-3 satellite
North Korea appears to be struggling to control Unha-3 satellite it put into orbit last week, a space expert has said. The Unha-3 satellite was...
EU in trade deal with Singapore
The European Union and Singapore have clinched a free-trade agreement (FTA) - the second such deal between the 27-nation bloc and a major Asian...
Track and Britta Palin divorce details
Sarah Palin's oldest son, Track Palin, and his wife, Britta Palin, have filed for divorce. The details have all been worked out and have now...
Sandy Hook victims funerals to be held in Newtown
The first funerals are to be held for victims of Friday's shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in the US state of Connecticut. Noah Pozner...
Jacintha Saldanha funeral service takes place in Shirva
The funeral of Jacintha Saldanha, the nurse who apparently killed herself following a royal hoax call in London, is taking place in her Indian...
Gerard Depardieu hands back his French passport in tax exile row
Gerard Depardieu announces he is handing back his French passport after Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault criticized him for moving to Belgium to avoid taxes. In...
North Korea marks one year since Kim Jong-il’s death
North Korea marks one year since the death of Kim Jong-il in a huge ceremony, days after the country's successful rocket launch. New leader Kim Jong-un...
Sandy Hook shooting: Barack Obama speaking at inter-faith vigil in Newtown
Speaking at an inter-faith vigil in Newtown, President Barack Obama has said the US must do more to protect its children in the wake...
Kate makes first public appearance since morning sickness at BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards
Kate Middleton will tonight attend the prestigious BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards - the first sign that she is slowly recovering from...
Nancy Lanza was a survivalist preparing for the end of the world economy by stockpiling food and guns
Nancy Lanza, mother of Newtown school massacre gunman Adam Lanza, was a survivalist who was stockpiling food because she thought the world economy was...
Connecticut shooting: Democrats Dan Malloy and Dianne Feinstein urge wider gun control
Senior US Democrats Dan Malloy and Dianne Feinstein have called for stricter gun control following Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in Newtown, Connecticut. Twenty children...
Westboro Baptist Church plans praise gathering outside Sandy Hook Elementary school to celebrate God executing his judgement
Westboro Baptist Church’s Shirley Phelps-Roper, along with several other prominent members, announced on Twitter Sunday that they would be "singing praise to God for...
South Africa’s ANC meets in Manguang to elect its next leader
South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) is holding its party congress at which members will vote for its next leader. President Jacob Zuma is...
Barack Obama to join families of Sandy Hook shooting victims at vigil in Newtown
President Barack Obama is scheduled to travel to Newtown, Connecticut tonight to meet the families of victims killed in Friday's shooting at Sandy Hook...
Jacintha Saldanha suicide note tells the Australian DJs behind royal hoax are responsible for her death
Jacintha Saldanha, the nurse who committed suicide after the royal hoax phone call, left a note telling the two Australian DJs behind the prank...
Jacintha Saldanha funeral: body taken to India for burial
The body of Jacintha Saldanha, the nurse who apparently killed herself after a hoax phone call about Kate Middleton, is due to arrive in...
Typhoon Bopha death toll rises to over 1,000 in Philippines
The number of people killed after Typhoon Bopha struck the southern Philippines has risen to 1,020, officials say. With nearly 850 people still missing, the...
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