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Wang Lijun to be tried in Chengdu on September 18th
Wang Lijun, the former police chief at the centre of China's biggest political scandal in years, will be tried in Chengdu next Tuesday, a...
Asian markets rise as US Federal Reserve unveils its latest stimulus plan
Asian markets have risen, following gains on Wall Street, after the US Federal Reserve unveiled its latest stimulus plan. The US central bank said it...
Guatemala: Fuego Volcano eruption forcing thousands to evacuate
Thousands of people have been evacuated in Guatemala after the Fuego volcano started spewing ash and lava. Volcanologists said powerful eruptions were catapulting burning rocks...
Libya makes arrests over US consulate attack in Benghazi
Libya has made several arrests in connection with the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi in which Ambassador Christopher Stevens was killed. New Libyan...
Disputed islands: China surveillance ships enter disputed waters
Six Chinese surveillance ships have entered waters near islands claimed by both Japan and China. China said the ships were carrying out "law enforcement" to...
Barack Obama says Egypt is not currently an US ally
Barack Obama has said the United States does not currently consider Egypt to be an ally. The president was speaking with reference to violent clashes...
Ebola outbreak kills 31 people in DR Congo
An outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo has now killed 31 people and could threaten major towns, the World...
Monica Lewinsky may be poised to write a tell-all book
Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky has reportedly been meeting with a number of major publishers - who were all asked to sign nondisclosure...
Innocence of Muslims protests: US embassies across globe under siege
Protests against anti-Islam film Innocence of Muslims made in the US are spreading across the Middle East and North Africa. In Yemen, demonstrators briefly stormed...
Fed acts to bolster US economy
The US central bank has announced it will resume its policy of pumping more money into the economy via so-called quantitative easing. The Federal Reserve...
Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe’s PM, allowed marrying after court victory
A court in Zimbabwe has thrown out a bid by Locadia Tembo to block Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's wedding on Saturday to his fiancée, Elizabeth Macheka. Locadia...
Yemen: Protesters storm US embassy in Sanaa
Yemeni protesters angered by an anti-Islam film made in the US have stormed the grounds of the US embassy in the country’s capital Sanaa. Police...
Protests erupt outside U.S. embassies across Muslim world as Pentagon sends two warships to Libya
Violent protests were sweeping across the Muslim world following the bloody attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya that led to the death of...
Christopher Stevens, US ambassador to Libya, killed in Benghazi attack
President Barack Obama has confirmed that US ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, is among four Americans killed in an attack on the US consulate...
What are the Honda Civic specifications?
The Honda Civic range has been pretty central to the company’s car manufacturing throughout the last half decade or so with regular new versions...
Jose Manuel Barroso calls for EU to evolve into a federation
EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has called for the EU to evolve into a "federation of nation-states". Addressing the EU parliament in Strasbourg, Jose...
German Constitutional Court decides whether ESM bailout fund is legal
Germany's top court in Karlsruhe is about to deliver its verdict on whether the ongoing attempts to contain the eurozone crisis breach the country's...
US official killed after radical Islamist stormed the US consulate in Libyan city of Benghazi
A US state department official was killed and at least one other American was wounded when a gunmen stormed the US consulate in the...
Pakistan: more than 200 people die in Karachi garment factory fire
More than 200 people are now known to have died in a fire at a garment factory in Karachi, Pakistani police have said. Many others...
Catalonia’s independence rally in Barcelona gathers 1.5 million people
About 1.5 million people have taken part in Catalonia's annual independence rally in Barcelona, police say. Tens of thousands of people poured into the city...
George W. Bush was given 7 warnings about threat from Osama Bin Laden in months before 9/11 attacks
Former US President George W. Bush was given a series of direct warnings throughout 2001 about the possibility of a terrorist attack by Al...
9/11 remembrance: US marks 11 years since September 11 attacks
President Barack Obama has marked the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, saying the US emerged "even stronger" from that day's death and horror. In...
Dominique de Villepin, France’s former prime minister, questioned by police
Police in Paris are questioning former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin over an embezzlement case involving a friend. Dominique de Villepin has been placed...
Shakil Afridi, Osama Bin Laden raid doctor, speaks out for the first time since his arrest
Shakil Afridi, the Pakistani doctor who helped the US to locate Osama Bin Laden, has said he was unaware he was involved with the...
US covered up the 1940 Soviet massacre in Katyn
New evidence appears to back the idea that the US helped cover up Soviet guilt for the 1940 Katyn massacre of Polish soldiers. In an...
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