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Gu Kailai trial for Neil Heywood murder ends in Hefei
The trial of Bo Xilai’s wife, Gu Kailai, for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood has ended in the Chinese city of Hefei,...
Syrian rebels lose strategic district Salah al-Din in Aleppo
Syrian rebel commanders say they have lost control of the strategic Salah al-Din district in the northern city of Aleppo after a government offensive. The...
Restaurant insiders from across US reveal what really goes on behind customers’ backs
Restaurant insiders from across the US have revealed what really goes on behind customers' backs. Tricks, such as adding extra sugar to kids' meals so...
Vietnam: US begins Agent Orange clean-up after 37 years since the war ended
The United States has begun a project to help clean up Agent Orange contamination at one area in Vietnam - the first such move...
Gu Kailai had an affair with Neil Heywood before she became mentally unstable
New sources have come forward to corroborate claims that Gu Kailai, the wife of disgraced former Chongqing party chief Bo Xilai, once had an...
Antarctic rescue mission for US scientist
An international mission is under way to rescue a sick US citizen working at a research centre in the Antarctic. An Australian Airbus A319 landed...
Gu Kailai’s murder trial begins
Gu Kailai, wife of former high-flying Chinese politician Bo Xilai, has gone on trial charged with murdering British businessman Neil Heywood. Gu Kailai is accused...
MDA Labor Day Telethon 2012 becomes MDA Show of Strength
MDA Show of Strength is still on Labor Day weekend, still features top entertainment and inspiring stories, and still urges viewers to support MDA’s...
Syrian government forces take full control of strategic district Salah al-Din in Aleppo
Syrian government forces have taken full control of strategic district Salah al-Din in the biggest city, Aleppo, after fierce fighting, state media say. However, rebel...
Bo Guagua, Bo Xilai’s son, speaks out ahead of his mother’s trial
Bo Guagua, son of sacked Chinese politician Bo Xilai, says the "facts will speak for themselves" when his mother, Gu Kailai, goes on trial...
MDA Labor Day Telethon 2012: no local TV stations expected to broadcast this year programming
None of the local TV stations in the Mobile, Alabama-Pensacola, Florida TV market are expected to broadcast the MDA Labor Day Telethon scheduled for...
Egypt fires missiles on suspected Islamist militants in Sinai peninsula
Egyptian army helicopters have fired missiles on suspected Islamist militants in Sinai peninsula, security officials say. Twenty people were reported killed in Touma village, while...
Manila flood: at least 16 people have died as torrential rain left low-lying areas under water
Philippine officials say that at least 16 people have died in severe floods in the capital, Manila. More than 80,000 people are in emergency shelters,...
Paris catacombs: bones and skulls of 6 million dead fill 200-mile network of caves and tunnels
Below Paris' 12million residents lay the remains of 6 million others - known as France's Empire of the Dead, a world which is brought...
Vladimir Putin’s hand kissed by Russian Orthodox priest
Russian President Vladimir Putin reacts awkwardly as a priest bows to kiss his hand during a visit to country's northern Valaam Island. Vladimir Putin visited...
Philippine floods: half of Manila paralyzed by torrential rain
Flooding caused by torrential rain has paralyzed parts of Philippine capital, Manila, forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes and closing schools, offices...
Angela Merkel running “The Fourth Reich”: Silvio Berlusconi’s newspaper prints picture of Chancellor in Nazi salute
Italian newspaper Il Giornale, owned by former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, has caused controversy by printing a front page headline which said “Fourth Reich”...
Greek police to deport more than 1,600 illegal immigrants
Greek police has announced that more than 1,600 illegal immigrants will be deported following a major crackdown in Athens in recent days. More than 6,000...
Wade Michael Page identified as Wisconsin Sikh temple gunman
The gunman suspected of shooting six people dead at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin on Sunday has been identified as Wade Michael Page, a...
Riyad Farid Hijab, Syria’s PM, defects to Jordan
Syrian Prime Minister Riyad Farid Hijab has defected from President Bashar al-Assad's government, the Jordanian government says. Riyad farid Hijab was appointed less than two...
Bomb attack on Syrian state TV
Syrian television reports that a bomb has exploded on the third floor of the state TV and radio building in the capital, Damascus. Three people...
Egypt: at least 13 policemen killed in attack at Israeli border
At least 13 Egyptian policemen have been killed by unidentified gunmen who attacked a checkpoint on the Egyptian-Israeli border, officials say. Israel said the attackers,...
Wisconsin shooting: at least 7 people killed at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek
At least seven people, including a gunman, have died in a shooting at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, police says. A police officer...
Syrian troops massed around Aleppo for final assault
More than 20,000 Syrian troops are deployed around Aleppo, military sources say, as fighting rages for control of the country's second city. Fighter jets, helicopters...
All US presidents bar one are descendants of King John of England, BridgeAnne d’Avignon discovers
It appears that all US presidents, excepting Martin Van Buren, are cousins and descendants of medieval King John of England. The remarkable discovery was made...
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