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Angela Merkel and CDU face test in North Rhine-Westphalia election
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her party Christian Democratic Union (CDU) are facing a tough task to avoid defeat in North Rhine-Westphalia election on...
Arsala Rahmani, senior Afghan peace negotiator, shot dead in Kabul
Arsala Rahmani, a senior Afghan peace negotiator, has been shot dead in Kabul, officials say. Arsala Rahmani was a former Taliban minister and a key...
Indignants movement marks its first anniversary with protests in Madrid and other Spanish cities
Tens of thousands of people have protested in capital Madrid and in a number of Spanish cities to mark the first anniversary of the...
Fenerbahce football fans clash with police in Istanbul after Galatasaray won Turkish league final
Hundreds of fans from Istanbul football club Fenerbahce have clashed with police and occupied the pitch after Galatasaray won Turkish league championship final. Fenerbahce's traditional...
Mitt Romney rejected same-sex marriage during speech at Liberty University
Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican candidate in this year's US presidential election, has rejected the legitimacy of same-sex marriage telling graduates at Liberty University,...
Turkish journalists held in Syria released after two months following Iranian mediation
Turkish journalists held in Syria for two months are on their way home after being released following Iranian mediation. Reporter Adem Ozkose and cameraman Hamit...
Garrett McNamara enters the Guinness Book for riding the biggest wave in Nazare, Portugal
Garrett McNamara, a Hawaiian surfer, has entered the Guinness Book of Records for riding the biggest wave ever thought to have been ridden. In November...
London 2012 Olympic Gala: Prince William and Duchess of Cambridge were the star attractions
Prince William and Duchess of Cambridge were the star attractions at last night's gala to mark the countdown to the London Olympic Games. The royal...
Carroll Shelby, designer of Shelby Cobra sports car, dies at 89
US sports car designer Carroll Shelby, who gave his name to the famous Shelby Cobra sports car, has died aged 89 at a hospital...
Jamie Lynne Grumet breastfeeding her 4-year-old son on the latest cover of Time magazine
The latest cover of Time magazine has caused outrage after Jamie Lynne Grumet, a 26-year-old mother from Los Angeles, has been pictured breastfeeding her...
Hugo Chavez returns to Venezuela after successful Cuba radiotherapy
President Hugo Chavez is back to Venezuela coming from Cuba, where he has successfully completed a court of radiotherapy for cancer. Hugo Chavez hugged ministers on...
US foreign-born population is at the highest percentage since 1920
A new report by the U.S. Census Bureau shows that 40 million foreign-born people were living in the country in 2010 - the highest...
Bill Clinton branded Barack Obama “incompetent” and urged Hillary to run against him in 2012, claims Edward Klein’s book
Bill Clinton branded President Barack Obama as an “amateur” and urged his wife Hillary to run against him in 2012 U.S. presidential election, claims...
North Korea has more access than ever to outside media, says US study
A new study has found that North Koreans have more access than ever to outside media, including radio, TV and DVDs. North Korean government was...
Prince Charles reads weather forecast on BBC Scotland
Prince Charles presented the weather forecast during a tour of BBC Scotland's Pacific Quay headquarters. Prince Charles and his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, visited...
Brazil approves 2014 World Cup beer sales
Beer will be allowed to be sold in stadiums at the 2014 World Cup after Brazilian Senate has passed a controversial and much-delayed bill. When...
EU cuts the cost of mobile phone calls within Europe
European Parliament has passed regulations to make using a mobile phone abroad significantly cheaper. The plans, which were voted in by a huge majority, include...
Bodies found at Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 wreckage in Indonesia
A number of bodies have been found by rescuers at the wreckage of Russian Sukhoi Superjet plane that crashed into mountains in Indonesia on...
Olympics 2012: Olympic flame lit in Greece for London Games relay
Olympic flame which will be used for the London 2012 torch relay has been lit during a ceremony in Olympia, Greece. The flame was kindled...
Prom dates plunge into lake while taking photos after pier collapsed
Prom night was almost a complete washout for a group of students from the Kettle Moraine High School, Wisconsin, when they posed for a...
Vladimir Putin will not attend G8 Camp David summit
President Vladimir Putin has told President Barack Obama that he will not attend the G8 summit in the US later this month. Vladimir Putin, who...
Barack Obama has become the first sitting US president to back same-sex marriage
President Barack Obama has ended months of hedging on the issue of same-sex marriage by saying he thinks gay couples should be able to...
Sukhoi Superjet vanished in Indonesia crashed at the edge of Salak mountain
A helicopter has spotted what is thought to be wreckage of the Russian Sukhoi Superjet plane that disappeared on Wednesday, Indonesian officials say. The Sukhoi...
Ferrari apologizes for damaging an ancient city wall in Nanjing during publicity stunt
Car maker Ferrari has apologized after one of its cars drove on top of an ancient Chinese monument in Nanjing as a publicity stunt. Ferrari...
Who is Valerie Trierweiler, France’s next First Lady?
For the first time ever in France, the incoming presidential couple, Francois Hollande and his partner Valerie Trierweiler, are not man and wife and...
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