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Global May Day labor demonstrations
Labor demonstrations marking May Day are taking place across the world, with the main focus on Europe and its backdrop of unpopular austerity measures...
At least 103 people died in Indian ferry sinking
At least 103 people have died after a ferry capsized during a storm in north-eastern India, local police say. The vessel was reported to be...
More than one shooter in Robert F. Kennedy assassination, claims Nina Rhodes-Hughes
Robert F. Kennedy, JFK’s brother, was shot dead by two gunmen and not just “lone wolf” Sirhan Sirhan, claims Nina Rhodes-Hughes, a witness stood...
Nicolas Sarkozy to sue Mediapart website over Gaddafi claims
President Nicolas Sarkozy is to file a complaint against Mediapart website that claimed Libya's Col. Muammar Gaddafi had offered to fund his 2007 election...
Germany threats to boycott Ukraine Euro 2012 over Yulia Tymoshenko mistreatment case
German media reports that pressure is mounting on the government to boycott Euro 2012 matches in Ukraine this summer because of alleged mistreatment of...
At least three sailors died in a Newport yacht race collision
At least three people have died during a yacht race in Newport, US, weeks after another fatal accident off California. US Coast Guard boats are...
Barack Obama has held more re-election fundraisers than previous five Presidents combined
Barack Obama has already held more re-election fundraising events than every elected president since Richard Nixon combined, according to figures to be published in...
Activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja wins retrial in Bahrain
Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, Bahrain's jailed opposition activist, is to have his case retried, an appeal court has ruled. The retrial will take place in a civil...
Australian mining magnate Clive Palmer will build Titanic II
Clive Palmer, an Australian mining billionaire, has commissioned a Chinese state-owned company to build a 21st Century version of the Titanic. Clive Palmer told Australian...
Shukri Ghanem, Libya’s former PM, found dead in Danube River in Austria
Libya's former General Secretary of the General People's Committee of Libya (prime minister) and Oil Minister Shukri Ghanem has been found dead in the...
Barack Obama accused by GOP of using the killing of Osama bin Laden for his re-election campaign
President Barack Obama is accused by GOP of using the killing of Osama bin Laden as a political weapon for his re-election, after it...
Laura Adshead, who was once David Cameron’s girlfriend, is now Sister John Mary
Former socialite Laura Adshead, whose breakup with David Cameron sent her straight into the nunnery as Sister John Mary at the Abbey of Regina...
Nigeria: at least 16 people killed in a bomb attack at Bayero University in Kano
Red Cross officials say at least 16 people have been killed in a gun and bomb attack at Bayero University in Nigeria's northern city...
Chen Guangcheng’s relatives and associates detained or disappeared after his escape
New reports say Chinese authorities have begun to round up relatives and associates of blind activist Chen Guangcheng, who fled from house arrest last...
Nicolas Sarkozy rejects DSK’s claims that his party was behind former IMF chief’s downfall
President Nicolas Sarkozy has rejected claims by Dominique Strauss-Kahn that his party was behind former IMF chief's downfall. Nicolas Sarkozy told reporters DSK should keep...
White House Correspondents’ Dinner 2012: Barack Obama meets Lindsay Lohan and Kim Kardashian
President Barack Obama shared a meal with politicians, journalists and stars like Kim Kardashian and Lindsay Lohan at the 98th annual White House Correspondents'...
Javier Nunez Florian and Anailin de la Rua, Cuban actors who starred in a film about defectors, seek asylum in US
Cuban actors Javier Nunez Florian and Anailin de la Rua, who defected to the US, emerged from hiding a week after they had gone missing at Miami...
Saudi Arabia shuts embassy in Egypt following protests over detained lawyer Ahmed al-Gizawi
Saudi Arabia has decided to shut its embassy and consulates in Egypt following protests over Egyptian lawyer Ahmed al-Gizawi, who has been detained in...
Bo Guagua, who denied extravagant lifestyle, was ticketed three times while driving Porsche on campus
Earlier this week, Bo Guagua, the son of fallen Chinese politician Bo Xilai, has been fighting claims of his playboy lifestyle and denied that...
Venus Palermo, the 15-year-old living doll who became an internet sensation
Venus Palermo is a 15-year-old British girl who chooses to style herself as a “living doll” and who became an internet sensation. Venus Palermo has...
Dramatic plane landings at Loiu Airport in Bilbao as extreme weather pounds Basque region
A dramatic footage shows the terrifying ordeal pilots and air passengers endured while landing at Loiu Airport in Bilbao as high winds batter northern...
US Secret Service prompts new rules after Colombia scandal
The US Secret Service has decided to tighten its staff guidelines in an attempt to stop any repeat of the Colombia sex scandal. Agents travelling...
Chen Guangcheng in US embassy in Beijing following his escape from house arrest
Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng is in the US embassy in Beijing following his dramatic escape from house arrest, said activist Hu Jia. Hu Jia...
Athena Hohenberg won $3M in class-action suit over Nutella’s misleading health claims
Athena Hohenberg's quest make Nutella pay for advertising their hazelnut spread as a “nutritious” part of a “healthy breakfast” has yielded millions in rewards. Ferrero...
Enterprise prototype took the skies for the first time in a sky show over Manhattan
Enterprise, NASA's original prototype for the space shuttle program, took to the skies today for the first time in nearly 27 years for a...
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