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Czech Republic: anti-government protests in the biggest rally since the fall of communism in 1989
Anti-government protesters in the Czech Republic have staged what they describe as the biggest rally since the fall of communism in 1989. Demonstrators say 120,000...
Li Jun claims to have been tortured by police working under Bo Xilai
Bo Xilai, the Chinese politician who launched an attack on organized crime is accused of heading a police apparatus that carried out "evil" operations...
Man shot dead in Bahrain protests ahead of Formula 1 Grand Prix
Activists in Bahrain say a man has been found dead with gunshot wounds after overnight clashes with police a day before Sunday's Formula 1...
Meet Meow, the 40-pound super-sized cat
Meow, a 2-year-old orange and white super-sized cat tips the scale at nearly 40 pounds, and the Santa Fe Animal Shelter is on a...
Acrylamide alert: cancer-risk chemical found in crisps, biscuits and instant coffee
Food companies in UK have been warned about the presence of acrylamide, cancer-risk chemical, in everyday products ranging from crisps and chips to instant...
Boxun.com, the US-based Chinese-language website covering Bo Xilai scandal, has been hacked
Boxun.com, the US-based Chinese-language website that has reported extensively on the Bo Xilai scandal in China, says it was crippled for several hours by...
Anders Breivik Trial Day 5: mass killer describes Utoeya rampage
In the fifth day of his trial, Anders Behring Breivik has described how he shot people who were "begging for their lives" during Utoeya...
Prince Salman of Bahrain backs Formula 1 Grand Prix despite protests
Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa of Bahrain says the weekend's Formula 1 Grand Prix will go ahead despite protests. "Cancelling the race just...
Bhoja Air Boeing 737 carying 127 people crashes in a residential area near Islamabad
A Bhoja Air jet carrying up to 127 people has crashed in a residential area near Islamabad international airport in Pakistan. Aviation officials said the...
Sarkophobia: Why French people dislike President Nicolas Sarkozy?
From the moment Nicolas Sarkozy took office in 2007, no French president in modern times has been the object of such blatant dislike. It is...
Mary Pinchot Meyer, JFK’s mistress, was killed by CIA as she knew too much about his assassination
The suspicious death of Mary Pinchot Meyer, one of President John F. Kennedy's mistresses, just months after his death, has sparked numerous conspiracy theories. A...
Neil Heywood case: Chinese police “covered-up” the murder not to be linked to Bo Xilai
According to a senior Chinese journalist, police knew British businessman Neil Heywood had been murdered in Chongqing last November and that a cover-up began...
Princess Cruises apologizes for ignoring a Panama fishing boat adrift in the Pacific Ocean
American company Princess Cruises says it deeply regrets that one of its ships failed to stop to help a fishing boat adrift in the...
Africa is sitting on a vast reservoir of groundwater
The notoriously dry continent of Africa is sitting on a vast reservoir of groundwater, say scientists who have mapped in detail the amount and...
Titanic Memorial Cruise: Balmoral arrives in New York after completing its journey to mark disaster centenary
Titanic Memorial Cruise is finished as Balmoral ship has arrived in New York, after completing its journey to mark the centenary of the Titanic...
David Merkur used spreadsheet to keep track his online dates and even showed it to one of them
David Merkur, an investment banker from New York and member of Match.com, has used a spreadsheet to make sure he was able to distinguish...
Anders Breivik Trial Day 4: he originally planned three car bombs in Oslo
The fourth day of Norway’s trial of the century begins with Anders Behring Breivik telling the court he originally planned to detonate three car...
Casoria Contemporary Art Museum in Naples burns artworks in protest at budget cuts
Casoria Contemporary Art Museum in Naples, Italy, has started burning its artworks in protest at budget cuts which it says have left cultural institutions...
India successfully launched long-range missile Agni-V
India has successfully launched Agni-V, a long-range intercontinental ballistic missile able to carry a nuclear warhead, officials say. The locally-developed Agni-V missile was originally scheduled to...
Barack Obama Sr. categorized as “anti-American and anti-white” when he moved to US in 1959
As President Barack Obama has been dogged by claims he is not patriotic enough it now emerges that similar fears were expressed about his...
Clashes near Bahrain Formula 1 Grand Prix exhibit in Manama
Stun grenades have been fired by Bahraini security forces as protesters gathered outside a cultural exhibition in Manama ahead of Sunday's Formula 1 Grand...
Anders Breivik trial: he wants acquittal or death penalty
Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik has told his trial in Oslo he believes there can be only two "just" outcomes to his trial...
King Juan Carlos apologizes to the Spanish people for going on a hunting trip in Botswana
King Juan Carlos of Spain has apologized to his people for going on a hunting trip in Botswana while his country was in the...
Record number of Americans renounced their US citizenship in 2011 to avoid paying taxes
In 2011, almost 1,800 people renounced their U.S. citizenship or handed in their Green Cards and many of them said it was because of...
Sweden’s culture minister Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth triggered race row after cutting cake designed like an African woman
Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth, Sweden's culture minister, faces furious calls to resign after she was pictured cutting a “racist” black cake designed like a native...
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