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| US anger at Syria veto 'travesty' |
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Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:35:29 GMT |
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton deplores as a 'travesty' Russia and China's veto of a UN resolution condemning Syria's violent crackdown on protesters. more... |
| Greek leaders pause bailout talks |
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Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:01:42 GMT |
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Party leaders in Greece's ruling coalition end talks on details for a crucial 130bn-euro EU rescue plan without agreement. more... |
| JFK mistress reveals new details |
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Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:38:19 GMT |
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Mimi Alford, a former mistress of President John F Kennedy, reveal new details of their relationship in a book, according to US media reports. more... |
| Egypt 'to try foreign NGO staff' |
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Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:34:32 GMT |
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Egypt says it is to try 43 people - including Americans and other foreigners - over the alleged illegal funding of non-governmental organisations. more... |
| Brazil crime up as police strike |
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Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:42:57 GMT |
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Soldiers patrol the streets in the Brazilian state of Bahia where a police strike has caused the crime rate to soar. more... |
| Prince's Falklands duty 'routine' |
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Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:01:26 GMT |
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Prince William's deployment to the Falkland Islands, along with that of a warship, is "entirely routine", the UK foreign secretary says. more... |
| Conservative wins poll in Finland |
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Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:22:42 GMT |
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Finland elects its first conservative head of state in decades, the pro-European Sauli Niinistoe, after a run-off vote. more... |
| Afghan car bomb attack kills nine |
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Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:47:49 GMT |
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At least nine people are killed in a car bomb attack on police headquarters in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, officials say. more... |
| Panama's Gen Noriega in hospital |
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Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:56:49 GMT |
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Panama's jailed ex-leader Manuel Noriega is moved from his prison cell to hospital, suffering hypertension, and having possibly had a stroke. more... |
| Europe cold snap death toll rises |
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Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:32:04 GMT |
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The death toll from freezing weather across Europe continues to climb, with transport links also badly affected. more... |
| Three Tibetans 'in fire protest' |
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Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:54:08 GMT |
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Three Tibetans set fire to themselves in south-west China in an anti-Beijing protest, reports say, meaning 19 people have now self-immolated in a year. more... |
| Depardieu to star as Strauss-Kahn |
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Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:30:11 GMT |
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Gerard Depardieu is to star in a movie about the sex scandal that caused IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn to resign. more... |
| Man, 104, is 'oldest' new citizen |
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Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:32:44 GMT |
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A 104-year-old man is thought to be the oldest person to have become a new British citizen after a ceremony held at Surrey County Council's headquarters. more... |
| Mitt Romney wins Nevada caucuses |
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Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:35:54 GMT |
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Front-runner Mitt Romney declares victory in the Republican caucuses in Nevada, as he seeks to win his party's presidential nomination. more... |
| Mexico 'cartel enforcer' detained |
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Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:09:05 GMT |
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Police in Mexico say they have arrested the suspected leader of the Gente Nueva gang, the armed wing of the Sinaloa drug cartel. more... |
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