MEPs would accept lean budget to prevent paralysis
To keep funding European projects, determined to avert a budget crisis on top of a euro crisis, the European Parliament has offered a compromise for…
View ArticleItalian pure chocolate claims ruled inadmissible in EU
Italian claims to ultimate quality chocolate have taken a beating. The European Court of Justice has ruled that a 2003 law attributing the accolade…
View ArticleFears over transparency of Egyptian elections
Egypt is gearing up for a parliamentary election this Sunday. But controversy threatens to overshadow the process. As the politicians beam down…
View ArticleThousands rally in Ukraine over tax changes
Once it was focal point of Ukraine's Orange Revolution. Now the main sqaure in Kiev is the scene of popular anger once more. This time, thousands…
View ArticleInternational Day highlights domestic violence
Actress Keira Knightley played a victim in a hard-hitting charity advert to raise awareness of domestic violence. But, on the International Day for…
View ArticleSafe return to earth for Soyuz capsule
A Soyuz capsule carrying two US astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut back to earth has landed safely in Kazakhstan. Russian Mission Control said…
View ArticleRio police 'take control' of favela after battle
After running street battles, police in Rio de Janeiro say they have regained control of a shanty town where drugs gangs had gathered in the face of…
View ArticleSwiss set to tighten rules on expelling foreign criminals
Switzerland looks set to make it easier to throw out foreigners convicted of committing crimes. A referendum is being held on Sunday. Calling…
View Article007 outguns Darth Vader at auction
It features in perhaps James Bond's most famous pose... now the pistol Sean Connery used in the publicity shot for the 1963 film "From Russia with…
View ArticleFrench ex-premier testifies over Karachi bombing
From Pakistan to Paris, political intrigue over a deadly bombing in 2002 has intensified with testimony from a former French prime minister. The…
View ArticleSnoopy kicks off Macy's Thanksgiving Parade
Snoopy, the beloved dog from the Charlie Brown cartoons has opened the Macy Thanksgiving Parade. The annual tradition in New York often draws…
View ArticlePolice deploys army tanks in Rio against drug gangs
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View ArticleCivilian bodies back to South Korea mainland
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View ArticleLost boys back on dry land after 50 day ordeal
The three teenage boys set adrift in a small boat in the South Pacific for 50 days are back on dry land in Fiji. The boys survived on coconuts, a…
View ArticleHaiti vote to go ahead despite epidemic
Despite disease and the threat of violence, the UN says Haiti's electoral show must go on. Sunday's presidential and legislative elections in…
View ArticlePortugal prepares austerity vote as bailout looms
The Portuguese parliament is preparing to vote on an austerity budget that will slash public sector pay by 5 per cent, freeze state pensions, cut…
View ArticleMorocco slams EU W.Sahara resolution
The European Union's call for a UN investigation into violence in Western Sahara has provoked a mixed reaction in Morocco. At least 11 people…
View ArticlePortugal passes austerity budget
Portugal's parliament has just passed it's austerity budget, despite the opposition Conservatives abstaining. A raft of cuts were proposed in a…
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