Far-right could enter parliament in Sweden poll
The people of Sweden are voting in elections that could see the far-right enter parliament for the first time. The anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats…
View ArticleAfghan poll under scrutiny as votes are counted
As Afghanistan awaits the results of its parliamentary election, opinions differ over whether it was a success. Officials have hailed the poll…
View ArticleIran 'denies reports' of American arrests
Iran has denied a report which said that Iranian border guards had arrested seven American soldiers, according to Iranian state TV quoted by…
View ArticleUnderground celebration of Chile's bicentennial
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View ArticleTwin car bombs in Iraqi capital kill 31
A double car bombing in Baghdad has killed up to 31 people and wounded over 100 more. If the figures are confirmed, it would be the Iraqi…
View ArticleSweden votes in tightly-contested election
Swedes are voting in a general election which Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt's centre-right coalition is narrowly expected to win. Sweden has…
View ArticleChina suspends contacts with Japan in boat row
Anti-Japanese feeling is running high in China. Beijing has suspended top-level ties with Tokyo, flexing its muscles in a growing diplomatic row.…
View ArticlePope pays tribute to British over World War Two
More than 50,000 people have attended a Mass in Birmingham on the last day of the Pope's visit to Britain. They heard him beatify Cardinal John…
View ArticleArmenian religious ceremony held in Turkey
A Turkish island has staged the first Armenian Orthodox religious service in almost a century. The Turkish government's hailed it as a sign of…
View ArticleExit poll puts Sweden's ruling centre-right ahead
The first exit poll in the Swedish general election suggests that the prime minister's centre-right coalition is ahead of the centre-left opposition,…
View ArticleFour dead as German woman runs amok
A frenzied shooting in a small German town has left four people dead and one police officer wounded. The first shots were fired after an explosion…
View ArticleAhmadinejad begins New York visit
Iran's president has asked the US to release eight Iranian prisoners as a "humanitarian gesture." Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is in New York for the annual…
View ArticleSwedish PM given second term
Sweden's prime minister has won re-election but lost his majority. Frederik Reinfeldt becomes the first centre-right leader to be given a second term…
View ArticleBP finally plugs leaking Gulf oil well
The deep sea well at the centre for the worst US oil spill in history has been plugged once and for all. The coastguard has confirmed that BP has…
View ArticleRed Shirts hold peaceful protest in Bangkok
no comment : Red Shirts hold peaceful protest in Bangkok
View ArticleOmsa employees protest on the streets of Faenza
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View ArticleAhmadinejad meets Ban Ki-moon in NY
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is being urged to do more to help resolve the row over Iran's nuclear programme. The appeal comes from the UN Secretary General…
View ArticleSwedish elections mark 'the end of an era'
Is Sweden's love affair with social democracy over? That's the question Swedish media asked on Monday following the country's general election.…
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