UK talent show star faces extradition to Zimbabwe
A young would-be performer who captivated viewers with her performance on a massively popular TV talent show in the UK faces being deported back to…
View ArticleEthiopian top opposition leader Birtukan Mideksa freed
no comment : Ethiopian top opposition leader Birtukan Mideksa freed
View ArticleThe presidential seal falls during President Obama's speech
no comment : The presidential seal falls during President Obama's speech
View ArticleHopes rise that miners might be reached this weekend
In Chile, the cages that will eventually lift the 33 miners back into a world they have not seen for two months have arrived on site, as rescue teams…
View ArticleRed poison reaches the Danube's southern branch
The toxic red sludge that spilled from a burst reservoir at the alumina plant in western Hungary has reached the Monsoni-Danube, a southern branch of…
View ArticleThe conflict in Afghanistan reaches a decade
The US-led war in Afghanistan has now entered its tenth year - and even after all this time, its still not clear how the conflict will turn out.…
View ArticleFurther attack on NATO convoy
Militants have mounted another attack on a NATO supply convoy in Pakistan -- the seventh in recent days. On Wednesday night militants opened fire…
View ArticlePeru's Vargas Llosa wins Nobel Prize for Literature
The 2010 Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa. The Nobel Committee handed the 74-year-old the…
View ArticleGreek public sector workers rally against austerity
Greek workers have been back on the streets of Athens. This time public sector employees were out on strike. They are angry at wage cuts of 15…
View ArticleChina and Italy boost trade ties
China's prime minister has signed a raft of economic partnerships with Italy a day after fending off pressure from Brussels to increase the value of…
View ArticleCharlie the smoking chimpanzee dies at 52
no comment : Charlie the smoking chimpanzee dies at 52
View ArticleRenault sells Volvo shares to cut debt
Renault shares jumped to a nine-month high after the French carmaker sold most of its stake in Swedish lorry maker Volvo for just over three billion…
View ArticleSiemens to build Eurostar trains
German industrial group Siemens has won the contract to supply 10 next-generation high-speed trains to Eurostar for its service through the Channel…
View ArticleRoma Rhetoric Rolls On
Following the controversial expulsions of Roma from France, the rhetoric rolls on. Parties from both left and right united at the Parliamentary…
View ArticleGreenpeace Dumps Nuclear Waste in Brussels
Greenpeace activists have dumped nuclear waste outside the European Parliament in Brussels in protest at EU plans on nuclear waste disposal. The…
View ArticleToxic spill: A village destroyed
Three days after red toxic sludge spilled from an aluminium plant, Hungary is counting the environmental and human cost of the disaster. At least…
View ArticleUnbeaten Taliban rooted in Afghan landscape
Afghanistan remains what some call a theatre of war but behind the scenes all sides are said to be talking about how an eventual peace could play…
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