China’s robotic welcoming delegation

28/07/08 17:40 CET

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Egypt election: Divisive run-off fight ahead

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has begun courting some of the candidates knocked out during this week’s first round presidential elections. With most of the votes counted, the Islamist group claims its candidate Mohamed Mursi has topped the polls. The Muslim…

Butler to Pope Benedict arrested in leaks scandal

Pope Benedict the sixteenth’s butler has been arrested following a scandal that has been…

Head of Vatican bank sacked

Spain's Bankia seeks 19 billion euros in state aid

Spain’s Bankia group asked the government for a 19 billion euro bailout on Friday. The…

Spain acts to clean-up banks after downgrade

70 killed in latest Syria violence

At least 70 people have been killed during the latest unrest in Syria, according to a London-based monitoring group. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says as many as 50 people died…

Quebec student rebellion

The ‘city that never sleeps’ label pretty much fits the Canadian city of Montreal for its unrelenting and increasingly noisy student protests, with support from the older generation too. They are against the Quebec provincial…