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08/08/08 20:30 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

Mass shooting in Finland

A gunman in Finland opened fire from a rooftop in the early hours of this morning, killing two people and wounding seven others. The shooting spree took place in the small town of Hyvinkaan 56 km north of the capital Helsinki. Both of the…

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…