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Snow sculpture in chinaA worker walks on a snow sculpture featuring camels prior to the Harbin International Ice and Snow… 26/12/10 10:11 CET
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Pressure is mounting on Laurent GbagboThe UN, the EU, the US, the African Union and the West African bloc ECOWAS all say the presidential… 26/12/10 23:03 CET
Icy rain causes havoc in MoscowShowers of icy rain have brought down a major power line in Moscow, forcing Domodedovo… 26/12/10 21:33 CET
Mavi Marmara gets warm welcome as Turkey and Israel mull repairing tiesThe Mavi Marmara has been given a rapturous welcome in Istanbul. It is the ship that saw bloodshed… 26/12/10 18:34 CET
Four Turkish engineers kidnapped in AfghanistanFour Turkish engineers working on a road project in Afghanistan have been seized by gunmen… 26/12/10 17:33 CET
Post-snow and pre-tax sales begin in the UKBargain hunters are out in force in the UK, as the annual post-Christmas sales begin in the shops… 26/12/10 16:53 CET
Israel kills two Palestinian militants on Gaza borderAny hope of a calm festive period in the Middle East appears to have been shattered after Israeli… 26/12/10 16:45 CET
Icy rain causes problems in MoscowMoscow’s largest airport has been brought to a standstill by icy rain. Domodedovo shut down… 26/12/10 14:45 CET
Ceremonies held to mark 2004 tsunamiCommemorations have been held to mark the anniversary of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami that killed… 26/12/10 13:14 CET
Arrests prompt fears Netherlands is prime terror targetThere are fears the Netherlands has become a prime target for terrorists following the arrest of 12… 26/12/10 11:33 CET
Venezuela’s ex-President Peres diesVenezuela’s former president Carlos Andres Peres has died in Florida aged 88 after suffering a… 26/12/10 08:33 CET
Bloody Christmas Eve in NigeriaPictures are now in from near Jos in central Nigeria where bombs tore through two villages on… 26/12/10 05:53 CET
Gbagbo won’t go, says threat of force “unjust”The UN says 14,000 people have fled the Ivory Coast since the contested presidential election. Most… 26/12/10 04:35 CET
Icebreakers needed for Christmas swimsFor the first time in 30 years the Serpentine in Hyde Park was too frozen to allow all the ice to… 26/12/10 03:25 CET
Europe’s difficult Christmas continuesAwful weather conditions have returned to Poland, with frozen roads and railway lines. More than… 26/12/10 01:34 CET
