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“Red shirt” demonstration in BangkokProtesters marched across Bangkok, in the first peaceful and symbolic demonstration since the… 09/01/11 15:34 CET
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Call for tough sanctions over German dioxin scandalThe German government has called for tough punishments for those responsible for contaminating… 09/01/11 23:43 CET
Shot US Congresswoman ‘doing well’, suspect chargedDoctors say Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is responding well after being shot in the… 09/01/11 22:33 CET
‘70 dead’ in Iran plane crashAt least 70 people are said to have been killed in a plane crash in northwestern Iran. The news… 09/01/11 19:14 CET
Algeria says calm restored after riotsThe Algerian government says calm has largely been restored there after the recent wave of… 09/01/11 18:34 CET
Bloodshed in Tunisia as social protests intensify The full scale of social unrest in Tunisia is emerging with claims that at least 20 people have… 09/01/11 18:33 CET
Frenchmen killed in Niger ‘before forces intervened’There is grief in the village of Linselles near Lille in northern France, home to the two young… 09/01/11 17:14 CET
Pride as southern Sudanese vote in ‘historic’ pollAfter years of civil war with the north, the people of southern Sudan have been voting in large… 09/01/11 15:24 CET
Shot US Congresswoman battles for lifeThe United States is in shock as a Congresswoman fights for her life after being shot in the head… 09/01/11 13:04 CET
Algeria announces food price cuts to calm unrestAlgeria’s government has moved to quell public anger after days of deadly street violence. It… 09/01/11 11:04 CET
Independence vote underway in Southern SudanSouthern Sudan’s leader Salva Kiir has cast the first vote in a referendum expected to create the… 09/01/11 09:04 CET
Algeria govt cuts food prices after deadly riotsFour days of rioting in Algeria has forced the government to slash the price of staple foods in an… 09/01/11 06:14 CET
French hostages probably murdered: militaryTwo French hostages in Niger were probably murdered by their captors after French special forces… 09/01/11 04:54 CET
US Congress member shot, six dead in ArizonaA gunman in Arizona has shot a member of the US Congress in the head at point blank range and… 09/01/11 03:43 CET
US Senator praises southern Sudan voteThe importance of the independence vote in southern Sudan has been underlined by the appearance of… 09/01/11 00:53 CET
