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UN condemns Syrian government for Houla shelling

Protests have erupted across Syria after Friday’s massacre of at least 100 people, many of them children, in the town of Houla. With international…

IMF chief back-tracks over Greek tax-dodging

Greek and French politicians are making political capital out of remarks made by the IMF chief…

Greek anger at Lagarde tax avoidance comments

Haneke wins top prize as Cannes

This year’s jury president at Cannes, actor director Nanni Moretti announced the winner of…

More winners at the Cannes Film Festival

Earthquake hits northern Argentina

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 has struck northern Argentina in the early hours of Monday morning. It happened at around 2.00am local time, 116km east-southeast of the city of Santiago…

Bosnian couple accused of enslavement

Police in north east Bosnia have detained a couple on suspicion of beating and starving a German teenager for years. The 19-year-old girl had allegedly been used as a slave since 2004. …