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Hiroshima remembrance dayPaper lanterns released in remembrance of the victims of the atomic bombings in 1945. REUTERS/Kim… 06/08/11 16:12 CET
Sport
Tennis: first win for Dutchman HaaseDutch number one Robin Haase won his first ATP singles title on Saturday, defeating Spaniard Albert… 06/08/11 19:45 CET
Gdansk Arena ready and waitingEuro 2012 co-hosts Poland officially opened the PGE Arena in Gdansk on Saturday easing some fears… 06/08/11 19:44 CET
Tennis: San Diego Open latestAndrea Petkovic secured a 6-2, 6-1 win over American Sloane Stephens on Friday to reach the… 06/08/11 17:35 CET
world news
Klitschko joins fight against arrest of Ukraine’s former PMSupporters of the jailed Ukrainian former prime minister are promising to step up their protest… 06/08/11 23:03 CET
Libya rebels push to recapture oil-rich BregaLibyan rebels say they have launched a fresh assault to retake coastal oil town of Brega… 06/08/11 21:43 CET
Somalia declares victory over Islamist rebelsThe Somali President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed says his military had defeated Islamist rebels battling to… 06/08/11 19:33 CET
European leaders look to stave off further market fallsConflicting and confused messages from Europe’s policy makers have raised concerns that next week… 06/08/11 18:56 CET
Typhoon Muifa to hit ChinaCoastal areas in Eastern China are on red alert, bracing themselves for the arrival of Typhoon… 06/08/11 17:43 CET
US incurs heavy losses in Afghan helicopter crashThe Taliban claims to have shot down a NATO helicopter, killing 31 US special forces troops and… 06/08/11 17:23 CET
Chinese anger over US debtChina has expressed strong concern at the downgrading of America’s triple A credit rating by… 06/08/11 16:33 CET
Obama says work ahead to get US finances on trackNews of the America’s first-ever downgraded credit rating status failed to stop traffic in Times… 06/08/11 16:13 CET
Western reaction may be key to Tymoshenko’s releaseA Ukrainian political analysts has told euronews that the release of Ukraine’s former prime… 06/08/11 14:33 CET
Tymoshenko supporters refuse to moveHundreds of Tymoshenko supporters have gathered in the street in central Kiev outside the… 06/08/11 13:33 CET
Helicopter crash kills American and Afghan soldiers31 US soldiers and 7 Afghan soldiers have been killed in a helicopter crash in the east of the… 06/08/11 12:13 CET
Islamic militants withdrawThere are reports that Islamic militants fighting to oust Somalia’s Western-backed government are… 06/08/11 11:23 CET
New Orleans police cleared of murderA jury in the US has found New Orleans police officers guilty of charges related to shootings after… 06/08/11 10:45 CET
Juno sets off for JupiterA robotic probe named June has launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on a five-year mission to… 06/08/11 10:45 CET
China calls for new world currencyThe Chinese government has called on the United States to address its debt problems and ensure the… 06/08/11 10:03 CET
Japan remembers HiroshimaThe Japanese Prime Minister used the 66th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima to… 06/08/11 08:43 CET
US stripped of AAA statusThe United States has lost its top-notch AAA credit rating for the first time ever. Standard &… 06/08/11 06:33 CET
Protesters reclaim symbolic Madrid squareTens of thousands of Spanish demonstrators from the “Indignado” movement have marched back into… 06/08/11 04:38 CET
Ongoing struggle of Chile’s miracle minersA low-key ceremony has been held in Chile commemorating the first anniversary of the mining… 06/08/11 02:04 CET
EU criticises Tymoshenko contempt decisionThe former Prime Minister of Ukraine has been taken from court to a detention centre in Kiev after… 06/08/11 01:24 CET
Italy to bring forward austerity measuresItaly is to bring forward the implementation of the austerity measures it approved only a month… 06/08/11 00:53 CET
British student killed by polar bearA polar bear attacked a group of British campers on a Norwegian archipelago, killing a 17-year-old… 06/08/11 00:03 CET
