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The Dalai Lama gives a teaching seminar in ToulouseTibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, gives a teaching seminar for the second day in… 14/08/11 16:56 CET
Sport
Superb Serena to meet Samantha Stosur in Toronto showdownSerena Williams is back in the swing as she makes her way into the final of the Toronto Cup. The… 14/08/11 14:16 CET
Real Madrid v Barcelona a spicy season starterAfter last season’s tetchy encounters Real Madrid and Barcelona prepare to meet in Spain’s season… 14/08/11 14:16 CET
world news
London police round-up suspected lootersThere is no-let up in the hunt for suspected looters and rioters more than a week after the worst… 14/08/11 23:33 CET
Computers under canvas at hackers’ summer campIt is the summer festival season but at one get-together near Berlin hackers not hippies have been… 14/08/11 22:33 CET
Libyan rebels fly flag over key town near TripoliLibyan rebels have raised their flag in a strategic town near Tripoli, marking their most dramatic… 14/08/11 19:23 CET
A deadly Independence Day in PakistanBloodshed has marked Pakistan’s Independence Day celebrations with bomb, gun and rocket attacks… 14/08/11 18:13 CET
Fresh wave of migrants arrive at LampedusaAround 2,000 migrants from north Africa have landed on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa… 14/08/11 18:09 CET
Suu Kyi tight-lipped on signs of political thawThousands of people have turned out to see Aung San Suu Kyi’s first political trip outside Rangoon… 14/08/11 18:08 CET
Lawyers probe who ordered Egyptian crackdownLawyers in Egypt have urged the government to hand over documents that may reveal who ordered… 14/08/11 18:08 CET
Netanyahu seeks solutions to anti-government protestsIsrael has announced new measures to tackle growing protests over the cost of living. Hundreds… 14/08/11 17:13 CET
‘Deadly naval and tank attack’ on Syrian port cityA Syrian naval and tank assault to crush dissent in a northern port city has killed at least 23… 14/08/11 16:54 CET
Taliban claims deadly attack on Afghan governorSuicide bombers and gunmen have killed at least 22 people in an attack on a provincial governor’s… 14/08/11 15:33 CET
Protest forces China to close chemical plantAuthorities in China have ordered the shut down of a chemical plant after a protest over pollution… 14/08/11 15:03 CET
Hotel bomb blast kills 11 in PakistanA bomb has ripped through a two-storey hotel in southwest Pakistan, killing at least 11 people… 14/08/11 13:33 CET
Deadly storm collapses stage at Indiana State FairAt least four people have been killed after strong winds brought down a stage at the Indiana State… 14/08/11 12:03 CET
Libyan rebels claim to edge closer to TripoliRebel fighters in Libya claim to have taken control of Zawiyah. This footages appears to show… 14/08/11 10:23 CET
Germans take part in ‘Slutwalk’ to show supportPeople in Berlin took the streets on Saturday in support of the global campaign on preventing… 14/08/11 09:30 CET
Gay man marries transexual in Cuban firstA man and a transgender woman have married in what’s been seen as Cuba’s first gay wedding… 14/08/11 09:03 CET
Palestinian Authority seeks full UN membershipPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will apply for his country’s full membership of the United… 14/08/11 08:56 CET
Bachmann emerges as Republican front-runnerIn the first big test of the US Presidential race in 2012, Republican Congresswoman Michelle… 14/08/11 04:33 CET
Social networks show the kindness of strangers after England riotsIn the wake of the riots in England, social networks have been accused of spreading messages that… 14/08/11 02:03 CET
High living costs sparks more protests in IsraelIsraelis have taken to the streets in many of the country’s major cities for the fourth week in a… 14/08/11 00:13 CET
