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Celebrating Bang Neow vegetarian festival in ThailandDevotees of the Bang Neow Chinese Shrine stand amidst exploding firecrackers as they take part in… 02/10/11 14:55 CET
Sport
World Cup set for quarter-finalsZac Guildford scored four tries to help tournament hosts New Zealand thrash Canada 79-15 in their… 02/10/11 18:01 CET
world news
Syrian opposition forms National CouncilSyria’s main opposition groups joined on Sunday in a meeting in Istanbul to form a united front… 02/10/11 23:04 CET
One Jew’s mission to revive his faith in LibyaReopening the Dar Bishi synagogue in Tripoli’s old city has long been a dream for David Gerbi… 02/10/11 21:43 CET
UK Conservatives open party conferenceBritain’s Conservative party has opened its annual conference in Manchester with a flurry of policy… 02/10/11 19:03 CET
Concern heightens for the people of SirteResidents from the Libyan city of Sirte are fleeing in fear but face a long and agonising wait. The… 02/10/11 17:36 CET
Kenya fears for future of Lamu tourismAmid the calm and the gently lapping waters of the Indian ocean there is a disquiet running through… 02/10/11 17:13 CET
Hungary’s worst disaster – warnings it could happen againThe one year anniversary of Hungary’s worst disaster approaches and the bulldozers are still at… 02/10/11 16:23 CET
Syrian forces reclaim RastanSyrian government forces are celebrating the restoration of control over the rebel town of Rastan… 02/10/11 14:53 CET
Tensions rise at northern Kosovo borderAt Mitrovica in northern Kosovo another concrete barricade has been erected by local Serbs blocking… 02/10/11 13:33 CET
Desperate need for medical aid in Sirte says Red CrossMedical aid is in short supply in the besieged Libyan city of Sirte according to the International… 02/10/11 12:03 CET
Kabul rocks to live music for the first time in 30 yearsFor the first time in three decades the sound of live music has resounded across the Afghanistan… 02/10/11 10:13 CET
Bulgarian rally against Roma gypsiesAround 2000 Bulgarians have protested against minority Roma gypsies in central Sofia. The… 02/10/11 09:43 CET
World’s first fax tax levied in DenmarkDenmark has introduced what is believed to be the world’s first, ‘fat tax’. Pizza, meat… 02/10/11 09:42 CET
Socialists control French Senate for first timeIn a blow to President Nicholas Sarkozy’s conservative UMP, the upper chamber of the French… 02/10/11 09:39 CET
Turkey aims to write new constitution by 2012Turkey’s parliament has reopened after the summer break, with officials promising to write up a new… 02/10/11 09:38 CET
Protests go coast to coast in the USAIn New York the, ‘Occupy Wall street’ protest group took to the streets again for the second time… 02/10/11 08:44 CET
Details of kidnap ordeal in Kenya revealedThe partner of an elderly, disabled French woman kidnapped in Kenya has told how six masked men… 02/10/11 06:43 CET
Taliban-linked group chief capturedNATO-led forces in Afghanistan say they’ve captured an insurgent group commander with close links… 02/10/11 03:53 CET
Tunisia first election date is setTunisia has announced the date for the first free election in the country’s history. The vote… 02/10/11 03:03 CET
Syrian forces recapture key opposition townA video uploaded to a social media website has purportedly shown groups of people marching through… 02/10/11 01:03 CET
