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Lady Gaga spices up New Year’s Eve celebrations in New YorkSinger Lady Gaga kisses City Mayor Michael Bloomberg after performing during New Year’s Eve… 01/01/12 11:42 CET
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Nine dead in botched Congo jail breakNine inmates have been killed and at least 50 others hurt in a botched jail break in the Democratic… 01/01/12 19:27 CET
Heavy rains hit ThailandA fresh bout of heavy rain has caused severe flooding and left one person dead in Thailand… 01/01/12 18:37 CET
Japanese cult fugitive surrendersA former member of a Japanese doomsday cult that staged deadly nerve gas attacks on the Tokyo… 01/01/12 16:39 CET
UK’s Prince Philip makes first appearance after operationThe husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has made his first public appearance after a health scare… 01/01/12 16:39 CET
Iran claims nuclear fuel successIran says it has successfully produced and tested fuel rods for use in its nuclear power plants in… 01/01/12 16:39 CET
Deadly fireworks mar Italy’s New Year festivitiesTwo men have been killed and nearly 600 other people have been hurt as Italians celebrated the New… 01/01/12 16:39 CET
Greece starts new year in downbeat moodAs January 1st arrived, they let off fireworks over Athens, but there is little for Greece to… 01/01/12 16:39 CET
Strike halts Portugal’s trainsThere were hardly any trains running in Portugal on Sunday because drivers went on strike in… 01/01/12 13:35 CET
Cairo gathering to remember Arab Spring ‘martyrs’Pro-democracy protesters have held a candlelight vigil in Cairo’s Tahrir Square in memory of those… 01/01/12 12:29 CET
What did you think of New Year? Rubbish!In cities around the world, after ringing in the old and ringing in the new, it was time to clear… 01/01/12 12:29 CET
New Year arrives in the AmericasEvery year for a century, a five metre light-studded crystal ball has descended above revellers in… 01/01/12 09:44 CET
Tokyo rocked by New Year’s Day earthquakeA strong earthquake jolted eastern Japan on the first day of the new year. There were no immediate… 01/01/12 09:44 CET
Nigeria: 50 dead as emergency declaredNigeria announced a state of emergency in the northeast of the country on Saturday, as at least 50… 01/01/12 09:44 CET
Denmark begins six month EU presidencyThey may be celebrating the start of 2012 in Copenhagen but as Denmark begins its six-month… 01/01/12 09:44 CET
Revellers in European cities ring in 20122012 began with the UK pulling out all the stops to encourage the world to visit London this… 01/01/12 09:44 CET
Ultra-orthodox Jews march over media backlashThousands of ultra-orthodox Jews protested in Jerusalem on Saturday in a growing dispute with… 01/01/12 02:53 CET
