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Costa accident’s absurdityA stone’s throw from the Italian island of Giglio the cruise ship Costa Concordia lies with a great… 21/01/12 19:04 CET
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Volunteers clear rubbish along Algiers beachThis operation to clean up Tamenfoust beach, 20 km east of Algiers, was launched through Facebook… 21/01/12 14:25 CET
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Protesters storm Benghazi HQ of Libya’s new rulersProtesters have stormed the headquarters of Libya’s ruling National Transitional Council in… 21/01/12 23:53 CET
Troika back Portugal reforms as violence flaresViolence flared on the streets of Lisbon as members of the right-wing Portuguese nationalist party… 21/01/12 23:04 CET
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood confirmed as election winnersIn Egypt, it has been confirmed that the Muslim Brotherhood has won the biggest share of seats in… 21/01/12 21:53 CET
Senate vote sparks protests in ParisIn Paris Turkish people from across Europe protested against the French Senate’s plans to vote on… 21/01/12 18:53 CET
Rescuers find another body on doomed cruise shipA rescue team has found the body of a woman on board Italy’s capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship… 21/01/12 17:13 CET
Clashes in Zagreb on eve of Croatia EU voteCroatian police have clashed with nationalist protesters who tried to take down an EU flag on the… 21/01/12 17:03 CET
Blasts rock Nigeria as death toll risesTwo bomb blasts have rocked the southern state of Bayelsa in Nigeria damaging a bridge and… 21/01/12 16:23 CET
Ex Madagascar leader denied entry to countryMadagascar’s former president Marc Ravalomanana has failed in his attempt to return home after his… 21/01/12 15:34 CET
Another primary test for presidential hopefulsIn South Carolina polls opened in the primary which could determine the republican candidate to… 21/01/12 14:54 CET
German legal threat to stop Hitler memoir extractsA British publisher is controversially planning to publish excerpts of Hitler’s memoir “Mein Kampf“… 21/01/12 13:13 CET
Cruise liner search ‘will continue till no-one’s left’The search of the wreck of the Costa Concordia began again at dawn on Saturday, a week after the… 21/01/12 11:33 CET
Fears of oil spill amid plans to pump cruise linerEmergency teams are battling to prevent the Costa Concordia from causing major pollution in one of… 21/01/12 10:43 CET
Two-wheeled tourists saved from freezing in TurkeyTwo Spanish tourists on a round-the-world bike trip are recovering after almost freezing to death… 21/01/12 09:52 CET
Hostage’s body returned to UK embassy in IraqThe body of British security guard Alan McMenemy has been handed over to the UK’s embassy in… 21/01/12 09:52 CET
UK and Argentina in new war of words over FalklandsTensions are again mounting between Argentina and Britain over the Falkland Islands, in the run-up… 21/01/12 09:13 CET
Greek debt swap talks drag into the weekendGreece’s private creditors say a crucial deal to slash the country’s debt is coming together. But… 21/01/12 05:43 CET
Deadly blasts hit Nigeria’s second cityAt least seven people have been killed in a series of coordinated bombings and gun attacks in… 21/01/12 03:23 CET
Hoping against the odds, a week after cruise tragedyDebris from the stricken Costa Concordia has washed up on the Tuscan shore as a painful reminder… 21/01/12 00:54 CET
Pro-euro Finns lead ahead of presidential pollFree hot drinks appear to have given Finns a taste for Sauli Niinisto ahead of Saturday’s… 21/01/12 00:34 CET
