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Lebanon: Spillover of violence from Syria

Anti-government fighters in Syria are continuing to clash with the army in the border town of Al Qusair. It is some of the fiercest fighting seen in months in the country's two year old civil war, which is now said to have cost over 80,000 lives. Government air strikes and…

EU leaders discuss clampdown on corporate tax avoidance

Aggressive tax avoidance by large corporations was under scrutiny at Wednesday's EU Summit in…

Iran: Ahmadinejad challenges ally Mashaei’s election…

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is challenging the ban of close aide Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei…

Third night of rioting hits Stockholm suburbs

Youths set fire to cars and buildings as rioting continued for a third night in the suburbs of Stockholm. Violence was reported in a number of areas.Emergency workers were also pelted with…