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City complain over racist tauntsPremier League side Manchester City have lodged an official complaint with European football’s… 18/02/12 11:13 CET
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Greek cabinet bets on Monday rescue packageGreece’s cabinet unanimously approved a final set of austerity measures on Saturday demanded by the… 18/02/12 23:33 CET
“Home going” service for a global superstarNew Hope Baptist Church on a street corner of a modest neighbourhood in Newark, New Jersey has been… 18/02/12 23:03 CET
Home going service for a global superstarNew Hope Baptist Church on a street corner of a modest neighbourhood in Newark, New Jersey has been… 18/02/12 19:13 CET
Pope creates new cardinalsPope Benedict XVI has created 22 new cardinals – his closest aides – at a ceremony in Rome’s St… 18/02/12 18:38 CET
Maghreb bloc meets for first time in 15 yearsForeign ministers from five countries that make up the Maghreb Union have gathered in Rabat for the… 18/02/12 18:38 CET
Bypass surgery for Japan’s EmperorJapan’s Emperor Akihito has had a successful heart bypass operation. The 78-year-old has been… 18/02/12 18:38 CET
Leaving Camp Ashraf for where?Four hundred members of the People’s Mujahideen Organisation of Iran have left Camp Ashraf. The… 18/02/12 18:23 CET
Chinese mission fails to stop Syrian bloodshedA Chinese diplomatic drive to end the bloodshed in Syria seems to have had little impact so far… 18/02/12 18:14 CET
Israel on alert over Iranian navy’s Med missionFor only the second time in 33 years Iranian warships have entered the Mediterranean, stoking… 18/02/12 16:44 CET
Next president should be like, “fish and chips”An over-sized caricature of former German President Christian Wulff proves he has gone, but has not… 18/02/12 15:03 CET
Moroccan charged with attempted Capitol Hill bombingA Moroccan man who was arrested near the Capitol building in Washington allegedly wearing what he… 18/02/12 13:13 CET
Referendum lays bare Latvia’s deep divisionsVoting is underway in a referendum in Latvia that has fuelled deep-seated linguistic and cultural… 18/02/12 11:43 CET
China sends envoy to Syria in new diplomacy driveCondemnation from the UN has done little to alter the course of events in Syria. The latest amateur… 18/02/12 10:33 CET
15 people die in severe floods across Peru.Heavy rains have caused severe floods across much of central and southern Peru. Tens of thousands… 18/02/12 09:40 CET
Whitney Houston to be laid to restThe funeral for American pop star Whitney Houston will take place later. A memorial service is… 18/02/12 09:40 CET
22 new Cardinals amid Vatican “power struggle”In a ceremony at the Vatican attended by Pope Benedict XVI 22 Roman Catholic bishops are to be… 18/02/12 09:40 CET
Rio in party mood as carnival gets goingTwo weeks of colourful and noisy mayhem are underway in Brazil with the opening the carnival. Rio… 18/02/12 09:03 CET
Kosovo tense on independence anniversaryEthnic Albanian families joined a convoy of floats travelling through the city of Mitrovica on… 18/02/12 05:34 CET
Clashes days before elections in SenegalAt least 10 people have been injured during clashes between police and protesters in Senegal’s… 18/02/12 04:04 CET
US police foil Washington bomb plotA Moroccan man has been arrested on terrorism charges after allegedly being caught wearing a vest… 18/02/12 02:23 CET
Voting begins early in Russia’s remote regionsPolling in Russia’s most hard-to-reach regions for presidential elections has begun early, ahead of… 18/02/12 01:13 CET
Latvia to vote in Russian language referendumLatvians will vote in a referendum later on Saturday on whether to make Russian the country’s… 18/02/12 00:23 CET
