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Football team ban sparks Port Said violenceMost residents in Port Said stayed at home on Saturday to avoid clashes between football fans and… 24/03/12 23:43 CET
St Petersburg protesters call for free and fair electionsAs many as 3,000 supporters of Russian opposition groups rallied in the streets of St Petersburg on… 24/03/12 23:04 CET
Protests as Canary Islands oil drilling gets go-aheadA group of Canary Islanders travelled to Spain’s capital on Saturday to denounce plans to drill for… 24/03/12 19:08 CET
Spanish police seize alleged people smuggling gangPolice in Spain have arrested 22 people, thought to be of Romanian origin, in connection with… 24/03/12 19:08 CET
Talks to free kidnapped Italian tourists on holdIn India, negotiations to secure the release of two Italian tourists have been suspended. Paolo… 24/03/12 19:08 CET
Tsunami “ghost boat” discovered off Canadian coastAn unmanned Japanese fishing vessel has been discovered drifting off the Canadian coast in what the… 24/03/12 19:08 CET
Teen shot dead as Egpyt football protests eruptA 13-year-old boy was shot dead in Egypt’s Port Said on Saturday during continuing protests over… 24/03/12 18:43 CET
Call for calm on eve of Senegal’s election run-offOfficials in Senegal have called for calm ahead of Sunday’s presidential run-off as incumbent… 24/03/12 18:04 CET
Pope skips Mexican capital on four day visitPope Benedict XVI has received a rapturous welcome at the start of his first official visit to… 24/03/12 16:54 CET
“I’m proud of Mohamed” boasts Toulouse killer’s brotherThe older brother of the Toulouse gunman who killed seven people said he was “proud” of Mohamed… 24/03/12 16:14 CET
Americans react to Staff Sgt. Bales murder chargesDebate continued to rage across America on Saturday over where the US soldier – who’s been charged… 24/03/12 15:03 CET
Toulouse gunman’s brother quizzed in ParisThe Toulouse gunman’s brother has been taken to Paris for further questioning by intelligence… 24/03/12 12:23 CET
Russian MPs ease restrictions on political partiesRussia’s lower house of parliament has passed a law that will make it easier to register political… 24/03/12 11:33 CET
Cameron calls last orders for ‘binge-drinking Britain’British Prime Minister David Cameron wants to call time on supermarkets selling cut-price alcohol… 24/03/12 10:03 CET
Russian banker gunned down in LondonA former Russian banker is being kept under armed guard in hospital being sprayed with bullets… 24/03/12 08:13 CET
Pope highlights ‘problem of drug trafficking’ in MexicoPope Benedict XVI’s plane was met by a cheering crowd of people as it touched down in for his first… 24/03/12 05:43 CET
Accusations fly over Toulouse gunman siegeFormer police chiefs and politicians traded accusations on Friday over the handling of the Toulouse… 24/03/12 03:04 CET
‘Israel loves Iran’: people power seeks to stop warIt started as an individual Facebook post – it has spread into a popular online campaign aimed at… 24/03/12 01:03 CET
African Union mission to hunt for rebel leader KonyThe African Union is to launch a new mission beginning this weekend to hunt Joseph Kony – the… 24/03/12 00:14 CET
Mali suspended from African Union after coupInternational condemnation continues to grow following the coup in Mali, with the African Union… 24/03/12 00:13 CET
Ukraine doctors say jailed Tymoshenko needs hospital careUkrainian doctors have said that jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko needs hospital care… 24/03/12 00:03 CET
