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Another bus accident on a highway in FujiokaAccording to Kyodo News Agency, the bus carrying holiday makers heading for Tokyo Disneyland… 29/04/12 11:21 CET
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French journalist missing in ColombiaA French journalist is missing after being injured in a shoot-out between Colombian security forces… 29/04/12 23:03 CET
France: presidential campaign intensifiesWith just a week to go before the vote that decides who will be the next president of France, both… 29/04/12 21:55 CET
Syria: UN monitor chief calls for help and cooperationThe Head of the UN ceasefire observers has arrived in Damascus. Norwegian Major General Robert… 29/04/12 18:13 CET
Residential rooftop missile base to protect London OlympicsResidents of an upmarket apartment complex are up in arms after being informed that the army plans… 29/04/12 17:03 CET
Kidnapped UK aid worker killed in PakistanThe body of a British aid worker kidnapped in Pakistan in January has been found. Sixty year old… 29/04/12 16:33 CET
High winds hit central and eastern FranceFrance has been hit hard by violent winds some as strong as 150km/h with nine of the country’s 95… 29/04/12 15:43 CET
Health and education cuts prompt protests across SpainDemonstrations have taken place in more than 50 towns and cities across Spain, as people vented… 29/04/12 15:13 CET
Nigeria: 15 shot in Kano universityFifteen people have been killed in an attack on a lecture theatre used by Christian worshippers in… 29/04/12 13:53 CET
Grenade attack kills worshipper in Kenyan churchA church in the Kenyan capital Nairobi has come under grenade attack. One worshipper died with 10… 29/04/12 13:03 CET
UN boss endorses reformist MyanmarUN Secretary General Ban ki-Moon has arrived in Yangon to endorse Myanmar’s rehabilitation back… 29/04/12 12:03 CET
Wit on the menu at White House bashRunning the United States is a serious business, still President Barack Obama allowed his wit to… 29/04/12 10:43 CET
Fears over Heathrow delays in run-up to OlympicsLong delays at Heathrow Airport are causing concern just three months before London hosts the… 29/04/12 09:15 CET
One dead, 100 hurt in US beer tent collapseHigh winds have brought down a beer tent in the US state of Missouri, killing one person and… 29/04/12 09:14 CET
N.Ireland: Powerful bomb among two devices defusedMilitant Irish nationalists have been blamed for planting two bombs that have been defused in… 29/04/12 09:14 CET
French journalist taken captive by FARC rebelsFARC rebels in Colombia say they are holding a French journalist, captured during an attack on an… 29/04/12 08:23 CET
France: Gaddafi cash claims rock Sarkozy’s re-election bidClaims that Colonel Gaddafi agreed to finance the campaign that saw Nicolas Sarkozy become French… 29/04/12 03:03 CET
Cyclists demand safe roads in London, Edinburgh and RomeCyclists have converged on three European cities to demand better road safety for those in the… 29/04/12 01:53 CET
