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Praying is a performanceA boy performs the weekly Friday prayers on a pavement fence during an anti-government rally in… 19/05/12 11:07 CET
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Jordan’s Syrian refugee dilemmaDaraa in Syria, where the uprising against President Bashar al Assad first erupted, is a short… 19/05/12 15:26 CET
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Madrid residents protest against metro price hikesHundreds of people have descended upon Madrid’s metro system to protest against a hike in the price… 19/05/12 23:53 CET
Protests over G8 leaders attitude to AfricaThere were protests in Maryland where the demonstrators anger was aimed at the G8 leaders who have… 19/05/12 23:15 CET
NATO summit opens as protests growNATO begins its 2-day summit in Chicago today, with representatives from 50 countries in all… 19/05/12 22:53 CET
Security in Afghanistan is priceless – NATO bossThe challenges facing NATO are arguably the biggest in the organisation’s 63-year history. It’s… 19/05/12 22:34 CET
Mafia fingered for Italian school attackThe southern Italian town of Brindisi is in shock after a bomb in a rubbish bin outside a school… 19/05/12 19:44 CET
Demonstrators march in FrankfurtIn Frankfurt, Germany’s financial capital at least 20,000 demonstrators took to the streets to… 19/05/12 18:44 CET
Chen gets his wish to go to AmericaThe Chinese authorities today allowed the quiet departure from a hospital in Beijing of human… 19/05/12 18:23 CET
US film Lawless is presented at CannesThere is an unusually high number of American productions at Cannes this year including Lawless… 19/05/12 17:56 CET
G8 united in approach to Iran says ObamaTalks have opened at the G8 summit at Camp David. High on the agenda is the crisis in the eurozone… 19/05/12 17:13 CET
UN warns al-Qaeda behind Syrian car bombingsHuman rights activists in Syria say another 19 people, most of them civilians, died on Saturday as… 19/05/12 16:55 CET
Italy school blast, police to probe mafia connectionItalian police say they’ll investigate a possible mafia connection to a bombing outside a girls‘… 19/05/12 16:54 CET
Home advantage in Champions League FinalOn home ground and hoping for a fifth triumph in Europe’s premier Cup competition, Bayern Munich… 19/05/12 15:38 CET
Chelsea fans revel in underdog statusThey are determined to paint Munich blue tonight. Chelsea fans have flocked to Germany to see their… 19/05/12 15:04 CET
Deadly bomb shocks southern Italian townMedical officials say the most seriously injured victim of a high school bomb in southern Italy is… 19/05/12 14:04 CET
Sean Penn in Cannes charity dinner for HaitiUS actor Sean Penn has held a fundraiser at the Cannes Film Festival to raise money for survivors… 19/05/12 12:53 CET
Deadly blast kills two at Italy high schoolAn explosion in front of a high school in southern Italy has killed two students and injured… 19/05/12 11:33 CET
Two dead, several students injured in Italy high school blastA bomb has gone off in front of a high school in southern Italy killing two students and injuring… 19/05/12 10:13 CET
Mali lawmakers grant amnesty for coup leadersMali’s parliament on Friday passed a law granting amnesty to the leaders of a March coup that… 19/05/12 09:18 CET
Icelandic jet makes safety landingAn Icelandair Boeing jet made a safety landing on Friday night shortly after taking off from… 19/05/12 09:18 CET
Quebec’s parliament passes tough protest lawQuebec’s provincial government has passed an emergency law aimed at quelling the longest student… 19/05/12 09:18 CET
Chinese dissident at Beijing airport heading for USBlind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng says he is at Beijing International Airport ready to leave… 19/05/12 09:13 CET
Nigeria mass wedding for divorcees denouncedRights activists have denounced a mass wedding in Nigeria where 100 couples were married at once… 19/05/12 08:44 CET
Obama pushes G8 leaders for growth pledgeUS President Barack Obama will use the G8 summit in Maryland on Saturday to push EU leaders to to… 19/05/12 05:13 CET
G8 looks to private sector for help fighting hungerThe leaders of the world’s industrial powers are calling on the private sector to help fight hunger… 19/05/12 03:23 CET
Spain revises 2011 budget deficitThe Spanish government has revised up its 2011 budget deficit. Madrid said last year’s annual… 19/05/12 00:44 CET
Facebook stock slightly up in first day of tradingFacebook’s trade debut generated more media attention than profit as it closed at $38.23 – up just… 19/05/12 00:44 CET
