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Fight for the ball in LimaAndean women fight for the ball during a football match in Lima. Locals workers of a market have… 11/08/12 11:14 CET
Sport
Olympics Day 14: British sailors scoop silverOn day 14 of the London Olympics, Team GB had to settle for silver in the postponed men’s… 11/08/12 10:41 CET
world news
Bosnian boy killed by wartime landmineIn Bosnia, they have buried a six year old boy, a 21st century victim of a war that ended 17 years… 11/08/12 23:03 CET
Reps Romney and Ryan in race for White HouseThe republican presidential candidate in the US Mitt Romney has announced his running mate for the… 11/08/12 19:03 CET
Scores killed in Iran earthquakesAt least 87 people are now reported to have been killed when two earthquakes … 11/08/12 17:53 CET
US and Turkey ramp up pressure on Syria regimeThe United States and Turkey are considering the possibility of imposing no-fly zones over Syria… 11/08/12 17:35 CET
Syria: battle for Aleppo rages onThe battle for control of Syria’s largest city continues, with rebels claiming they have regained… 11/08/12 17:33 CET
Up, up and away in Bristol’s beautiful balloonsThere is a blast of hot air taking over the biggest city in the south west of England. The 34th… 11/08/12 15:23 CET
India: Fatal bus crashDozens of people have been killed after a bus crashed in India’s mountainous Himachal Pradesh… 11/08/12 13:13 CET
More NATO troops killed in AfghanistanThree more soldiers have been killed in a second attack against NATO troops in Afghanistan within a… 11/08/12 12:33 CET
EU to look at evictions and repatriations of Roma in FranceEchoing a similar situation as the one two years ago, the removal of Roma from French makeshift… 11/08/12 11:03 CET
EU enters row that pits bears against Belarus presidentIn its row with Belarus over a teddy bear air-drop, Sweden has won the backing of its EU partners… 11/08/12 10:13 CET
Thousands attend US funerals of Sikh shooting victimsThousands of mourners turned out in the US state of Wisconsin for the funerals of six worshippers… 11/08/12 09:27 CET
E.T.‘s special effects master Carlo Rambaldi diesThe Oscar-winning special effects artist best known for creating the extra-terrestrial character in… 11/08/12 09:27 CET
Romney chooses Paul Ryan as presidential running partnerRepublican US presidential candidate Mitt Romney has chosen Wisconsin representative Paul Ryan as… 11/08/12 09:06 CET
Mourning for Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting victimsUS President Barack Obama has remembered the victims of the Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting, whilst… 11/08/12 09:03 CET
China: politician’s wife ‘admits’ UK businessman murderChinese state media say the wife of a once-top politician has admitted murdering a British… 11/08/12 07:03 CET
Syria and Jordan armies in serious border clashThe Syrian conflict has spilled over the border into Jordan in the most serious clashes between the… 11/08/12 05:33 CET
Egypt: arrests as Mursi promises stability in SinaiThe Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi has promised people in Sinai that stability will be restored… 11/08/12 01:53 CET
Huge volcanic ‘raft’ found floating off New ZealandA floating volcanic ‘raft’ nearly the size of Belgium has been found drifting in the Pacific off… 11/08/12 00:27 CET
