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Playing piano on the Great Wall in ChinaGerman pianist Stefan Aaron plays his orange piano on the Great Wall in Beijing. Before Beijing… 12/08/12 11:32 CET
Sport
London 2012 Day 15: Bolt does the double – tripleThe action-packed penultimate day of the Olympic Games saw new world records and upsets. Usain… 12/08/12 09:52 CET
world news
Egypt’s Morsi wields power against army top brassEgypt is starting a new week with a new military leadership after the country’s president Mohamed… 12/08/12 23:03 CET
Canary Islands in grip of wildfiresSpanish firefighters are still battling the worst outbreak of wildfires for ten years. Hardest hit… 12/08/12 21:43 CET
Egyptian president reshuffles army top brassEgypt’s president has replaced the country’s head of the armed forces and defence minister, Hussein… 12/08/12 18:33 CET
London’s Olympic last day to end with a partyAs the London 2012 Olympic Games wind down, organisers are gearing up for an enormous evening… 12/08/12 17:33 CET
Italy: Jobs at risk due to ILVA steel factory rowA legal dispute over whether Europe’s biggest steel plant has to close down whilst making… 12/08/12 17:32 CET
Cossacks march to Paris to celebrate Russia battle victoryTwenty-three Cossacks have set out on a two-month journey from Moscow to Paris to commemorate the… 12/08/12 17:25 CET
Six killed as Egypt moves against militants in SinaiThe crackdown on militants in northern Sinai continues, with Egyptian security claiming to have… 12/08/12 16:43 CET
Graphic video is claimed to show Syrian atrocitiesShocking video has emerged on social network websites purporting to show Syrian rebels throwing… 12/08/12 15:03 CET
Low-cost Italy airline Windjet near collapseThree hundred thousand passengers could be left stranded if Sicilian low-budget airline Windjet… 12/08/12 13:43 CET
Iran earthquake death toll expected to riseAfter the earthquakes in northwestern Iran rescue efforts are in full swing. Dozens of aftershocks… 12/08/12 11:53 CET
Appeals for calm after clashes at Mumbai Muslim rallyMore than 20 people have been arrested after violence erupted and two people died near the Mumbai… 12/08/12 10:50 CET
S.Korea-Japan islands dispute reaches London OlympicsJapan is seeking intervention from the International Court of Justice regarding the long-running… 12/08/12 09:45 CET
Smuggled cash seizures soar at Italy bordersItalian police say seizures of cash at airports and border checkpoints have soared this year. More… 12/08/12 09:12 CET
Al Qaeda ‘planned model plane attack’ on GibraltarSpain’s interior ministry has released a video it says shows a model plane packed with explosives… 12/08/12 09:12 CET
Rescuers comb flattened villages after Iran quakesThe extent of the damage from two powerful earthquakes to strike northwest Iran is becoming more… 12/08/12 05:44 CET
Republicans get the Ryan show on the roadMitt Romney’s running mate on the Republican ticket in the US presidential election race has… 12/08/12 04:13 CET
Syria regime claims heavy rebel losses in AleppoThe ongoing fighting in Syria’s largest city of Aleppo has brought claim and counter-claim about… 12/08/12 02:53 CET
Arab League meeting on Syria postponedThe Arab League has postponed a meeting of foreign ministers in Saudi Arabia to discuss Syria due… 12/08/12 01:13 CET
