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Beijing: Japanese embassy under protest pressureRiot police use shields as they guard the entrance to the Japanese embassy during a protest in… 15/09/12 13:00 CET
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Anger on the streets of Portugal over tax hikesAge was no barrier as hundreds of thousands swarmed through the streets of Lisbon. The anti… 15/09/12 23:44 CET
Anti-Putin protests re-start on Russian streetsRussia’s opposition movement took its anti-President Putin message to the streets again after a… 15/09/12 23:15 CET
Pope calls for religious harmony in Middle EastPope Benedict XVI has urged young Lebanese Christians to be a model of religious peace for the… 15/09/12 22:44 CET
Yalta 2012: All Ukraine Needs is LoveWhile global issues, chiefly the economy and innovation, were the focus of Day One of the Yalta… 15/09/12 19:50 CET
Mexico saddles-up for Horseman DayHundreds of Mexican cowboys and cowgirls have been celebrating the country’s National Horseman Day… 15/09/12 19:23 CET
Danish toy bricks build into Asian marketThe Danish toy giant Lego has opened its first theme park in Asia with a launch that is part of a… 15/09/12 19:23 CET
Chinese protesters target Japan in island rowThousands of Chinese protesters staged anti-Japanese demonstrations in several cities in an… 15/09/12 19:23 CET
Spanish unions demand austerity referendumTens of thousands of Spanish workers have converged on Madrid from all parts of the country and… 15/09/12 18:15 CET
al-Qaeda: US ambassador is vengeance for al-LibiAl-Qaeda has said the death of its second-in-command, Abu Yahya al-Libi has been avenged by the… 15/09/12 17:53 CET
Brahimi warns of global risk from Syrian conflictThe international mediator Lakhdar Brahimi has had talks with Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad and… 15/09/12 16:05 CET
South African police enter miners’ campsSouth African police used tear gas and rubber bullets when they moved into miners’ hostels in… 15/09/12 16:03 CET
Russian opposition resumes major demonstrationsThousands of protesters are marching through the centre of Moscow in the first major demonstration… 15/09/12 14:43 CET
Pope calls for tolerance and peace in LebanonOn the second day of his three-day visit to Lebanon, the first there by the head of the Catholic… 15/09/12 13:33 CET
South African police seize miner’s weaponsAfter South African miners rejected yesterday’s offer by employer Lonmin to go back to work, on… 15/09/12 11:23 CET
Xi Jinping returns to public eyeQuelling rumours about his health, China’s apparent leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping has visited… 15/09/12 10:24 CET
More deaths as Muslim film protests go globalThe revulsion in the Muslim world for a controversial film about Mohammed has now gone global, with… 15/09/12 09:34 CET
One dead as Cairo protests enter fourth dayOne protestor has died and an estimated 27 injured sources say as anti-US protests raged on the… 15/09/12 05:53 CET
Prince Harry unhurt in deadly attack on Camp BastionAt least two U.S. Marines have been killed and several wounded officials have said in an attack on… 15/09/12 04:14 CET
Stop arms to Syria says PopeThe bells rung out across Beirut to welcome the Pope at the start of his three-day visit to the… 15/09/12 02:43 CET
Ukraine president believes election could seal EU dealOn home ground and hosting the Yalta Yes Forum the president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovich looked… 15/09/12 01:44 CET
Day of demos due in Spain and Portugal over further budget cutsHundreds of thousands of Spaniards from all walks of life are to due to gather in the capital… 15/09/12 01:03 CET
