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Have a banana!The Monkey Buffet Festival is held in the Lopburi province, each last Sunday of November. More than… 25/11/12 12:42 CET
Sport
Schlierenzauer wins Lillehammer large hillAustrian Gregor Schlierenzauer claimed his first victory of the new ski jumping season on Sunday… 25/11/12 19:39 CET
Maze wins again in AspenSlovenia’s Tina Maze has shown the field a clean pair of heels at the women’s world cup giant… 25/11/12 08:55 CET
Freund jumps to victory in LillehammerThe skijumping season has opened in Lillehammer with the men’s event won by Germany’s Severin… 25/11/12 08:55 CET
Svindal takes Lake Louise DownhillThe Downhill skiing season is upon us with the world’s fastest unassisted men and women flinging… 25/11/12 08:55 CET
world news
Arafat body set to be exhumed on TuesdayThe body of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will be exhumed on Tuesday as part of a probe… 25/11/12 23:35 CET
Catalan election: Pro-independence parties winExit polls suggest current Catalan President Artur Más and his conservative Convergence and Union… 25/11/12 20:54 CET
Israel Likud party leadership primary hampered by technical problemsSevere computer problems have delayed results of an election within Israel’s right-wing Likud party… 25/11/12 19:06 CET
Britain battered by wind and rainAreas of southern Britain have been lashed by heavy rain and high winds. One woman was killed in… 25/11/12 18:33 CET
Pilgrims celebrate in IraqHundreds of thousands of Iraqi Shi’ite pilgrims filled the shrine city of Kerbala for the climax of… 25/11/12 18:33 CET
Chinese military shows off new jet and carrierChina has carried out its first successful landing of a fighter jet on its first aircraft carrier… 25/11/12 18:33 CET
Financial crisis steers Catalan regional voteSpain’s debt crisis – and how it has left thousands of the region’s homeowners underwater – has… 25/11/12 18:28 CET
Spain’s Catalonia region votes in fight for statehoodElections took place on Sunday in Spain’s Catalonia region with turnout believed to be at its… 25/11/12 16:32 CET
Italy centre-left set to choose new leaderThe parties that make up Italy’s centre-left alliance voted on Sunday to choose their candidate to… 25/11/12 15:16 CET
Protests in Egypt continueEgytian police used tear gas to disperse protestors in downtown Cairo once again today. The… 25/11/12 13:15 CET
Elections under way in CataloniaElections in Spain’s Catalonia region are under way since 9am CET and won’t close until 8pm… 25/11/12 11:35 CET
Support for German Pirates sinksThe leader of German political party “The Pirates” apologised to supporters at a conference in the… 25/11/12 10:15 CET
Greenpeace target fashion brands in fight against toxic chemicalsArmani, Levi’s and Zara are a few of the 20 fashion brands being accused of using toxic… 25/11/12 08:45 CET
Artifacts stolen from Ancient Olympia museum recoveredGreek police have recovered 70 bronze artifacts stolen from a museum in Ancient Olympia in… 25/11/12 08:45 CET
Asylum seekers protest against conditions in Austria centreComplaining about poor conditions in the centre where they live, about three hundred asylum seekers… 25/11/12 08:45 CET
Fire in Bangladesh kills dozensAt least 120 people were killed when a fire swept through a garment factory in Bangladesh early on… 25/11/12 08:25 CET
Mursi’s rule by decree decision still drawing angerWhat is being referred to as Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi’s ‘power grab’ is still causing… 25/11/12 05:26 CET
ETA may ‘disband’ if it can negotiate release of prisonersBasque separatist group ETA may disarm and disband, if able to successfully negotiate the release… 25/11/12 03:05 CET
Countdown to ballot that could lead to an independent CataloniaPolls show pro-independence parties are on track to win a majority in Catalonia’s regional election… 25/11/12 02:07 CET
Police evict environmentalists from Nantes airport siteFrench police have clashed with environmental protesters who had set up an encampment on land… 25/11/12 00:06 CET
