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Mayan festival to end after the world’s endA man takes part in a traditional spiritual ceremony during the Mayan Culture Festival in Merida… 16/12/12 11:05 CET
Sport
Maze wins fourth straight giant slalomSlovenia’s Tina Maze produced yet another flawless run to win her fourth straight World Cup giant… 16/12/12 18:17 CET
Ligety wins Alta Badia Giant SlalomAmerica’s Ted Ligety kept his composure to clinch the classic Italian giant slalom of Alta Badia on… 16/12/12 18:16 CET
world news
Amr Moussa: “If Egypt’s opposition is backed into another corner, our reaction will be tougher”With the Egyptian opposition planning a big march on Tuesday to protest at the constitutional… 16/12/12 23:17 CET
Abe takes the LDP back to power in JapanJapan’s Liberal Democrat party, which was all-but destroyed at the polls only three years ago after… 16/12/12 18:57 CET
Amid fraud claims, Brotherhood claims Egyptian referendum victoryJumping the gun, Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood claims it garnered 56.5% of Saturday’s vote on the… 16/12/12 17:46 CET
Connecticut police push for more clues about killer’s motivesA fuller picture is starting to emerge of the horror of Friday’s school shooting massacre in… 16/12/12 17:36 CET
Depardieu hits back at French PM over exileActor Gerard Depardieu has launched a bitter attack against the French prime minister over claims… 16/12/12 16:16 CET
Syrian planes hit Yarmouk mosque killing dozensAt least 25 people have been killed in the Yarmouk refugee camp in southern Damascus. Syrian… 16/12/12 15:45 CET
Syrian planes attack mosque in Yarmouk campFor the first time in the Syrian conflict the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk in southern… 16/12/12 14:06 CET
Sandy Hook massacre renews gun control debateAnother American shooting rampage and another round of questions over the country’s gun control… 16/12/12 12:46 CET
Obama to visit Newtown as locals share griefWith President Obama preparing to visit Newtown for a private vigil, scores of people from… 16/12/12 11:35 CET
Anti-austerity march in PortugalThousands of demonstrators have marched through the Portugese capital Lisbon to protest about the… 16/12/12 09:16 CET
Audacious attack by Taliban on Pakistan airportIn Pakistan, nine people have been killed in a car bomb attack by the Taliban on a military airport… 16/12/12 09:16 CET
Athens anti-racist rallyHundreds of protesters from across Europe held a rally on Saturday to demonstrate against racist… 16/12/12 09:16 CET
Illness forces Hillary Clinton to cancel appointmentsUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has suffered a concussion after collapsing due to… 16/12/12 09:16 CET
Japan’s opposition set for victory in general electionJapan’s Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is likely to quit after his Democratic Party was trounced in… 16/12/12 09:15 CET
Connecticut Medical Examiner – ‘The worst I’ve ever seen’More details are continuing to emerge about the mass shooting that took place on Friday at a school… 16/12/12 04:55 CET
Violence hits Egyptian constitution voteAmidst ongoing violence in Egypt the first stage of a referendum on a new constitution has taken… 16/12/12 02:45 CET
