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America prepares for Super Bowl XLVIA Super Bowl flag hangs from a balcony in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. Super Bowl… 02/02/13 12:40 CET
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Rajoy denies secret slush fund salarySpanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has denied that he and other senior members of the ruling… 02/02/13 22:45 CET
Joe Biden balms US-European relationsAs US President Barak Obama begins his second term his number two Joe Biden has been in Germany to… 02/02/13 19:04 CET
Hollande mobbed by grateful Timbutuku residentsFrancois Hollande has been hailed as a hero during his one-day visit to Mali. The French president… 02/02/13 18:21 CET
Russia remembers StalingradRussia has been commemorating the Battle of Stalingrad. For a few hours the city of Volgograd… 02/02/13 18:15 CET
Egyptian police beat naked man as opposition demands Mursi trialA video showing a group of Egyptian riot police beating a naked man with batons has fired outrage… 02/02/13 17:25 CET
‘It’s false’ Rajoy denies pocketting slush fund cashSpanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has denied that he and other senior members of the ruling… 02/02/13 15:05 CET
President Hollande arrives in Mali to back French troopsThe French President Francois Hollande has arrived in Mali on a one-day visit to support French… 02/02/13 12:06 CET
Twitter hit by hackersTwitter says 250,000 accounts have been hacked in a major security breach. Anonymous hackers gained… 02/02/13 11:42 CET
UNESCO pledges to rebuild Mali’s vandalised heritageThe United Nations has promised to help rebuild Mali’s cultural heritage destroyed by Islamist… 02/02/13 10:45 CET
Mexico refuses to speculate on cause of deadly blastMexico has government vowed to find out whether an explosion that killed 33 people at the… 02/02/13 09:05 CET
New York’s Grand Central station turns 100A much loved and revered part of New York City is celebrating its centenary. Grand Central… 02/02/13 05:25 CET
Mali prepares a hero’s welcome for HollandeThey are rolling out the red carpet for the French president in Mali. Francois Hollande is heading… 02/02/13 04:35 CET
Clinton says world is a safer place in farewell speechHillary Clinton has said an emotional goodbye to staff at the State Department before standing down… 02/02/13 02:45 CET
Death in Cairo after politicians renounce violenceA day after Egypt’s rival political groups renounced violence a man was shot dead in continuing… 02/02/13 01:45 CET
Moscow: No four-way talks on SyriaRussia has denied reports of planned four-way talks with the US, Syrian opposition and UN envoy… 02/02/13 00:56 CET
Putin leads Stalingrad anniversary memorialsRussia is remembering the battle of Stalingrad, 70 years after the Nazi army surrendered, turning… 02/02/13 00:04 CET
