Italy’s Prime Minister-designate Mario Monti hopes to form a new government that could take the country through until the scheduled 2013

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EU foreign ministers gathered in Brussels to add their weight to the growing international pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime

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Syria’s instability defies estimates of how many still stand behind President Assad, but this was a weekend demonstration by his supporters. The

The Greek parliament has begun debating the new coalition government’s policies ahead of a confidence vote on Wednesday. It should determine

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US actress Meryl Streep has visited London’s Westminster to promote her new film ‘The Iron Lady’. The movie is a biopic of former British prime

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Soccer Spanish legend, Guti has quit Turkish club Besiktas. The club has refused to comment though it is understood his contract was terminated after

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The German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called Europe’s debt crisis the continent’s “toughest hour since World War II.” She was addressing the

With international pressure mounting on Syria following its suspension from the Arab League, EU foreign ministers have gathered in Brussels to thrash

The anti-Muslim militant who confessed to slaughtering 77 people in Oslo in July appeared before a judge in the Norwegian capital on Monday. It was

Three French aid workers freed after being held hostage in Yemen for five months have returned to France. They had been kidnapped in the southern

Each year Sydney’s Pacific Coast is turned into a massive outdoor art gallery. Sculpture by the Sea, which stretches from Bondi Beach to Tamarama, is

Creators of Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep, the Oscar-winning studio Aardman has said Britain’s television animation industry is in

Iran’s Supreme Leader has attended the joint funerals of 17 soldiers killed in an explosion at a Revolutionary Guards arms depot. Among the dead

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The exhibition ‘Game Story’ traces the history of the video game from its humble beginnings in the 1970s; ‘Space Invaders’ and ‘Pacman’, to modern

Syria has condemned its suspension from the Arab League as a “dangerous step”. Foreign Minister Walid Al-Moualem attacked the organisation for

Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has attended the joint funerals of 17 soldiers killed in an explosion at a Revolutionary Guards arms

Japan’s economy has rebounded. It expanding by 1.5 percent in the third quarter and six percent year on year. It is recovering from a recession

In the three months to September Portugal’s economy shrank by 0.4 percent compared with the previous quarter. Portugal’s National Statistics

The level of the flood waters is falling in Bangkok after the deluge that submerged the country, leaving almost 540 people dead.

An explosion in a fast food restaurant caused by a liquefied petroleum gas leak killed seven people and injured 31 in Xi’an, China’s Shaanxi Province.

Italy’s new prime minister Mario Monti has begun assembling a team of non-political experts as he tries to put together a new government capable of