Syria town under heavy army shelling
Sat, 25 May 2013 13:27:39 GMT
Rebel positions in Qusair in western Syria come under heavy shelling as government troops step up their offensive to recapture the strategic town.
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Pakistan bus fire kills 16 children
Sat, 25 May 2013 11:07:22 GMT
At least 16 children and a teacher are killed in a fire on their school bus in the eastern Pakistan of Gujrat, police say.
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Murder sparks anti-Muslim backlash
Sat, 25 May 2013 11:29:39 GMT
There has been a huge increase in anti-Muslim incidents since the murder of a British soldier in London, an inter-faith charity says.
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'Black widow' bombing in Russia
Sat, 25 May 2013 11:05:22 GMT
A suicide bomber has blown herself up close to an interior ministry building in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan, officials say.
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French army in major Mali pullout
Sat, 25 May 2013 11:33:03 GMT
France begins a key stage of its military withdrawal from Mali, four months after sending troops to push Islamist rebels out of the north.
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'Mafia martyr' Puglisi beatified
Sat, 25 May 2013 10:04:22 GMT
More than 50,000 people attend the beatification in Sicily of Don Giuseppe Puglisi, a Roman Catholic priest murdered by the mafia in 1993.
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Swedish riots spread beyond capital
Sat, 25 May 2013 07:08:00 GMT
Cars and buildings are torched for a sixth night in Stockholm despite extra police being deployed, as rioting spreads to at least two other towns.
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Deaths in Philippines militant clash
Sat, 25 May 2013 13:19:28 GMT
At least seven marines and five militants are killed as troops tackle Abu Sayyaf militants in the southern Philippines, the military says.
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Dancer 'lied' in Berlusconi sex case
Fri, 24 May 2013 19:38:55 GMT
A dancer alleged to have had paid sex as a minor with Italy's ex-PM Silvio Berlusconi tells a court she lied to investigators in 2010.
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Africa marks 'great leap forward'
Sat, 25 May 2013 09:40:31 GMT
Ethiopia's prime minister opens a ceremony of Africa's 54 leaders celebrating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Organisation of African Unity.
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Author investigated for 'clown' jibe
Fri, 24 May 2013 22:28:54 GMT
Portuguese author and journalist Miguel Sousa Tavares is being investigated for calling President Anibal Cavaco Silva "a clown" in an interview.
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Police probe fatal tiger attack
Sat, 25 May 2013 10:03:44 GMT
A woman attacked by a tiger at the Cumbria wildlife park where she worked dies of her injuries.
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Lantern record sought in Philippines
Sat, 25 May 2013 11:00:26 GMT
Thousands of paper lanterns light up the night sky in the Philippines in an attempt to set a new world record.
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VIDEO: Cheese-maker warned over hill roll
Sat, 25 May 2013 07:36:30 GMT
The woman who has supplied the wheel of cheese for Gloucester's famous annual cheese-rolling event has been told by police she may be liable for legal action.
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VIDEO: Zoo worker dies after tiger attack
Sat, 25 May 2013 07:30:14 GMT
A zoo keeper has died after being attacked by a Sumatran tiger in the big cat enclosure at South Lakes Wild Animal Park in Cumbria.
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