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Several dead, 550 injured in Argentina train crash
Several people were killed and 550 were injured when a crowded passenger train slammed into the buffers at a railway station today in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires, officials said. Many of those hurt in the rush-hour incident...
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Several dead, 550 injured in Argentina train crash
Several people were killed and 550 were injured when a crowded passenger train slammed into the buffers at a railway station today in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires, officials said. Many of those hurt in the rush-hour incident...
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Austria to hold off on ACTA ratification until EU decision
Austria will hold off on ratifying the controversial anti-online piracy treaty ACTA until the European parliament has ruled on it, the interior ministry said today. The announcement came after the European Commission said it had asked the...
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France drops mademoiselle status
Forget what you learned in French class about "madame" and "mademoiselle" - the French government now says women's marital status should not matter - at least when it comes to the country's far-reaching bureaucracy. A new circular from...
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Four more bodies found in cruise liner wreck
Four bodies have been located in the wreckage of the semi-submerged cruise liner Costa Concordia, the office of the official tasked with the clean up of the January 13 disaster said today. "Bodies of victims have been located. It seems...
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EU may suspend funds to Hungary over persisting deficit
The European Commission has proposed to suspend €495 million of Cohesion Fund to Hungary for 2013 over its failure to address excessive deficit "This unprecedented step...
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Germany urged to end castration
Germany is under pressure from the Council of Europe's anti-torture committee to do away with surgical castration of sex offenders. The use of castration to prevent convicted sex criminals reoffending is "quite rare", with fewer than...
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Rudd quits in leadership squabble with Australian PM
Australia's foreign minister has resigned amid an ongoing leadership squabble, saying he cannot continue in his role without the support of prime minister Julia Gillard. Foreign minister Kevin Rudd announced his resignation during an...
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We may strike first, Iran warns
A top Iranian general has warned that it will pre-emptively strike anyone who threatens it. The statement by General Mohammed Hejazi continues the defiant tone Tehran has taken in its confrontation with Western countries that claim it is...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Yemenis vote as Saleh rule comes to end
Yemeni voters ended President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s 33-year rule in a historic ballot yesterday, pinning hopes on a new leader faced with the massive task of rebuilding an impoverished and war-ravaged country. Polling stations...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
UN nuclear team ‘only having talks’
A United Nations team visiting Iran have no plans to inspect the country’s nuclear facilities but will only hold talks with officials in Teheran, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said yesterday. Ramin Mehmanparast said the...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Strauss-Kahn held in sex ring probe
French police detained former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn for questioning yesterday over allegations he took part in orgies in Paris and Washington with prostitutes paid for by businessmen. The 62-year-old former Socialist...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Drought summit is held as rivers run dry
Britain declared a drought in the southeast and warned that the rest of the country faced widespread water shortages this summer, with some supplies at their lowest for a quarter of a century. Despite the country’s reputation...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012 , by
Neil Sands
New fear in the city of tremors
Residents of Christchurch, an area ravaged by a giant earthquake a year ago, have been living on their nerves as constant aftershocks rip through the city. Many people are afraid that the next tremor could be another “big...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Titanic survivor slipped menu into handbag
A poignant reminder of the last lunch on board the Titanic is expected to fetch up to €120,000 when it goes under the hammer. A menu, dated April 14, 1912, shows the luxury food offered to first-class passengers on the last day on...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Nobel prize winner Dulbecco dies at 97
Nobel prize-winning Italian cancer doctor Renato Dulbecco, who did ground-breaking research on the links between tumours and genetic material, has died aged 97. Dr Dulbecco’s death in California was reported by the Italian...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Monaco prince hurt in bar brawl
The grandson of the late Princess Grace of Monaco has been treated in hospital after a brawl in a New York City nightclub. Prince Pierre Casiraghi, the son of Princess Caroline, was partying at a New York club on Saturday when he...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Back together... in the studio
Chris Brown and Rihanna are back together musically. For two songs featuring the singers have hit the internet. Mr Brown is singing on the remix of Rihanna’s track Birthday Cake and she is on the remix of his upbeat tune Turn...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
World briefs
Simon Cowell yesterday admitted he could keep working for at least another decade. The 52-year-old television producer spends time on both sides of the Atlantic and has demonstrated little appetite for slowing down. When asked if he...
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Crowds flock to see Mona Lisa copy
Crowds are gathering at Madrid's Prado Museum to view a copy of the Mona Lisa for the first time since a restoration revealed it was almost certainly painted by one of Leonardo da Vinci's apprentices as he worked on the original. The...
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Libya: Scores killed in tribal clashes
A Red Crescent worker has claimed more than 50 civilians have been killed in the past 24 hours in tribal warfare in southern Libya. Moussa Bazama, an ambulance worker, says rockets, mortars and gunfire rocked residential areas in the...
