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Five dead in Israeli bank robbery
A bank robbery in Israel ended with the deaths of five people today, including one of the hold-up men who apparently shot and killed himself when police launched a raid to free hostages. Police special forces surrounded the branch of Bank Hapoalim...
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Egypt says thwarts suicide attack on foreign embassy
Egyptian security forces thwarted an al-Qaeda-linked group’s plan to carry out a suicide attack on a foreign embassy and captured several militants, the Interior Minister said yesterday. Mohamed Ibrahim, speaking in a televised news conference,...
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Trade tower reaches symbolic height
The World Trade Centre’s rebirth in New York City has long revolved around creating symbolism on the site of tragedy: a 541-metre skyscraper that is a homage and a bold statement about looking forward. Now the new One World Trade Centre has reached...
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Hosni Mubarak back in court for a retrial
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was back in court yesterday for a retrial on charges of complicity in the murder of protesters, reopening a case that has shown the difficulty of transitional justice in post-revolutionary Egypt. Mubarak and...
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Centre-left in Italy picks ex-unionist as interim party leader
Italy’s centre-left Democratic Party (PD), reeling from infighting that forced the resignation of Pier Luigi Bersani last month, chose former trade union boss Guglielmo Epifani as party secretary yesterday. The party’s two most prominent leaders,...
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G7 to press on with bank reforms, gives Japan free pass
Group of Seven finance officials yesterday agreed to press on with measures to deal with failing banks and gave a green light to Japan’s efforts to galvanise its economy. British Chancellor George Osborne said the finance ministers and central...
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Migrant kills passer-by with pickaxe in Milan
An immigrant from Ghana went on a rampage with a pickaxe in Milan, killing a passer-by and wounding five others in an apparently random attack. Carabinieri paramilitary police in Milan said the attacker was taken into custody shortly after the...
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Rafsanjani’s last-minute entry transforms Iran race
Former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani threw himself into Iran’s election race yesterday as a flurry of heavyweight candidates rushed to beat the registration deadline in the most unpredictable contest for decades. Iranian media reported that...
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White House evacuated
Reporters and photographers were evacuated from the West Wing of the White House early yesterday because of smoke from a faulty piece of equipment. US Secret Service spokesman Max Milien says that at about 7am smoke was seen coming out of a...
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Couple killed
Austrian police say a couple from Romania were killed when they were hit by two vehicles as they attempted to cross one of the country’s main roads on foot. Police in Lower Austria province said the accident happened early Friday on the A1 autobahn...
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Iran quake
Iranian state TV says a strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake has jolted the south of the country, injuring at least 15 people. The report said the quake struck the Arabian Sea port town of Jask yesterday, damaging hundreds of homes. Even moderate quakes...
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Suicide truck
Iraqi officials said a suicide tanker truck packed with explosives blew up outside the home of an army intelligence officer, killing three people and wounding 18 others in the country’s north. Police officials said the blast damaged the house of...
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Rafsanjani enters Presidential race
Iran's powerful former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has entered the race for the June presidential election. Simultaneously, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's close confident Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei also signed up in the last minutes before...
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13 dead in border car bomb blasts
Two car bombs exploded in a Turkish town near the border with Syria today, killing at least 13 people and injuring 22 others, officials and media reports said. Interior minister Muammer Guler told private NTV television that the explosions hit the...
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Nine held in joint 'drugs' bust
Spanish police working with Britain's Serious Organised Crime Agency have arrested nine suspects in an investigation targeting criminals who allegedly smuggled drugs hidden inside industrial electrical transformers. The Interior Ministry said to...
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Man kills passer-by with pickaxe
An immigrant from Ghana went on a rampage with a pickaxe in Milan, killing a passer-by and wounding five others in an apparently random attack. Carabinieri paramilitary police in Milan said the attacker was taken into custody shortly after the...
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Rebuild massacre school, says town
Authorities in Newtown, Connecticut, say the district should tear down, then rebuild the primary school where 20 young children and six staff were gunned down. A task force of 28 town officials unanimously recommended the plan after residents...
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Spacewalk bid to fix station leak
Two astronauts will make a hastily-planned spacewalk to try to fix an ammonia leak in the International Space Station's power system. Officials emphasised that the six-member crew was not in danger. The leak in a cooling system was discovered on...
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Updated: Pakistan votes as 10 die in blasts
Defying the danger of militant attacks, Pakistanis streamed to the polls today for a historic vote pitting a former cricket star against a two-time prime minister and an unpopular incumbent. But bombings that killed ten people and wounded dozens...
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Spire rises in the ashes of Twin Towers in New York
Workers have hoisted the spire atop One World Trade Center, bringing it to its full height of 1,776 feet (541 meters), making it the tallest building in the Western hemisphere. The spire is topped with lights that will make it visible up to 50...
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Woman survives 17 days under rubble of factory
A young Bangladeshi woman who spent 17 days buried alive under a collapsed garments factory was rescued yesterday when astonished workmen heard a voice calling “save me, save me” from the rubble. Pale, drawn but seemingly unhurt, Reshma Begum was...
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