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PHOTO: Austrian skydiver broke sound barrier: spokeswoman Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner became the first man to break the sound barrier in a record-shattering freefall jump from the edge of space Sunday.

15 October 2012

Austrian daredevil to make new space jump bid An Austrian daredevil hopes to make a new record-breaking attempt Sunday to jump from the edge of space, days after his initial bid was aborted at the last minute due to gusting winds.

14 October 2012

Nobel for EU praised in European, not British, press European newspapers on Saturday praised the decision to award this year's Nobel Peace prize to the EU, with the notable exception of the British press, most of which poured scorn on the decision.

13 October 2012

Ten years on, Bali remembers bomb dead Hundreds of survivors and relatives of the dead on Friday paid tearful tributes to the 202 people killed in the Bali bombings 10 years ago, when Islamist extremists unleashed terror on partying tourists.

13 October 2012

Unemployment 30 mn higher than before crisis: ILO There are now 30 million more people without jobs around the world than before the global financial crisis began, the head of the International Labour Organization said.

12 October 2012

UN report warns of possible rise in child marriages The number of girls who marry before their 18th birthday could increase dramatically over the next two decades, a new UN report warned Thursday.

12 October 2012

Munro, Murakami and Roth among Nobel literature favourites With just hours to go before the Nobel Literature Prize laureate is announced in Stockholm, speculation has hit fever pitch with Canada's Alice Munro and Japan's Haruki Murakami often cited as possible winners.

11 October 2012

Freed Pussy Riot member vows more protests A member of the anti-Kremlin punk band Pussy Riot freed unexpectedly from prison on Wednesday vowed defiantly hours later that the group's protest actions would continue.

11 October 2012

Austrian space diver no stranger to danger Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian daredevil who had hoped to make history Tuesday with a jump from the edge of space, is no stranger to death-defying danger.

11 October 2012

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Time for a woman to win Nobel Literature Prize, say pundits Stockholm's literary circles are abuzz with speculation about this year's Nobel Literature Prize, and while it's notoriously difficult to predict the laureate, some experts are saying it's time for a woman.

10 October 2012

Gaga and Assange meet in London US pop star Lady Gaga has visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at London's Ecuadorian embassy, where he is currently seeking refuge.

10 October 2012

Pussy Riot, Panahi, Beliatsky on final Sakharov short list Russian punk band Pussy Riot, Iran's film-maker Jafar Panahi and rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, and Belarus dissident Ales Beliatsky were put on a final shortlist for the European Parliament's Sakharov rights priz.

10 October 2012

Imran Khan: from cricket star to political kingmaker? Imran Khan, Pakistan's cricket hero turned politician, failed to reach the tribal badlands on a much-hyped march but did succeed in lighting up the political stage once more.

10 October 2012

Don't forget us in Afghan transition, women plead Afghan women activists are urging the global community to ensure hard-won progress in Afghanistan in the past decade is not lost amid fears that as US and NATO-led troops leave they will be forgotten.

09 October 2012

Russia marks Putin's 60th birthday Putin turned 60 the official retirement age in the country he has dominated for the past 12 years, as critics snickered that his image of an energetic, young macho leader no longer corresponds with his age.

08 October 2012

A gender-neutral pronoun makes waves in Sweden Sweden's tradition of gender equality has famously put more mums in the workplace while rising numbers of dads stay at home.

08 October 2012

Wind delays Austrian's edge of space jump in US US organizers of an Austrian daredevil's record-breaking attempt to jump from the edge of space have delayed the mission by a day due to forecast wind, they said Friday.

07 October 2012

Tresses to treasure for Vietnamese hair trader Hailed as a hero in his native Vietnamese village, Do Van Thu has become rich and transformed the lives of hundreds of families through the sale of a precious and unorthodox crop -- hair.

06 October 2012

French fashion boss apologises over China gaffe The boss of French clothing firm Zadig & Voltaire has apologised for saying that Chinese tourists would not be welcome at an exclusive new hotel planned by the company in Paris.

06 October 2012