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French minister apologises for calling state dinner 'revolting' An embarrassed French minister has apologised to the head chef at the Elysee Palace after she was caught on camera describing the food at a China-France state dinner as "revolting".
29 March 2014
Paolo Cipriani. Photo courtesy of altroquotidiano.it Two ex-Vatican bank chiefs face money laundering trial Italian prosecutors on Friday said two former top executives at the Vatican bank will go on trial for money laundering, while the bank's ex-chairman was declared innocent.
29 March 2014
Victorino Chua. Photo courtesy of manchestereveningnews.co.uk Nurse charged over UK hospital poisoning deaths A male nurse has been charged with the murder of three patients who were poisoned with contaminated medical products at a British hospital, police said.
29 March 2014
©Reuters/Mark Blinch Nigeria arrests two Britons over 'oil theft plot' Two British nationals were among 14 people arrested on suspicion of attempted bribery in connection with an alleged plot to steal oil from a pipeline, Nigeria said.
29 March 2014
First gay marriages take place in England and Wales Gay couples across England and Wales said "I do" on Friday night as a law authorising same-sex marriage came into effect at midnight, the final stage in a long fight for equality.
29 March 2014
Jeweller Graff unveils $55-mn diamond-encrusted watch British jeweller Graff unveiled Thursday what it described as the "most valuable watch ever created" -- a timepiece replete with more than 110 carats of diamonds costing $55 million (40 million euros).
28 March 2014
Gennady Golovkin. Photo courtesy of vk.com/ggolovkin Boxing: Golovkin yields Best Eastern European Fighter title to Klitschko Kazakhstan's Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin has yielded the first place in the 10 Best Eastern European Fighters ranking to Ukrainian boxer Wladimir Klitschko.
28 March 2014
Tengrinews.kz file photo IMF bails out Ukraine as UN rejects Russia's Crimea annexation The IMF announced a $14-$18 billion bailout for Ukraine on Thursday as the UN General Assembly refused to recognise Russia's annexation of the Crimea peninsula.
28 March 2014
Smoking ban reduces pre-term births, childhood asthma Bans on smoking in public and the workplace led to a 10 percent drop in premature births and in emergency asthma treatment for children.
28 March 2014
©Reuters/Eric Gaillard Mimosa, French perfume-makers' secret ingredient Like miniature pompoms bursting with colour and fragrance, mimosa flowers turn the hills around France's perfume capital, Grasse, a golden yellow for a couple of fleeting weeks each year.
28 March 2014
A combination picture shows the Sydney Opera House before Earth Hour, and during Earth Hour. 
©Reuters/Daniel Munoz Earth Hour to tap crowdfunding for green campaigns Lights will go off in some 7,000 cities around the world for this weekend's Earth Hour event, which will aim to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for environmental projects worldwide.
27 March 2014
U.S. President Barack Obama arrives at Rome Airport. ©Reuters/Stefano Rellandini Obama meets Pope Francis, looks for Catholic boost Barack Obama will meet Pope Francis for the first time Thursday for talks on a shared agenda to fight inequality which the US President hopes will help boost support at home.
27 March 2014
Paul Royle. Photo courtesy of news.com.au Australian 'Great Escape' survivor still has vivid memories Australian Paul Royle, one of only two men alive from World War II's daring "Great Escape", says he still has vivid memories of the audacious prison breakout on its 70th anniversary.
27 March 2014
Ex-Libyan PM fears country will become terror base Former Libyan prime minister Ali Zeidan on Tuesday warned that Islamist groups were sabotaging attempts to rebuild his country in order that it become a haven for extremists, in an interview with Britain's newspaper The Times.
27 March 2014
The European Space Agency (ESA) logo. ©Reuters/Ralph Orlowski Comet-probing robot to wake from hibernation A fridge-sized robot lab hurtling through the Solar System aboard a European probe is about to wake from hibernation and prepare for the first-ever landing by a spacecraft on a comet.
26 March 2014
British Prince Harry is spotted (2nd right) at the Almaty's Shymbulak ski resort. Photo courtesy of east2west news Prince Harry and his girlfriend Cressida arrive in Almaty British Prince Harry has brought his girlfriend Cressida Bonas to Kazakhstan for some skiing.
26 March 2014
Obama in Brussels for EU-US summit President Barack Obama pays his first visit ever to European Union headquarters, cementing US-EU opposition to the takeover of Crimea after hitting out at Russian expansionism as a "sign of weakness".
26 March 2014
China-France set to tie up deals on Xi visit China and France are expected to sign scores of business deals on the first full day of President Xi Jinping's state visit Wednesday after he was wined and dined in the gastronomic capital of Lyon.
26 March 2014
Couples ready to tie the knot in UK's first gay marriages When the clock strikes midnight on Friday, gay and lesbian couples across England and Wales will begin exchanging vows as an historic law legalising same-sex marriage finally comes into force.
26 March 2014
Nazarbayev tulips. Photo courtesy of Twitter/RDaniyar Nazarbayev calls to form strong economic ties with Netherlands Nursultan Nazarbayev has participated in the meeting with members of the Kazakh-Dutch Friends of Kazakhstan in the Netherlands club.
25 March 2014

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