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©Reuters/Beawiharta French motorists top league of unpaid fines in London Foreign motorists owe almost £2.8 million ($4.5 million, 3.3 million euros) in unpaid parking fines in central London.
29 September 2013
Hugh Jackman gets lifetime achievement award in Spain Australian actor Hugh Jackman, the star of "Wolverine" and "X-Men", received a lifetime achievement award on Friday at the San Sebastian film festival in northern Spain.
29 September 2013
Belgrade bans Gay Pride parade again Serbia on Friday banned Gay Pride for the third year running, saying the risk of allowing the parade to go ahead was too high.
28 September 2013
Romania gets 2 bn euro IMF standby aid The International Monetary Fund approved Friday a standby loan of nearly two billion euros ($2.7 billion) to match a backup loan of the same size requested from the EU.
28 September 2013
Spain denies accord to get Britain to leave Falklands Spain on Friday denied Argentina's claims that the two countries had clinched an agreement to get Britain to negotiate the future of the Falkland Islands and Gibraltar.
28 September 2013
Germany's Social Democrats agree to talks with Merkel Germany's Social Democrats said Friday they will begin talks with Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats, who are trying to put together a "grand coalition" with their election rivals.
28 September 2013
Downing Street cat Larry. Photo courtesy of wordpress.com British PM gets on 'purr-fectly' with Downing St cat British Prime Minister David Cameron's office denied Saturday that his family has no love for Larry, the Downing Street cat.
28 September 2013
New climate report an 'alarm clock moment': UN An imminent scientific summary on climate change will serve as an "alarm clock moment" for the world.
28 September 2013
Interpol launches global hunt for British 'White Widow' The British woman dubbed the "White Widow" was at the centre of a worldwide hunt on Friday after Interpol issued an international notice for her arrest in the wake of the Kenya shopping mall attack.
27 September 2013
Alma Shalabayeva and her daughter. Photo courtesy of uralskweek.kz Ablyazova unveils names of three Kazakh diplomats The complaint has been filed against Kazakhstan Ambassador to Italy Andrian Yelemessov, the Embassy’s political advisor Nurlan Khassen and the consul’s attaché Yerzhan Yessirkepov. The Ambassador is allegedly guilty of meeting his Italian colleagues, and the latter two diplomats of accompanying the deported woman and child on their way home.
27 September 2013
Ballerina brain holds secret to balance: study Years of training cause structural changes in a ballerina's brain that help her stay balanced in the pirouette, said a report Friday that may aid the treatment of chronic dizziness.
27 September 2013
Mukhtar Ablyazov. ©RIA Novosti French court postpones decision on Ablyazov's release motion French court has postponed its decision on the motion to release former chairman of BTA bank Mukhtar Ablyazov on bail.
27 September 2013
Climber finds treasure trove off Mont Blanc A French climber scaling a glacier off Mont Blanc got more than satisfaction for his efforts when he stumbled across a treasure trove of emeralds, rubies and sapphires.
27 September 2013
Venezuela arrests 22 in Air France cocaine bust Venezuela has arrested 22 people including eight military staff in a smuggling case in which 1.3 tons of cocaine were flown from Caracas to Paris on an Air France jet.
27 September 2013
Britain gives $160 million to Syria aid Britain on Wednesday gave an extra $160 million to help Syrian refugees as the European Union urged the UN Security Council to do more to ensure humanitarian access.
26 September 2013
Kazakhstan director Serik Aprymov. Personal archive photo Kazakhstan film left without awards at Venice Film Festival Bauyr (Little Brother) movie by Kazakhstan director Serik Aprymov won no awards at the 70th Venice Film Festival.
26 September 2013
PDL (People of Freedom party) members. ©Reuters/Alessandro Bianchi Berlusconi's party MPs threaten mass resignation if he is expelled Lawmakers from Silvio Berlusconi's party threatened late Wednesday to resign en bloc if a senate committee votes to oust the former prime minister from parliament over a tax fraud conviction.
26 September 2013
Court sentences French mother in prison child rape case to 20-yrs' jail A French mother who held down her four-year-old son while he was raped by his stepfather in a prison visiting room was sentenced Wednesday to a maximum 20 years in jail.
26 September 2013
Spain to stick to austerity path in 2014 budget Spain will stick to its path of austerity in 2014 with the government due to approve its draft budget for the year on Friday, subjecting pensioners and public workers to more cutbacks despite a slowly improving economy.
26 September 2013
Iran's new tone 'encouraging': Germany German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle welcomed a "new tone" from Tehran during a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday in New York.
26 September 2013

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