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©REUTERS Rome diverts traffic to protect Colosseum The city of Rome from Saturday barred private vehicles from using the main road to the Colosseum in order to protect the iconic monument that has been blackened by pollution and is in a poor state.
05 August 2013
Legal tangles foil Slovak Jews' quest for Holocaust justice For Holocaust survivors and their families in Kosice, a once bustling town in eastern Slovakia turned wartime ghetto.
04 August 2013
Spain on wildfire alert, central blaze controlled Firefighters brought under control a major forest blaze in central Spain on Friday but the country remained on high alert for fires in the sweltering summer heat.
03 August 2013
Philippines acquiring French vessel for South China Sea The Philippines said Saturday it is purchasing a surplus French Navy vessel to boost its forces in the South China Sea where it has an ongoing territorial dispute with China.
03 August 2013
Merkel's coalition headed for election victory: poll German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and their coalition partners are set to win enough votes to again govern Europe's top economy after elections in seven weeks' time.
03 August 2013
Mukhtar Ablyazov. Tengrinews.kz file photo France wants till spring 2014 to decide on Ablyazov's extradition French court is not planing to decide on the possible extradition of Mukhtar Ablyazov any earlier than in spring 2014.
02 August 2013
Mukhtar Ablyazov. Photo by Yaroslav Radlovskiy© More details of Ablyazov's arrest and future plans The operation to arrest Mukhtar Ablyazov involved 3 investigators and 12 officers of French elite police and a helicopter.
02 August 2013
Mukhtar Ablyazov. Photo by Yaroslav Radlovskiy© Russia mulls requesting Ablyazov's extradition from France Russian authorities are preparing documents to request extradition of the former chairman of BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov recently arrested in France.
02 August 2013
Azamat Tenizbayev (L). Photo courtesy of the sportsman's personal page in VKontakte Details of Kazakhstan taekwondo champion's arrest in London unveiled 18-y.o. Kazakhstan taekwondo champion Azamat Tenizbayev is in pretrial detention pending a hearing on accusations of sexual harassment.
02 August 2013
Italy's Berlusconi loses final appeal in landmark case Italy's ex-leader Silvio Berlusconi has lost his final appeal against a tax fraud sentence in a ruling that jolted the political establishment on Friday but left the government in place for now.
02 August 2013
Tiny French village to become 'oasis' for ageing British gays Salleles-d'Aude is a picturesque village like so many in France, with vines, a tree-lined canal, a church... and soon, a "private oasis" for ageing British gay people -- reportedly a first in the country.
02 August 2013
©REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay Gene interplay helps to explain dengue's spread Complex genetic interaction between the mosquito and the virus that causes dengue fever lie at the spread of this dangerous disease.
02 August 2013
Mukhtar Ablyazov's daughter Madina (L), her husband Ilyas (2nd L) and Mukhtar Ablyazov's lawyer (R) after the court hearing. ©Reuters French court leaves Ablyazov under arrest pending extradition decision French court has decided to leave Mukhtar Ablyazov in custody until the decision on his extradition is made.
01 August 2013
Britain's Thatcher quashed Hague's early ambitions: archives An attempt to parachute British Foreign Secretary William Hague into an early political career was rejected as a "gimmick" by former prime minister Margaret Thatcher.
01 August 2013
Mukhtar Ablyazov. Photo by Yaroslav Radlovskiy© Kazakhstan's Ablyazov was tracked down by Israeli private detectives Kazakhstan General Prosecutor’s Office confirmed that the ex-banker of Kazakhstan's BTA bank Mukhtar Ablyazov was arrested in France yesterday.
01 August 2013
Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Italy Andrian Yelemessov. ©FAO News Kazakhstan Ambassador tells Italians about Ablyazov's crimes Kazakhstan Ambassador to Italy Andrian Yelemessov calls Mukhtar Ablyazov “a convicted criminal” in his article in Foreign Policy Journal.
01 August 2013
Lawmakers to grill Spain PM on corruption scandal Lawmakers will grill Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Thursday demanding he explain himself over a corruption scandal that has sparked calls for him to quit.
01 August 2013
After Higgs breakthrough, CERN readies for next cosmic quest A year ago, the world's largest particle collider made one of the greatest discoveries in the history of science, identifying what is believed to be the Higgs Boson -- the long-sought maker of mass.
01 August 2013
Mukhtar Ablyazov. Photo by Yaroslav Radlovskiy© New details of Ablyazov's arrest unveiled British Financial Times has published new details of yesterday's arrest of Mukhtar Ablyazov in France.
01 August 2013
Mukhtar Ablyazov. Photo courtesy of vesti.kz Ablyazov arrested by French special forces Ablyazov has been arrested in the south of France near Cannes by French special forces today.
31 July 2013

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