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©REUTERS Austerity carnival mocks Italy's elections Carnival workers in central Italy dusted off their Silvio Berlusconi masks and put the finishing touches to an anti-austerity float.
31 January 2013
French troops at gates of last major city in northern Mali French troops were at the gates of the last major city in northern Mali still outside their control early Wednesday after their forces landed at the airport in Kidal.
31 January 2013
Portuguese footballer Manuel Curto. Photo courtesy of record.xl.pt Football: Kazakhstan's Taraz FC signes up ex-champion of Europe Kazakhstan's Taraz Football Club has signed a one-year contract with Portuguese Manuel Curto.
31 January 2013
Man will have smaller fish to fry, biologists warn As fish get smaller under Man's environmental impact, they become more exposed to predators, which means a crucial food source will become more endangered than thought.
31 January 2013
Germany commemorates 80 years since Hitler's rise to power Berlin on Wednesday commemorates Adolf Hitler's rise to power 80 years ago, with exhibitions exploring what Chancellor Angela Merkel has called Germany's "everlasting responsibility" for crimes committed by the Nazis.
31 January 2013
Mantel wins Costa award for 'Bring Up The Bodies' Hilary Mantel won Britain's Costa Book Award on Tuesday for her novel "Bring Up The Bodies", which has now done the double having claimed the Booker Prize.
31 January 2013
Dutch court rules in Nigerian farmers' suit against Shell A Dutch court will decide on Wednesday whether Shell should clean up oil damage that destroyed a group of Nigerian farmers' land, a case that could set a precedent for global environmental responsibility.
31 January 2013
Gates urges polio eradication by 2018 Microsoft founder Bill Gates said the battle to eradicate polio was one of the toughest the world has faced, but said it could be conquered by 2018.
31 January 2013
Photo courtesy of topnews.ae Philips returns to profit, sells entertainment business Electronics giant Philips on Tuesday reported 2012 net profits of 231 million euros (311 million dollars), after losses of 1.29 billion euros in 2011, and announced the sale of its entertainment business to focus further on health products.
31 January 2013
Home from Afghanistan, Prince Harry steps back into glare Britain's Prince Harry may be home safely from Afghanistan after five months as an army helicopter gunner -- but he has swapped the crackle of gunfire for the clicking of countless paparazzi cameras.
31 January 2013
EU expresses condolences to Kazakhstan over plane crash near Almaty Heads of the European Parliament, European Council and European Commission expressed condolences to Kazakhstan and the families of the victims of the plane crash.
30 January 2013
A flag of Azerbaijan No Azerbaijan citizens among victims of plane crash near Almaty Azerbaijan embassy in Kazakhstan denies that there was a citizen of Azerbaijan among the victims of the plane crash near Almaty.
30 January 2013
French, Malian troops patrol Timbuktu after hero's welcome French and Malian forces were patrolling Mali's fabled desert city of Timbuktu on Tuesday, after a hero's welcome following their lightning advance north.
30 January 2013
Piano legend Lang Lang puts faith in insight, creativity Chinese-born classical superstar Lang Lang believes that the struggling music industry must be creative to find the right mechanisms to drive the business forwards.
30 January 2013
African Union Chief Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. ©REUTERS International donor conference for war-torn Mali opens An international donor conference to drum up funds and troops to help the military operation against Islamist militants in Mali opened on Tuesday at the African Union headquarters in Ethiopia's capital.
30 January 2013
Rakhat Aliyev. Snapshot of the video from youtube.com German intelligence service interested in Rakhat Aliyev Angela Merkel said that information on Aliyev was part of a “successful” operation of German intelligence service and its publication would be deleterious to its source.
29 January 2013
Tallinn first EU capital to give residents free ticket to ride Tallinn is the first EU capital to offer its residents free public transport, and though the move aimed at driving down car pollution is proving popular, visitors feel let down and others are accusing City Hall of a campaign gimmick.
29 January 2013
Kazakhstan cyclist Alexandre Vinokourov. ©Yaroslav Radlovskiy Cycling: Alexandre Vinokourov had surgery in Paris Kazakhstan's Alexandre Vinokourov was operated to remove a metal frame from his hip.
28 January 2013
Bulgaria nuclear referendum set to fail A vote on whether to build a second nuclear power plant in Bulgaria, the EU member's first referendum since the end of communism in 1989, looked set to fail Sunday because of insufficient turnout.
28 January 2013
Outrage as Berlusconi praises Mussolini on Holocaust Day Italy's gaffe-prone former premier Silvio Berlusconi sparked outrage Sunday with remarks praising wartime dictator Benito Mussolini despite Il Duce's persecution of Jews and allowing thousands to be deported to Auschwitz.
28 January 2013

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