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Norway mass killer Breivik found sane, sentenced to prison
An Oslo court found Anders Behring Breivik guilty of "acts of terror" and sentenced him to 21 years in prison for his killing spree last year that left 77 people dead.
24 August 2012
Women directors take front row at Venice film festival
Hollywood veterans will brush shoulders with up and coming starlets and auteurs in Venice starting on Wednesday for the film festival in which women directors are set to take centre stage.
24 August 2012
The Sun to defy royal family to print Harry nude snaps
The Sun, Rupert Murdoch's popular British tabloid, on Friday published nude photographs of Prince Harry despite being asked not to by the royal family.
24 August 2012
Greek PM in crisis talks with Merkel
Greece's prime minister was expected to press for more time to make key reforms and spending cuts to keep his debt-wracked country in the eurozone at crisis talks Friday with Chancellor Angela Merkel.
24 August 2012
US, Britain warn Syria against chemical weapon threat
British Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Barack Obama warned they would be forced to consider a new course of action if Syria threatens to use chemical weapons on rebel fighters.
23 August 2012
Sane or not, Breivik's future is at Norway's Ila prison
Regardless of whether an Oslo court sentences him to prison or closed psychiatric care, Norwegian gunman is set to spend his days at a specially-adapted high-security prison.
23 August 2012
Newspapers warned over Prince Harry nude photos
The British royal family on Wednesday warned the country's newspapers not to publish nude photographs of Prince Harry cavorting with friends on holiday in Las Vegas.
23 August 2012
Billionaire George Soros invests in Man United
US billionaire George Soros has bought a stake in Manchester United, the British football club that made its Wall Street debut earlier this month, according to a filing with US regulators on Monday.
23 August 2012
Elton John fears son will face homophobia
Elton John believes his son Zachary's childhood is going to be "very difficult", battling homophobia and the impact of his father's fame, the pop icon said in an interview published Tuesday.
22 August 2012
Down's syndrome testing hits several European markets
A new prenatal test for Down's syndrome hit the market in Germany and several other European countries Monday, the manufacturer said, amid a controversy over whether it could lead to more abortions.
22 August 2012
Prison or mental ward: what Norway's Breivik can expect
Norway gunman Anders Behring Breivik faces either a long stay behind bars or in a psychiatric ward, with his theoretical chance of release depending on the verdict handed down on Friday.
21 August 2012
Berlin douses hopes of quick euro crisis fix
Germany on Monday dampened hopes for powerful action from the European Central Bank to fix the euro crisis and slapped down speculation of an immediate breakthrough on debt-wracked Greece.
21 August 2012
Home wifi could be used for emergency responders
Wireless routers for homes and offices could be knitted together to provide a communications system for emergency responders if the mobile phone network fails.
21 August 2012
Belarus leader fires foreign minister after Sweden row
Belarus strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko on Monday fired his foreign minister as part of a sweeping reshuffle that follows a diplomatic crisis in ties with Sweden after a pro-democracy stunt.
21 August 2012
New world record set at mobile-phone throwing contest
A Finnish teenager has smashed the world record -- and probably his phone -- in this year's annual mobile-phone throwing contest in Finland.
21 August 2012
German region to buy more Swiss tax cheat data
The German region of North Rhine-Westphalia will continue to buy data on people suspected of stashing assets in Swiss banks to avoid taxes, the state premier was quoted as saying on Sunday.
21 August 2012
Greek euro exit 'manageable' but expensive: ECB
A Greek exit from the eurozone would be "manageable" even if it would be expensive and result in higher unemployment.
20 August 2012
Holed-up Assange tells Obama to end WikiLeaks 'witchhunt'
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange urged President Barack Obama to end the US "witchhunt" against his whistleblowing website, speaking from Ecuador's London embassy.
20 August 2012
Italy's Monti warns against euro being EU 'break-up factor'
The euro must not become a "break-up factor" that pits northern Europe against crisis-choked nations in the south of the continent.
20 August 2012
Limbless Frenchman swims between US, Russian islands
Quadruple amputee Philippe Croizon swam between islands in the icy Bering Strait Friday to cross from America to Asia in the final part of a quest to link all continents.
19 August 2012
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