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French ceremony honours slain war correspondents France
Hundreds of colleagues, friends and family paid tribute Thursday to the numerous journalists killed over the past year, including US reporter James Foley.
10 October 2014
MH17 victim found with oxygen mask: Dutch FM
One of the people on the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 shot down in Ukraine in July was found wearing an oxygen mask.
10 October 2014
Patrick Modiano of France wins Nobel Literature Prize
Patrick Modiano, a historical novelist haunted by France's painful experience of Nazi occupation and his own childhood wounds, won the Nobel Literature Prize.
09 October 2014
Visa free entrance may be extended till October 2015
Kazakhstani Tourism Association has suggested extending visa free entrance for 10 countries till October 2015.
09 October 2014
NATO waging 'war of extermination' against Russia: Castro
Cuba's former president Fidel Castro on Wednesday accused NATO of planning a "war of extermination" against Russia.
09 October 2014
UK's Oscar-tipped Cumberbatch toasts codebreaker Turing
British actor Benedict Cumberbatch said he hopes the film will be a worthy tribute to the wartime codebreaker persecuted for being gay.
09 October 2014
Poland keen to play fresh role in Ukraine crisis talks
Poland is keen to work with Germany and France in search of a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine crisis.
09 October 2014
IMF: World economy menaced by too much financial risk
The world economy needs more productive investment and less in speculative assets, which in many cases are now overvalued and pose big stability risks.
09 October 2014
More than 330 killed in Ukraine since truce: UN
More than 330 people have been killed in Ukraine since a fragile truce began a month ago, with five million people affected by continuing violence.
08 October 2014
France to go for plain cigarette packets in 2016
France will introduce plain cigarette packaging in 2016, Health Minister Marisol Touraine said.
08 October 2014
'Biopic' life stories headline London Film Festival
Biographical films are the toast of the 58th London Film Festival, which opens on Wednesday with "The Imitation Game".
08 October 2014
Russia probes McDonald's children charity
Russian prosecutors have launched a probe into a charitable fund run by the McDonald's restaurant chain, the organisation's director said.
08 October 2014
Charles Michel, Belgium's youngest PM for 174 years
Belgium's Charles Michel, who became prime minister, is a 38-year-old French-speaking liberal who is now one of the youngest leaders in Europe.
08 October 2014
Quincy Jones honoured with top French award
American record producer and musician Quincy Jones was bestowed with the Order of Arts and Letters, one of France's top cultural honours.
07 October 2014
Spain newspaper El Pais launches site in Catalan
Spain's top-selling newspaper El Pais launched an online edition in Catalan.
07 October 2014
Russian 'bear' needs firmness and tact, says EU's Mogherini
The European Union's incoming foreign affairs head Federica Mogherini said that the Russian "bear" needed to be handled with a mixture of firmness and tact.
07 October 2014
Femen protest at Paris' Moulin Rouge nightclub
Two members of the Femen feminist movement staged a bare-breasted protest on the roof of the Moulin Rouge cabaret in Paris.
07 October 2014
UK police find suspect's body in hunt for schoolgirl's killer
A body found in a London woodland is that of the Latvian prime suspect in the murder of schoolgirl Alice Gross.
07 October 2014
Pope accepts 'unfaithful' British bishop's resignation
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a British bishop who stood down after admitting to an affair with a woman.
07 October 2014
Trio win Nobel medicine prize for brain's 'GPS'
British-American researcher John O'Keefe won the Nobel Medicine Prize with May-Britt and Edvard Moser, for discovering an "inner GPS" that helps the brain navigate.
07 October 2014