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Russia flexes military muscle on Victory Day Fighter jets screamed over Red Square and heavy tanks rumbled over its cobblestones Thursday as Russia flexed its military muscle on the anniversary of its costly victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.
10 May 2013
©REUTERS Britain mulling payouts for Kenyan Mau Mau victims: report Britain is negotiating to compensate thousands of Kenyans who claim they were severely mistreated by their colonial rulers during the 1950s Mau Mau uprising.
06 May 2013
Obama, ex-presidents praise 'resolute' Bush President Barack Obama lauded George W. Bush Thursday as resolute in the face of terrorism, putting ideology aside at the opening of a library which makes his predecessor's case for history.
26 April 2013
Spanish government in new bid to revive economy Spain's government, seeking to cut its deficit amidst a double-dip recession, is to unveil new measures Friday aimed at reviving the economy, a day after registering record unemployment.
26 April 2013
Bolivia sues Chile for access to Pacific Landlocked Bolivia sued neighboring Chile in the Hague on Wednesday as it pressed a longstanding claim to recover land lost in a 19th century war and thus regain access to the Pacific.
25 April 2013
Original Australians numbered 1,000-3,000: study Australia was first settled by between 1,000 and 3,000 humans around 50,000 years ago, but the population crashed during the Ice Age.
25 April 2013
©REUTERS Swedish Holocaust hero made honorary Australian Australia paid tribute on Monday to Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who saved thousands of Jews during World War II, by making him the country's first honorary citizen.
16 April 2013
Falklands War to pervade Thatcher's funeral For many of Margaret Thatcher's admirers, the war she fought with Argentina over the Falkland Islands was her finest moment -- and there will be many reminders of the brief.
15 April 2013
Group bids to halt Paris auction of Hopi tribal artifacts Tribal peoples' advocacy group Survival International said Tuesday it had filed a court action in Paris in an effort to halt the sale of sacred objects from Arizona's Hopi indians.
11 April 2013
Ancient mysteries revealed in Turkmen desert sands Over four millennia ago, the fortress town of Gonur-Tepe might have been a rare advanced civilisation before it was buried for centuries under the dust of the Kara Kum desert in remote western Turkmenistan.
06 April 2013
The knights compete in the Battlefield tournament-2012 in Pavlodar. Photo by Vladimir Bugayev© Kazakhstan knights to take part in international tournament in France first time Kazakhstan team will take part in the Battle of the Nations historical medieval battle in France for the first time.
01 April 2013
Rare British royal's signature up for auction in US A document signed by Britain's King Richard III will be auctioned in Los Angeles next week, two months after scientists found the ancient royal's remains under a modern-day car park.
29 March 2013
Spain's main parties hit by scandals, crisis Spain's two major political parties, the pillars of a democratic system re-born after the 1975 death of General Francisco Franco, face an historic crisis.
20 March 2013
70 years on, Greek survivor recalls 'red sky over Birkenau' Heinz Kounio was put aboard the first train to transfer Jews from the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki to the Auschwitz death camp on March 15, 1943.
19 March 2013
Anti-China protesters. ©REUTERS/Kham Vietnam anti-China activists mark island battle Activists in Hanoi chanted anti-China slogans and laid flowers Thursday at a protest marking the anniversary of a battle over the contested Spratly Islands in which 64 Vietnamese soldiers died.
15 March 2013
Photo courtesy of news.discovery.com Shipwreck find could be legendary 'sunstone' An oblong crystal found in the wreck of a 16th-century English warship is a sunstone, a near-mythical navigational aid said to have been used by Viking mariners.
07 March 2013
Russia divided on Stalin 60 years after his death Russia has marked the 60th anniversary of Joseph Stalin's death, with the nation divided on whether he was a tyrant who slaughtered millions or a saviour who created a superpower after World War II.
06 March 2013
World record price for rare Australian 'Holey Dollar' A private collector has paid a world record Aus$495,000 (US$508,000) for one of Australia's first coins, known as the "Holey Dollar".
06 March 2013
US Vice President Joe Biden. ©REUTERS/Tim Shaffer Biden marches with US civil rights leaders in Alabama Vice President Joe Biden marched with black civil rights leaders Sunday in Selma, Alabama to commemorate the "Bloody Sunday" beating of voting rights marchers 48 years ago.
04 March 2013
A history of couture in 100 dresses From Worth and Balenciaga to Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Dior and John Galliano, a landmark exhibition due to open in Paris on Saturday traces the history of haute couture through some of the most exquisite dresses ever made.
28 February 2013
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