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Heavy rains hamper Pakistan aid effortsMore heavy rain is hampering efforts to help the 15 million people hit by floods in Pakistan. The… 08/08/10 18:08 CET
Mudslide disaster strikes Tibetan region of ChinaOne hundred and twenty seven people are confirmed dead. Now troops and civilian volunteers are… 08/08/10 17:14 CET
Bodies of slain medics arrive in KabulThe bodies of eight medical workers slain by Taliban gunmen in northeast Afghanistan have arrived… 08/08/10 16:49 CET
Muscovites warned over toxic smogMuscovites have been warned to stay indoors and wear protective masks owing to the thick smog that… 08/08/10 16:36 CET
Medvedev makes surprise visit to AbkhaziaRussian President Dmitry Medvedev has made a surprise visit to Abkhazia: his first trip to the… 08/08/10 16:21 CET
Deadly flash floods sweep central EuropeEight people have died in flash floods sweeping central Europe. Four people drowned in the Czech… 08/08/10 13:04 CET
Scores die as mudslides swamp Tibetan areaNearly 100 people have been killed in mudslides triggered by heavy rain in north-west China. An… 08/08/10 11:34 CET
Giant ice-sheet breaks from Greenland glacierAn iceberg almost four times times the size of Manhattan island has broken off the Petermann… 08/08/10 10:44 CET
Chavez keen to restore ties with ColombiaVenezuela’s President Hugo Chavez is calling for face-to-face talks with with Colombia’s newly… 08/08/10 10:43 CET
Dozens feared dead in Basra blastsIt looks like dozens of people may have been killed in explosions at a busy market in the Iraqi… 08/08/10 08:48 CET
European roads jammed as summer break beginsEuropeans have taken to the roads at the start of the continent’s traditional month-long summer… 08/08/10 08:48 CET
Protests greet Pakistani president as rain worsens floodsAbout a hundred protesters shouted their opposition to the Pakistani president’s UK visit as he… 08/08/10 08:47 CET
‘Canal dug’ to protect nuclear site from firesRussian troops have reportedly dug a canal eight kilometres long to keep wildfires that have been… 08/08/10 08:47 CET
Fidel Castro warns of nuclear war in rare speechFormer Cuban President Fidel Castro has warned Barack Obama and other world leaders to avoid… 08/08/10 08:47 CET
Santos sworn in as Colombian presidentJuan Manuel Santos has been sworn in as Colombia’s new president, promising to continue his… 08/08/10 01:04 CET
