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Painted mural by the Union of Young Communists in HavanaA man rides his motorcycle past a freshly painted mural by the Union of Young Communists a day… 16/04/11 14:20 CET
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Egypt court dissolves former ruling partyAn Egyptian court has dissolved the political party of former president Hosni Mubarak. The… 16/04/11 22:44 CET
Syria’s Assad promises to lift emergency lawsSyria’s decades old state of emergency will be lifted by the end of next week. President Bashar… 16/04/11 20:09 CET
Libya denies cluster bombing allegationsThere is little, if any, doubt the rebel held Libyan city of Misrata has come under sustained… 16/04/11 18:03 CET
Cuba celebrates ending Bay of Pigs invasionCuba has put its military on show as part of the celebrations to mark 50 years since… 16/04/11 16:43 CET
Nigerians vote in key presidential electionIt is decision time for millions of Nigerians voting in Africa’s biggest presidential election… 16/04/11 16:14 CET
Serbian opposition rallies for early electionThousands of people have gathered in Belgrade for an anti-government rally. Serbia’s most… 16/04/11 14:23 CET
Libya: rebels say govt continues attack on MisrataIn Libya pro-Gadaffi forces have fired at least 100 rockets into the besieged city of Misrata… 16/04/11 13:13 CET
Nigerians choose their presidentVoting is underway in Nigeria, where the most populous African nation is choosing its president… 16/04/11 11:53 CET
Compaore fires government and army chiefBurkina Faso President Blaise Compaore has dissolved his government and named a new army chief… 16/04/11 11:12 CET
Wind of change set to ruffle Cuban communistsHalf a century after Cuban revolutionaries fought off an American attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro… 16/04/11 10:33 CET
Italian unions hail “landmark” decisionAn Italian court has found a top executive of the Thyssen-Krupp steelmaker guilty of murder, and… 16/04/11 10:29 CET
Chile to exhume Allende’s bodyIn a bid to end once and for all the mystery surrounding his death Chile has decided to exhume the… 16/04/11 10:29 CET
Morales gets taste of street protestsIt is day nine of nationwide protests in Bolivia against Evo Morales’s government, with roads… 16/04/11 10:29 CET
Syria: regime-change protests continueProtests in Syria against President Bashar al-Assad have shown no sign of letting up despite a… 16/04/11 09:03 CET
G20 claims major step forward with planIn order to avoid a repeat of the global financial crisis the G20 nations have decided to put the… 16/04/11 06:33 CET
Obama admits Libyan “stalemate”The Libyan rebels are reinforcing their western outpost of Misrata by sea as the battle for the… 16/04/11 03:43 CET
Nigeria votes for a new presidentNigerians vote for a new president today, a week after parliamentary elections, and 73 million… 16/04/11 02:03 CET
Gazans mourn for slain Italian activistGazans on Friday held a candlelit vigil for pro-Palestinian activist Vittorio Arrigoni killed by an… 16/04/11 01:13 CET
Algerian president offers constitutional reformThe Algerian president has addressed his people on television for the first time in three months… 16/04/11 00:23 CET
