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Ice festival opens in HarbinA horse carriage carrying tourists travels past ice sculptures ahead of the opening of the 13th… 26/12/11 10:47 CET
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Israeli police act against Haredi jewsIsraeli police and ultra-orthodox jews have clashed on the outskirts of Jerusalem after demands to… 26/12/11 22:34 CET
Turkey-Azerbaijan pipeline deal will bring gas to EuropeTurkey and Azerbaijan have signed a deal to build a pipeline to transport Azeri gas to Turkey and… 26/12/11 21:10 CET
Eastern European drug ring arrestsAuthorities have arrested 57 people across five Balkan states after targeting a drug smuggling… 26/12/11 21:02 CET
Israel war crimes question festersConsuelo Maldonado, euronews: Gilles Devers, you are the spokesman for a group of lawyers who, in… 26/12/11 20:58 CET
South Korea rescues Russia ship in AntarcticaAfter more than a week, help has arrived for the crew stranded aboard a Russian vessel in the… 26/12/11 20:54 CET
Gaza still struggles three years after offensiveFlowers are one of the few things Gazans can export. After four and half years of the Israeli… 26/12/11 20:21 CET
Asia remembers the tsunami, seven years onAt 9.40 in the morning of December 26, 2004 a tidal wave hit the beaches of Koh Racha. It had… 26/12/11 20:05 CET
Tributes paid to victims of the 2004 tsunamiIt is seven years since the Indian Ocean tsunami. Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa led… 26/12/11 19:23 CET
UK’s Boxing Day bargain huntShoppers in London were out in force for the traditional Boxing Day start of the sales, eager to… 26/12/11 19:13 CET
Guinea Bissau prime minister flees to embassy in army unrestA gunfight involving different factions of the army in Guinea Bissau reportedly forced the… 26/12/11 17:53 CET
Turkish Armenians march for Dink actionTwo hundred Turkish Armenians have demonstrated in Istanbul, accusing the government in Ankara of… 26/12/11 17:44 CET
Europe’s financial crisis: a Greek tragedyThe cradle of European civilisation, Greece in 2011 became a symbol of its fall. And for the… 26/12/11 17:29 CET
China jails dissident for 10 years for subversionChinese dissident Chen Xi has been jailed for ten years for subverting state power in what rights… 26/12/11 17:03 CET
Arab League moves forward with Syria monitors planArab League observers from roughly 10 nations in the region are due to arrive in Syria on Monday… 26/12/11 16:54 CET
“As an Egyptian, nothing could compare to the pride I felt”It was a strange feeling that I felt on January 25: it was a mixture of happiness – being an… 26/12/11 16:26 CET
More deadly attacks in Homs as monitors head to SyriaAnother crackdown on dissidents has left at least 20 people dead in the Syrian city of Homs… 26/12/11 16:03 CET
Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jews ‘harass’ 8-year-old girl over dressIsrael’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to curb harassment and discrimination after… 26/12/11 15:35 CET
Rétromachine : l’ordinateur mis à l’honneur par le Time MagazineLe *26 décembre 1982* pour la première fois en 50 ans, le premier objet inanimé a fait la une du… 26/12/11 15:32 CET
Plight of those who break one-child rule in ChinaHappy Chinese families in the country’s adverts have one thing in common – they all have just one… 26/12/11 15:04 CET
Music marks 550 years of Istanbul’s Grand BazaarIt has been dubbed the world’s oldest shopping mall. And to mark 550 years of the Grand Bazaar… 26/12/11 14:53 CET
Israel debates Armenian genocide claimsThe Knesset is debating whether to recognise Armenian claims of genocide in a move likely to… 26/12/11 12:43 CET
Anti-corruption campaigner wins Transdniestria presidencyPreliminary results from the presidential run-off in Moldova’s rebel Transdniestria region show a… 26/12/11 12:03 CET
Nigeria vows to bring Christmas bombers to justiceGoodluck Jonathan has paid his respects to the almost 40 victims of Nigeria’s Christmas Day church… 26/12/11 11:13 CET
US teen in seven mountain peak recordA 15-year-old American became the youngest person to climb the world’s seven highest mountains on… 26/12/11 09:54 CET
Imran Khan rally draws thousandsMore than 100,000 people turned out for a rally in support of former Pakistani cricketer-turned… 26/12/11 09:54 CET
Moldovan rebel region in presidential run-offThe second round of presidential elections in Moldova’s breakaway Transdniestria region took place… 26/12/11 09:54 CET
Six dead in Baghdad interior ministry suicide attackIraqi authorities say a car bomb in Baghdad has killed at least six people and wounded more than 30… 26/12/11 08:23 CET
Leaders condemn Nigeria bomb blastsEuropean leaders have condemned the multiple Christmas day bomb attacks in Nigeria that killed at… 26/12/11 05:54 CET
Libya moves to integrate militias into armyThousands of Libyans gave up their jobs and their normal lives this year to take up arms against… 26/12/11 05:03 CET
Russian activist jailed for 14th timeA prominent Russian opposition activist has been jailed for the 14th time in a year. Sergei… 26/12/11 04:05 CET
Failed Russian satellite parts land in SiberiaParts from Friday’s failed Russian satellite launch have landed on a remote Siberian village… 26/12/11 00:33 CET
