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Vettel sprays Button with champagneSecond placed Sebastian Vettel sprays champagne on winner Jenson Button during the podium ceremony… 18/03/12 11:22 CET
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President Gauck, from behind Iron Curtain to Germany’s centre stageJoachim Gauck, the 11th President of the Federal Republic of Germany, is the first to personify 70… 18/03/12 14:36 CET
Nobel Peace Prize laureate visits Syrian refugeesResidents of a tented refugee camp on Turkey’s border with Syria had a surprise visit from a Nobel… 18/03/12 22:34 CET
Muslims in Belgium hold unity rallyIn Belgium, more than 2000 people joined a “white march” on Sunday in memory of the Imam who died… 18/03/12 21:34 CET
Protests outside Russian TV channel spur dozens of arrestsDozens of protesters have been detained in Moscow after a rally in front of the headquarters of… 18/03/12 18:49 CET
Presidential election underway in Guinea BissauThe population of west Africa’s Guinea Bissau have been voting in presidential elections. Former… 18/03/12 18:49 CET
French working class rally for their presidential hopefulThousands of people have turned out to rally in support France’s far-left presidential candidate… 18/03/12 18:49 CET
Turkey police arrest protesters marking Kurdish New YearEarly celebrations for Kurdish New Year were broken up by police in Turkey, in a sign of the… 18/03/12 18:03 CET
Thousands file past body of Egypt’s Pope Shenouda IIIThousands of Christians have gathered at Cairo’s main cathedral to pay their final respects to Pope… 18/03/12 17:24 CET
Gauck has ‘unexpectedly found home’ as Germany presidentEast German former Lutheran pastor Joachim Gauck is Germany’s new president, after reluctantly… 18/03/12 16:43 CET
Car bomb kills three in Syria’s second cityA car bomb exploded in Syria’s second city Aleppo on Sunday, killing at least three people and… 18/03/12 16:04 CET
Gauck becomes new president of GermanyEast German former Lutheran pastor Joachim Gauck has been chosen to be the next president of… 18/03/12 15:03 CET
One man for the job: Greek FM sole candidate in socialist leadership bidLeadership elections for Greece’s socialist Pasok party were taking place on Sunday with just one… 18/03/12 14:44 CET
Finger-pointing after deadly Damascus bombingsIt remains unclear who carried out the double-bombing in Damascus on Saturday, but accusations… 18/03/12 12:33 CET
Al-Qaeda kills American teacher in YemenAn American working as a teacher in Yemen has been shot by al-Qaeda. He was killed in an attack… 18/03/12 11:03 CET
Alevi in Germany protest against Turkey’s ErdoganUp to 25,000 people gathered in Bochum in West Germany to protest against an award meant to be… 18/03/12 10:03 CET
Five dead on Lampedusa immigrant boatItalian coastguards have recovered five dead bodies from a fragile vessel carrying illegal… 18/03/12 09:01 CET
Belgrade demo to support Serbs in KosovoSeveral hundred ultra-nationalist Serbs rallied in Belgrade to give support to ethnic Serbs living… 18/03/12 09:00 CET
March against violence in FYR MacedoniaThousands of activists, celebrities and intellectuals have marched in the former Yugoslav republic… 18/03/12 09:00 CET
Egypt Christians and Muslims grieve for Pope ShenoudaCoptic Christians in Egypt are mourning the death of their patriarch, Pope Shenouda III. The… 18/03/12 08:33 CET
Italian tourists ‘abducted by Maoist rebels’ in IndiaTwo Italian tourists have reportedly been kidnapped by Maoist rebels in India. TV reports say they… 18/03/12 06:53 CET
Kate presents shamrocks as millions celebrate St Patrick’s DayAn estimated half a million people filled the streets of Dublin to celebrate St Patrick’s Day and… 18/03/12 05:33 CET
Syrian TV accuses Saudi Arabia over Damascus blastsAnalysts on Syrian state TV have accused Saudi Arabia and Qatar of bearing responsibility for… 18/03/12 04:03 CET
Hungary far right group ‘defied ban’ to re-formAbout a hundred new members of a Hungarian far-right group have been sworn in at a very public… 18/03/12 02:13 CET
Gauck favourite to be next Germany presidentA new German president will be sworn in on Sunday following the recent resignation of Christian… 18/03/12 00:33 CET
