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Edinburgh welcomes Paralympic flameRosie Smith (2nd L) lights a London 2012 Paralympic Games cauldron during a ceremony in Edinburgh… 26/08/12 11:22 CET
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Russia’s biggest puzzle solved in SiberiaOrganisers say it is the biggest puzzle Russia has ever seen. A giant jigsaw has been put together… 26/08/12 23:03 CET
Syria activists claim 200 killed ‘execution style’Arab League chief Nabil El Araby has admitted the situation in Syria is going from bad to worse… 26/08/12 18:13 CET
Germany ‘infected by xenophobia’ 20 years after racist mob attackGermany’s President has warned against xenophobia, saying hate and violence against… 26/08/12 18:07 CET
Territorial row sparks protests in ChinaChinese protesters took to the streets on Sunday, to reassert their country’s claim to a… 26/08/12 18:07 CET
US astronaut Armstrong a hero “of all time”Neil Armstrong, who died on Saturday aged 82, will long be remembered as the first person to walk… 26/08/12 17:03 CET
Typhoon Bolaven slams into Japan islandTyphoon Bolaven has begun battering the Japanese island of Okinawa. With peak winds of up to 252… 26/08/12 15:54 CET
Venezuela: Probe ordered into deadly oil refinery blastVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez has ordered an investigation into what caused a huge explosion at… 26/08/12 15:53 CET
Tropical Storm Isaac sweeps towards Florida KeysThe approach of Tropical Storm Isaac has forced the US Republican party to delay discussions at its… 26/08/12 14:43 CET
Graffiti springs up on walls of Myanmar citiesGraffiti was unimaginable under Myanmar’s military dictators. But while contention remains over… 26/08/12 13:29 CET
Death of Neil Armstrong: Americans remember their national heroAmericans have been paying tribute to one of their space heroes following the death of astronaut… 26/08/12 12:04 CET
Tripoli mosque bulldozed by hardline IslamistsUltra-conservative Islamists are being blamed for the latest attack on a mosque in Libya. A shrine… 26/08/12 10:23 CET
Wildfires force Serbian officials to evacuate villagesSerbian authorities have evacuated thousands of people as wildfires rage in a number of villages in… 26/08/12 09:24 CET
Tropical Storm Isaac batters Haiti, lashes CubaTropical Storm Isaac has battered Haiti, flattening tent camps housing survivors from a massive… 26/08/12 09:24 CET
Tiger mauls and kills its keeper at Cologne ZooA Siberian tiger has killed one of its keepers at Cologne Zoo. The male tiger known as Altai… 26/08/12 09:24 CET
Deadly China bus inferno kills 36Dozens of people have died after a collision between a double-decker coach and a methanol tanker in… 26/08/12 08:43 CET
39 dead in Venezuela oil explosionAt least 39 people are now known to have died in a huge explosion at Venezuela’s biggest oil… 26/08/12 06:04 CET
Syrian rebels publish video of ‘Daraya dead’Syrian regime opponents said that a video published online on Saturday shows the dead bodies of… 26/08/12 03:03 CET
Campaigners mark German race riotsAnti-racism campaigners in Germany have marked the 20th anniversary of the worst mob attack against… 26/08/12 01:03 CET
