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Stockholm ablaze with youth anger
23/05 15:56 CET
A fourth night of rioting in the Swedish capital saw groups of people, many of them young, setting fire to cars, breaking windows and clashing with authorities. The violence, which began in the deprived northern suburb of Husby at the weekend, spread to several areas of the…
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EUROPE | 23/05 15:34 CETCommunity tensions rise as police investigate London soldier murder
Flowers have been laid at the scene where a British soldier was killed…
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EUROPE | 23/05 14:54 CETGerman football giants to do battle on English soil
This year’s Champions League final at Wembley stadium in London is a…
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EUROPE | 23/05 14:45 CETLeibovitz wins Asturias Communications and Humanities prize
Last year the Prince of Asturias prizes chose to honour a games…
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EUROPE | 23/05 14:04 CETBritish PM says country ‘will never give into terror’ after soldier murder
British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday that the …
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EUROPE | 23/05 13:34 CETEuropean Commission shelves olive oil jug ban after outcry
The European Commission has shelved a proposed stricter rule on how…
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MIDDLE EAST | 23/05 13:04 CETSyrian opposition meets in Istanbul to discuss peace talks plan
Members of Syria’s opposition coalition are in Istanbul to…
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21/05 23:04 CET
Pope denies TV exorcism allegation
The Vatican has denied that footage of Pope Francis taken last Sunday of him placing his hands on a disabled boy’s head shows him…
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AMERICAS | 23/05 11:45 CETLagarde questioned by Paris court over payout to French businessman
International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde has arrived…
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AFRICA | 23/05 10:07 CETTwo suicide bombers strike in northern Niger towns
Two suicide bombers have struck Northern Niger, injuring at least 16 people. A subsequent gunbattle with suspected Islamist militants has…
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23/05 10:04 CETEurope stock markets slide in early trade
European stock markets opened in a tailspin – after the US Federal Reserve’s announcement on Wednesday that it might scale back…
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ASIA | 23/05 09:58 CET80-year-old conquers Mount Everest
Eighty-year-old Japanese mountaineer Yuichiro Miura scaled Mount Everest on Thursday morning, becoming the oldest person to achieve the…
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ASIA | 23/05 09:04 CETJapanese shares plunge, Nikkei closes down 7.3%
Japanese shares plunged in Thursday’s trade – with the Nikkei closing down 7.3 percent and the Topix ending down 6.9 percent, its…
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