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Italian school bomber gets life

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:48:37 GMT

A 69-year-old man who placed a bomb in a waste bin outside a school in southern Italy last year, killing a teenage girl and wounding nine other…

Brazil disgusted as spotlight on sport squeezes services

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:19:48 GMT

Brazil's middle class are demanding that public services be given a higher priority than football. The country is gearing up to host a global event…

US to hold direct peace talks with the Taliban

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:04:12 GMT

The United States is to hold direct peace talks with the Taliban in an effort to end the 12-year-old conflict in Afghanistan. The first meeting is…

Russia votes to ban adoption for foreign gay couples

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:46:12 GMT

Russia's lower house of parliament has voted unanimously in favour of a bill to ban the adoption of Russian orphans by same-sex couples, unmarried…

G8 announces agreement on Syria

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:37:13 GMT

British Prime Minister David Cameron is claiming a remarkable set of agreements for the latest G8 summit, especially on Syria, where he said the…

G8 speaks out over tax evasion, little new action planned

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:10:03 GMT

The G8 summit in Northern Ireland saw the world's richest economies promise to be tougher on fighting tax evasion and money laundering, but there was…

Rouseff says Brazil government committed to change

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:57:12 GMT

In Brazil, protests over spiraling high costs and poor public services have spilled into widespread anger. It began as an isolated demonstration…

Web Review: Bashar Al-Assad, Mali and FEMEN

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:41:15 GMT

*Follow our daily selection of the best and worst of the Internet.* * June 18th is Italian-American actress Isabella Rossellini's birthday. Daughter…

NSA data programs 'helped foil' bomb plot

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:38:55 GMT

The surveillance of telephone and internet communications by the US government has helped to deter plots, including a planned bomb attack on the New…

Cameron hails G8 meeting a success on multiple fronts

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:35:14 GMT

British Prime Minister David Cameron is claiming a remarkable set of agreements for the latest G8 summit, especially on Syria, where he said the…

Afghan Taliban opens Qatar office in search of political solution

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:34:11 GMT

The Afghan Taliban has announced its opened an office in Qatar to help restart talks on ending the 12-year-old war. Speaking at a news conference…

First Italian jihadi killed in Syria

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:47:57 GMT

An Italian fighting with rebels in Syria has been killed. 20 year-old Giuliano Ibrahim Delnevo from Genoa was a convert to Islam from a Catholic…

Danish women protest at breast feeding ban

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:32:12 GMT

With the slogan "They're just breasts" hundreds of Danish women have been protesting against their country's Equal Rights Commission ruling…

Bosnia: funeral of a baby who died for lack of ID

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:07:13 GMT

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‘Drunk’ minister halts Ukraine parliament hearing

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:50:24 GMT

A parliamentary hearing on Ukraine's budget was suspended on Tuesday when opposition deputies alleged that the deputy finance minister presenting the…

More ID row protests in Bosnia as baby victim is buried

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:15:11 GMT

Bosnians say they will continue to protest over the case of a baby girl who died after political and bureaucratic wrangling led to crucial delays in…

Poll suggests strong support for gay marriage in developed nations

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:56:20 GMT

Most adults in developed countries support gay marriage or some kind of legal recognition for same-sex couples, according to an Ipsos poll released…

Russia isolated on Syria at G8

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:25:12 GMT

The second and final day of the G8 summit saw Russian President Vladimir Putin disagree with the other heads of state over potential solutions to the…

Signal received, Greek court orders ERT reopening

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:15:11 GMT

Getting ready to go back on air, a Greek court has ruled that state broadcaster ERT must have its signal restored. Though all sides appear to claim…

US presidents and their famous Berlin speeches

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:29:42 GMT

Berlin has been getting ready for Obama. The second-term US president will give a speech in the symbolic city on Wednesday. Barack Obama is still…

Nato hands over security to Afghan forces

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:05:12 GMT

NATO has handed over full control to Afghanistan’s own security forces for the first time since the Taliban were overthrown in 2001. In a ceremony…

Femen in protest at visit of Belarus' Lukashenko to Ukraine

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:53:37 GMT

Three Femen activists have been arrested in Ukraine after staging a topless protest against the visit of President Lukashenko of Belarus. In Kiev…

Australian woman seeks diagnosis on 'French' accent

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:37:43 GMT

An Australian woman is seeking a clear diagnosis on whether or not she has an extremely rare condition described as foreign accent syndrome. Leanne…

Herschel telescope left for dead in space

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:21:01 GMT

The billion-euro Herschel space telescope has been switched off. On Monday its controllers emptied the satellite's fuel tanks and commanded the…

Turkey silent protest is followed by more arrests

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:49:12 GMT

It began as a lone silent protest in Istanbul's Taksim Square: one person standing still, staring into space. No chants, no banners, no slogans.…