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No role for Assad as Syria deal agreed

Sun, 01 Jul 2012 08:47:02 GMT

WORLD powers agreed a plan for a transition in Syria that could include current regime members, but not Bashar al-Assad.

Two held over London Olympics terror plot

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 03:21:12 GMT

TWO Muslim converts suspected of planning an attack on the Olympic Games canoeing venue were arrested in London on Thursday.

Catholic brother suspect in 37 deaths

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:55:21 GMT

A BROTHER at a Catholic institute for disabled boys may have been involved in the suspicious deaths of 37 patients in the 1950s, Dutch prosecutors said.

Memorial remembers brothers in arms

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 18:49:19 GMT

SOME 4000 Australians are among the brave airmen honoured by a World War II Bomber Command memorial unveiled by the Queen in London.

Cops serve Assange with extradition notice

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 15:26:27 GMT

BRITISH police served an extradition notice today on WikiLeaks founder, who has taken refuge in Ecuador's embassy in London.

Council bans sex in medieval church grounds

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:27:19 GMT

A COUNCIL in central England was forced to issue an injunction to stop drunken locals cavorting in a historic church cemetery.

Half of German teens unsure if Hitler was a dictator

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 00:08:58 GMT

NEARLY half of German teens in a recent study were unable to say whether the Nazi regime was a dictatorship or not.

Dinosaurs may have been warm blooded

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 21:01:11 GMT

DINOSAURS may have been warm blooded, scientists said today, in a finding that could debunk one of the most commonly-held images of the extinct giants.

Blair says he'd like UK comeback

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:41:29 GMT

TONY Blair said he'd seize the chance to return as Britain's prime minister - but acknowledges a comeback is unlikely.

Rihanna escapes hotel fire

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:39:14 GMT

RIHANNA was among 300 people evacuated from a hotel after an early-morning fire (local time) in an elevator shaft, the London Fire Brigade said.

Massive stash of Celtic coins found by UK amateurs

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 04:50:32 GMT

THE largest haul of Celtic coins ever found in northern Europe, thought to be worth millions of pounds, has been dug up by amateur treasure hunters on the Channel Island of Jersey.

UK dad critical after Lamborghini flips off highway

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 01:58:45 GMT

A MAN who hired a Lamborghini for his son's 21st birthday was critically injured when he spectacularly crashed the high-speed sports car in northwest England.

Tourist dies in horse-drawn carriage accident

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 01:52:48 GMT

A TOURIST has died in a horse-drawn carriage accident on a UK island where cars are banned.

German court rules religious circumcision an assault

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 01:00:12 GMT

CIRCUMCISING young boys on religious grounds amounts to grievous bodily harm, a German court ruled today, in a landmark decision that the Jewish community said trampled on parents' religious rights.

Queen prays in N Ireland

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 21:54:56 GMT

THE Queen has prayed with Catholic and Protestant leaders from across Northern Ireland as this long-divided land demonstrated its rising faith in a shared future - and braced for a peacemaking milestone that has been a quarter-century in the making.

'Suspicious' blast kills toddler

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 20:30:08 GMT

A SUSPECTED gas explosion has reduced a house to smoking rubble, killed a 2-year-old boy and left a man seriously burned in northwest England overnight, police and rescue workers said.

German court bans religious circumcision

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 18:56:26 GMT

CIRCUMCISIONS of young boys on religious grounds should be considered as grievous bodily harm, a German court has said, in a landmark ruling that clears up a grey area for doctors.

Greek government hit by fresh resignation

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 18:53:28 GMT

A SECOND Greek Cabinet member has resigned in two days, the latest casualty for the financially struggling country's new conservative-led government.

Spice Girls unite to launch musical

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 18:47:55 GMT

THE Spice Girls gave fans what they want - what they really, really want - reuniting onstage to announce the details of a musical based on their songs.

'Fed up' mum throws young sons to their deaths

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 06:52:38 GMT

RUSSIAN mother "decided to get rid" of her kids, aged four and seven, from her 15th-floor apartment. She threw them off.

Subway construction unearths ancient road

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:49:48 GMT

ARCHAEOLOGISTS uncover a 70-metre section of a marble-paved road that was one city's main travel artery nearly 2000 years ago.

UK police probe Twitter abuse of players

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:30:54 GMT

POLICE launch probe into alleged online racist abuse of two England players after they miss penalty kicks in the Euro 2012 loss to Italy.

Too much math is tough for scientists

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:27:38 GMT

ARTISTIC types are not the only ones whose eyes glaze over when confronted with too many numbers, scientists, too, find lots of equations hard to read.

Woman gives birth in back of police car

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:24:21 GMT

WOMAN gives birth in the back of a police car after she was unable to reach a hospital due to barricaded streets during Berlin's gay pride parade.

Popeye's right: spinach makes you stronger

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:00:59 GMT

CARTOON character Popeye is right to down a can of spinach when he wants his biceps to bulge, according to a Swedish study.