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Berlusconi wins censure motion

But the vote also exposed the erosion of Berlusconi’s majority after the split with longtime ally Gianfranco Fini, possibly giving the Italian …
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White House: “Beginning of the end” of Gulf spill

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Three children die in Edinburgh explosion

Lothian and Borders police said two boys and a girl of primary school age died. An adult woman was taken to hospital with unspecified …
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Israel threatens harsh response to any attacks

"I want to make clear to Hamas and the Lebanese government, that we see them responsible for the violent provocation against our soldiers," …
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Yemen, rebels trade blame for faltering peace talks

Yemen agreed the truce in February with the northern Shi’ite rebels, who complain of religious and economic discrimination, to halt six cycles of a …
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Melrose to extract undersea gas off Bulgaria

The company has held a license for oil and gas prospecting and exploration in that area since December 2007. The government said Wednesday that the …
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Devastating Pakistan floods sweep Punjab

Zardari left for Europe this week on state visits, drawing criticism for his absence during the worst of the destruction. Ethnic violence in …
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United Kingdom, Pakistan leaders try to repair strained relations

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has gone ahead with a five-day visit to Britain despite pressure from some Pakistani politicians to cancel the …
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Three killed in Edinburgh explosion

A spokesman for the Scottish Ambulance Service said ambulance, fire and police services were called to an address in the Scottish capital on …
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Spain air traffic controllers in talks to avoid strike

Air traffic controllers took the first steps towards a strike on Tuesday by voting to give the leaders of their USCA union the power to call a …
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United Nations supports Israeli claim on Lebanon clash

A day after a senior Israeli officer, two Lebanese soldiers and a Lebanese journalist were killed in a rare skirmish that raised fears of wider …
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American billionaires pledge fortunes to charity

Among the billionaires joining the campaign are New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, entertainment executive Barry Diller, Oracle co-founder Larry …
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United States says 74% of British Petroleum spill oil gone

"It is estimated that burning, skimming and direct recovery from the wellhead removed one quarter (25 percent) of the oil released from the …
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India police battle Maoists after jungle ambush

Police said the security patrol came under fire from about 200 Maoists perched on a hilltop in the southern jungle of Chhattisgarh state, a rebel …
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Historian doubts Demjanjuk’s war-time account

Bruce W. Menning told the Munich state court Wednesday that Demjanjuk’s claim he went to Graz, in 1944 to join a Ukrainian force fighting the Soviets …
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Sudan sentences 19 men for wearing women’s clothes

Many of the defendants tried to hide their faces from the around 200 people who watched as they were lashed straight after their sentencing. The men …
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Kenya’s social media atweet with referendum chatter

Some 12.5 million Kenyans have registered to vote in a plebiscite on whether to adopt a new constitution, which many hope will usher in good …
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Polish activists worried about Europe’s primeval forest

Forest and bird experts said Wednesday that despite earlier protests too many old trees are being felled in the Bialowieza forest in eastern Poland …
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