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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appealed to the international community to urgently send another 3,000 troops and police to the Central African Republic in an effort to stop violence between…
Libyan military plane goes down in Tunisia
A Libyan military plane carrying medical patients has crashed near Tunisia’s capital, killing all 11 crew and passengers on board after an engine failure, Tunisian authorities said.
Germany arrests suspected Auschwitz guards
Three suspected former guards of the Auschwitz death camp run by Nazis during World War Two have been arrested in south-western Germany, as officials make a final push in their…
Suspended Nigeria central bank boss hits back
Nigeria’s suspended central bank governor has implied that he will challenge President Goodluck Jonathan’s decision to suspend him on grounds of financial recklessness. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, an internationally-respected banker, told…
Armed group frees filmmakers
Two Filipino-Algerian documentary filmmakers, kidnapped by an armed group in the strife-torn southern Philippines, have been recovered by authorities after eight months in captivity, a military statement said.
Dozens killed as mortars hit town in Iraq
A mortar attack has struck a busy area in a mainly Shia town south of Iraq’s capital, killing at least 22 people and wounding more than 50, authorities said. The…
Ukraine president announces early elections
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich has announced an agreement to hold presidential elections early, form a national unity government and make constitutional changes reducing his powers.
Diet Coke addict drinks up to FIFTY cans a day
A woman addicted to Diet Coke has spent almost £150,000 drinking up to 16 litres of fizzy drinks every day. At one point, Jakki Ballan was drinking almost 50 cans…
Drunken mourner wakes up 520km away
A mourner got so drunk after a friend’s funeral he woke up hundreds of kilometres away in Amsterdam and “had no idea” how he got there. Inebriated Sainsbury’s worker James…
Couple packs dogs in squalid house
A couple who kept a pack of 15 dogs in their squalid council house which was caked in urine and faeces have avoided jail after claiming they suffered from “animal…