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Election defeat a punishment for Angela Merkel's Greece support - GERMANS punished Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-right coalition in a state election yesterday, depriving her of a majority in parliament's upper house after she ang

Questions surface over North Korea's submarine fleet after warship lost - EXPERTS claim North Korea's submarine fleet is technologically backward, prone to sinking or running aground and all but useless outside its own coastal waters.

Gulf Oil spill: BP to try again with containment box after first bid to stem flow fails - ANOTHER attempt is to made by BP to place a metal containment dome over the oil well spewing thousands of gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico, after the first try failed

Cardinals at war amid accusations of 'cover-up' in Catholic Church abuse scandal - INTERNAL Catholic Church bickering over the handling of its sexual abuse scandal has escalated to a new level, with one cardinal accusing another of a cover-up.

UK troops join Red Square salute - BRITISH troops marched across Moscow's Red Square for the first time yesterday as part of spectacular ceremonies to mark the 65th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi German

Painful truth is mice twist their faces in agony, just like humans - LABORATORY mice display human-like facial expressions when they are in pain, scientists have found.

Scots charity condemns slow progress in Burma since cyclone in 2008 - A SCOTS businessman says Burma is still a decade away from "normality" because of the deadly cyclone two years ago.

'Kissing' woman hits at Dubai 'hypocrisy' - A BRITISH woman jailed for kissing a man in public in Dubai yesterday spoke of the "hypocrisy" of the emirate's strict decency laws.

Iran hangs five Kurds charged with waging war against God - IRAN hanged five members of a Kurdish "anti-revolutionary" group for various charges, including "moharebe" or waging war against God, the official IRNA news ag

Recount of 2.5 million Iraqi votes fails to sway poll result - IRAQ'S parliamentary election results have not changed significantly as the result of a recount of 2.5 million ballots that has now reached the half-way point, an election

12 workers killed, 41 hurt and 83 missing as two explosions devastate Siberian mine - TWO blasts at a big Siberian coal mine killed at least 12 people and a search for 83 missing was suspended yesterday after a damaged ventilation shaft choked the area with smo

Chinese man kills 8, including daughter, in knife rampage - A CHINESE man on a stabbing rampage killed eight people in the country's south-east, including his mother, wife and daughter, police said.

Four Afghan soldiers beheaded by militants - FOUR members of a community defence force protecting villagers in western Afghanistan were beheaded by militants in a weekend battle, an Afghan army official said .

UK sailor saves residents on Kanton Islands from starvation - A BRITISH sailor who stopped off at a remote island in the South Pacific found the inhabitants starving after a supply ship expected four months ago failed to turn up.

Taleban 'behind New York bomb' - WHITE House officials said yesterday that the Pakistani Taleban was behind the failed car bombing in New York's Times Square.

British Marine killed on duty - A BRITISH Marine was killed in an explosion in Afghanistan yesterday, while on foot patrol in Sangin, Helmand Province.

Bubble of methane was cause of BP oil disaster in Gulf of Mexico - A BUBBLE of methane triggered the deadly explosion that blew up a rig in the Gulf of Mexico and began what could become America's worst ever oil disaster.

Britain and US have 'Long way to go' in war, says Hamid Karzai - BRITAIN and America have "miles to go" in Afghanistan, the war-torn nation's leader said yesterday.

Entrepreneurs move to turn scene of jungle massacre into tourism site in Guyana - CARLTON Daniels was sweating as he sliced through the jungle with his cutlass. He pointed at some bushes and said a chimpanzee named Mr Muggs had once lived there in a cage. T

Thais block 'bad websites' as battle against Red Shirts enters cyberspace - GEORGE Orwell's 1984 had its Big Brother, and Thailand has Ranongrak Suwanchawee. The country's information minister stares down from billboards along Bangkok's ex

Pakistan renews demands to be member of world's 'nuclear club' - PAKISTAN yesterday renewed its demands to be officially recognised as a member of the world's elite club of nuclear powers.

Middle East boost as Palestine Lliberation Oraganisation agrees to join talks - THE Palestine Liberation Organisation yesterday approved indirect talks with Israel, clearing the way for the first negotiations in 18 months and giving a boost to US peace di

Russian orphans caught in adoption crossfire - RUSSIAN officials have given the go-ahead for more children to be adopted by American parents despite controversy which has thrown a spotlight on Russia's massive orphan

Family of four rescued after yacht hits iceberg - A COUPLE and their two daughters were rescued by a warship yesterday after a collision with an iceberg in the South Atlantic halted their round-the-world voyage.

Zambia sacks lawyers in corruption probe - ZAMBIA was last night accused of going soft in its war on corruption.

Two killed in Ethiopia election grenade attack - TWO people were killed and 14 injured in a grenade attack on an election meeting in Ethiopia, authorities said yesterday.

King of Spain has surgery on lung - KING Juan Carlos of Spain yesterday successfully underwent lung surgery to remove a small benign growth.

Pope accepts resignation of bishop accused of child abuse - POPE Benedict yesterday accepted the resignation of a leading bishop from his German homeland who is accused of abusing children and possible financial misconduct at a childr

Rainstorms in China kill 65 - RAINSTORMS in southern China killed at least 65 people and toppled 9,900 houses this week, the Ministry of Water Resources said in a statement on its website.

37 hurt as NY ferry hurtles into pier - A STATEN Island ferry with a history of accidents lost power and crashed into a pier as it approached its terminal yesterday, leaving at least 37 people injured.