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Italian centre-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani ‘to quit’

YoopyaApr 20, 2013December 31, 20240

The leader of Italy’s centre-left alliance, Pier Luigi Bersani, has promised to step down once parliament elects a new president. Mr Bersani announced the news

Poland honours Jews who fought Nazis in Warsaw Ghetto

YoopyaApr 20, 2013December 31, 20240

A major ceremony is under way in the Polish capital Warsaw to honour Jews who fought overwhelming Nazi German forces 70 years ago in the

China quake: Scores die and hundreds hurt in Sichuan

YoopyaApr 20, 2013December 31, 20240

Dozens of people have been killed and hundreds injured in a powerful earthquake in rural areas of China’s south-western province of Sichuan. The 6.6-magnitude quake

Pakistan’s Pervez Musharraf in custody for two weeks

YoopyaApr 20, 2013December 31, 20240

Pakistan’s former leader Pervez Musharraf has been remanded in judicial custody for two weeks over claims he illegally detained judges in 2007. Mr Musharraf, who

Cameroon hostages: French Moulin-Fournier family freed

YoopyaApr 20, 2013December 31, 20240

Seven members of a French family kidnapped by gunmen in northern Cameroon in February have been freed. Cameroon’s Communications Minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary told the

South Sudan clashes: Army ‘attacked Lorema hospital’

YoopyaApr 20, 2013December 31, 20240

Five health workers have been killed when South Sudan soldiers attacked a hospital in revenge for the deaths of eight members of the security forces,

Ghana seizes ‘faulty Chinese condoms’

YoopyaApr 20, 2013December 31, 20240

More than 110 million Chinese-made condoms have been seized in Ghana after laboratory tests revealed they were faulty, Ghanaian officials have said. “There are holes

Financial transactions tax: UK launches legal challenge

YoopyaApr 20, 2013December 31, 20240

The UK government has launched a legal challenge against plans for a European financial transactions tax (FTT). The FTT, which aims to raise public funds

Swansea measles: New drop-in clinics held after man’s death

YoopyaApr 20, 2013December 31, 20240

Drop-in MMR clinics are being held at four hospitals in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot, as the death of man linked to the measles outbreak

Texas fertiliser plant blast: Fourteen bodies found

YoopyaApr 20, 2013December 31, 20240

The number of people killed in an explosion at a US fertiliser plant has risen from 12 to 14, after officials recovered two more bodies.