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UN chief calls for peaceful C. Africa vote 30 Dec 2015 - 09:11 am

United Nations, United States: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday called for peaceful and credible elections in the Central African Republic. The...

Chilean architecture stands test of earthquakes 30 Dec 2015 - 09:07 am

Chile is located on the Pacific Ocean's 'Ring of Fire,' a seismically turbulent region where many of Earth's volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur....

C. Africa votes to heal nation torn by sectarian bloodshed 30 Dec 2015 - 08:57 am

Central African Republic presidential candidate Martin Ziguele gestures during a campaign rally in the Muslim district of PK5 in Bangui. AFP Photo/Issouf Sanogo ...

C.Rica warns Cubans it's not an 'open bridge 'to US 30 Dec 2015 - 08:39 am

A man rests at a shelter where of a group of Cuban migrants are staying in La Cruz, Guanacaste, Costa Rica on November...

Time running out to avoid new Haiti poll delay 30 Dec 2015 - 08:37 am

A worker at the Tabulation Center in Port-au-Prince checks electoral material on October 26, 2015 .AFP Photo/Hector Retamal Port-au-Prince: Haiti's electoral commission was...

Pataki drops out of US presidential race: reports 30 Dec 2015 - 08:36 am

Washington: George Pataki, who was governor of New York during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, told key supporters Tuesday that he is...

Brazil taxi drivers rally against Uber 30 Dec 2015 - 08:33 am

Sao Paulo: Hundreds of angry taxi drivers protested by blocking roads in Sao Paulo on Tuesday, saying the city hall's plans to regulate...

Rwandan man jailed for life in Germany over church massacre 30 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Berlin: A German court Tuesday sentenced a Rwandan Hutu man to life in jail for his active role in orchestrating a church massacre...

Former US defense secretary: Nuclear dangers are growing 30 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

FILE - In this Aug. 2010 file photo, former Defense Secretary William Perry testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. AP /Alex Brandon WASHINGTON:...

Smart or risky? Rubio can't pick just 1 early voting state 30 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) speaks during a campaign event at the Maintenance Shop at Iowa State University in Ames,...

Insurers face bumper payouts as Britain braces for more floods 29 Dec 2015 - 06:59 pm

File photo May overtake 2007 floods for damage with more rain expected Aviva, Direct Line, RSA, AXA say too soon for cost estimates...

Swiss shopping centre evacuated after bomb threat 29 Dec 2015 - 06:54 pm

ZURICH: A Swiss shopping centre in a town near the northern city of Basel was evacuated on Tuesday due to a bomb threat,...

Austria turns away hundreds of migrants for lying about nationality 29 Dec 2015 - 06:50 pm

Represenntative image VIENNA: Austria has sent hundreds of migrants back to neighbouring Slovenia in the past three days for lying about their nationality...

Woman who won lottery during divorce can keep it all - Dutch court 29 Dec 2015 - 05:55 pm

Representative image AMSTERDAM: A woman who won a 2.1 million euro ($2.3 million) lottery prize during a divorce has no obligation to share...

Roch Marc Kabore sworn in as Burkina Faso president 29 Dec 2015 - 04:48 pm

OUAGADOUGOU: Burkina Faso’s constitutional court swore in Roch Marc Kabore as president on Tuesday, making the former prime minister the country’s first new...

German town bans New Year fireworks at refugee hostels 29 Dec 2015 - 03:36 pm

A view of fireworks in a store in Neuss, Germany, 29 December 2015. The sale of fireworks for the New Year celebrations began...

German states budget 17 bn euros for refugees in 2016: Report 29 Dec 2015 - 03:06 pm

German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Angela Merkel delivers her speech during the CDU party congress in Karlsruhe, Germany,...