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Belgium's citizens put differences aside to cheer on World Cup team
Argentina's World Cup run a welcome distraction from Messi economic news
Councils urge investment of £1bn a year from fuel duty to fix roads
Argentinian retired officers sentenced to life over murder of Catholic bishop
Vatican has refused to reveal all, royal commission head declares
Hurricane Arthur delivers no worse than power cuts and rainy holidays
Harris conviction 'will encourage more abuse victims to come forward'
Egypt to increase petrol prices by up to 78% as government cuts subsidies
Edith Cavell, British nurse executed in WW1, to be commemorated on £5 coin
China's Christians fear new persecution after latest wave of church demolitions
David Cameron in talks with EU leaders over international DNA database
A week of transitions in politics: five things to ponder
California severe drought intensifying as Napa wildfire rages on
Murdered Palestinian teenager's funeral draws thousands of mourners
Hurricane Arthur leaves battered North Carolina and heads to New England
Ramadan around the world - in pictures
Joey Chestnut and Miki Sudo crowned 2014 hot dog eating contest winners
10 alternative American heroes
Hillary Clinton on NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden - the full interview
Italian PM attacks Bundesbank over claim Rome risks eurozone recovery
Pistorius bought luxury house to move into with Steenkamp, says friend
Obama urges immigration reform at Fourth of July naturalisation ceremony
Hillary Clinton: NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has right to legal defence in US - video interview
German doubts grow about reliance on the Chinese market
Israeli police clash with protesters as Palestinian teenager buried

Belgium's citizens put differences aside to cheer on World Cup team

Posted: 05 Jul 2014 12:00 AM PDT

Country's foreign minister says the side's success is showing people that 'Belgians can achieve great things together' Continue reading...

Argentina's World Cup run a welcome distraction from Messi economic news

Posted: 05 Jul 2014 12:00 AM PDT

Critics, though, wish compatriots would pay as much attention to corruption and mismanagement in government as to the footie Continue reading...

Councils urge investment of £1bn a year from fuel duty to fix roads

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 10:53 PM PDT

Local Government Association says funding to repair potholes is not enough to tackle backlog of crumbling roads

Argentinian retired officers sentenced to life over murder of Catholic bishop

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 09:39 PM PDT

Former general and retired commodore guilty of ordering 1976 murder of Enrique Angelelli during the military dictatorship

Vatican has refused to reveal all, royal commission head declares

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 08:07 PM PDT

Justice Peter McClellan says the Vatican maintains that requests for all information regarding every case are not appropriate

Hurricane Arthur delivers no worse than power cuts and rainy holidays

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 06:41 PM PDT

Fears of serious damage prove unfounded as hurricane moves out to sea after landing a glancing blow on North Carolina

Harris conviction 'will encourage more abuse victims to come forward'

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 06:02 PM PDT

Head of Australian inquiry says victims are finally opening up thanks to high-profile court cases and inquiries

Egypt to increase petrol prices by up to 78% as government cuts subsidies

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 05:23 PM PDT

Electricity prices set to double over five years in attempt to revive economy battered by political turmoil Continue reading...

Edith Cavell, British nurse executed in WW1, to be commemorated on £5 coin

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 05:22 PM PDT

Royal Mint to honour nurse shot by Germany for helping allied soldiers escape to Netherlands during first world war Continue reading...

China's Christians fear new persecution after latest wave of church demolitions

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 05:00 PM PDT

Once a hub of Christianity, worshippers in Wenzhou fear their faith is facing its biggest threat since the Cultural Revolution Continue reading...

David Cameron in talks with EU leaders over international DNA database

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 04:36 PM PDT

Ministers pledge to compensate Brussels if Britain pulls out as part of decisions over Europe-wide policing measures Continue reading...

A week of transitions in politics: five things to ponder

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 04:02 PM PDT

The times they are a'changing for our elected representatives in the national capital

California severe drought intensifying as Napa wildfire rages on

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 11:51 AM PDT

Map released by US Drought Monitor classified nearly 80% of California as in 'extreme' drought, the second highest category

Murdered Palestinian teenager's funeral draws thousands of mourners

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 11:47 AM PDT

Shots ring out over East Jerusalem and security crackdown in force as body of Mohammed Abu Khdeir carried through streets Continue reading...

Hurricane Arthur leaves battered North Carolina and heads to New England

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 11:40 AM PDT

First hurricane of Atlantic season touched the North Carolina coast with 100mph-plus winds as a category two

Ramadan around the world - in pictures

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 11:25 AM PDT

Muslims from the Middle East to China worship at the first Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan

Joey Chestnut and Miki Sudo crowned 2014 hot dog eating contest winners

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 11:13 AM PDT

Reigning champion Chestnut won men's event after eating 61 hot dogs in ten minutes while female counterpart ate 34

10 alternative American heroes

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 11:09 AM PDT

From inspiring politicians to champions of the civil rights movement, to celebrate Independence Day here are 10 American heroes with whom you may be less than familiar

Hillary Clinton on NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden - the full interview

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 10:39 AM PDT

Hillary Clinton, the former US secretary of state, joins Phoebe Greenwood to discuss Edward Snowden, drone strikes in Pakistan, whether the US contributed to the current threat from Isis and her inability to tell a joke

Italian PM attacks Bundesbank over claim Rome risks eurozone recovery

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 10:29 AM PDT

Matteo Renzi launches attack on head of German central bank, Jens Weidmann, accusing him of political interference Continue reading...

Pistorius bought luxury house to move into with Steenkamp, says friend

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 10:23 AM PDT

'Bowled-over' Paralympian says he bought house in exclusive area of Johannesburg to live in with new love Reeva Steenkamp Continue reading...

Obama urges immigration reform at Fourth of July naturalisation ceremony

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 09:58 AM PDT

President said welcoming immigrants to the US is 'central to our way of life' at ceremony for 25 who served in military

Protesters block migrants en route to Border Patrol facility

Hillary Clinton: NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has right to legal defence in US - video interview

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 09:55 AM PDT

Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has said Edward Snowden should have the right to launch a legal and public defence of his decision to leak top-secret NSA documents if he returns to the United States. The broadly worded Espionage Act makes no distinction between a spy and a whistleblower and affords Snowden almost no recourse to a defence. Continue reading...