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Greece accepts principle of extending current bailout
Greece has accepted the principle of extending its current bailout programme which expires at the end of the month so as to ...Solar Impulse Japan take off cancelled
Mission controllers trying to fly a solar plane around the world cancelled take off from Japan early Wednesday because of weather problems ...Hundreds die in Pakistan heat wave
Nearly 700 people have died in a severe three-day heatwave in Pakistan, officials said Tuesday, with medics battling to treat patients as ...Chilean authorities declare environmental emergency
Authorities in Chile\'s largest city shut down hundreds of businesses and ordered hundreds of thousands of cars off the streets on Monday ...Britain, France demand Iran nuclear inspections
Britain and France insisted Monday that any deal on Iran\'s contested nuclear programme must include a comprehensive verification regime to ensure Tehran ...Germany frees al-Jazeera journalist
German authorities on Monday ordered the release of Al-Jazeera journalist Ahmed Mansour, two days after detaining him at the request of his ...Chinese dog meat festival underway despite outcry
Campaigners protesting at China\'s annual dog meat festival, which sees thousands of canines butchered and eaten, were forcibly dispersed by unidentified men ...Heatwave kills more than 180 in Pakistan
An intense heat wave killed more than 180 people over the weekend in Pakistan\'s southern city of Karachi, officials said on Monday, ...Taliban launches suicide attack on Afghan parliament
A Taliban suicide bomber and six gunmen attacked the Afghan parliament on Monday, wounding at least 19 people and sending a plume ...Violent weekend leaves 22 dead in northern Mexico
Authorities found five bodies in Mexico\'s northern state of Nuevo Leon on Sunday, adding to three days of violence that left 22 ...