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Europe launches next phase of hi-tech Earth satellites
The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched the second phase of a 4.3-billion-euro ($4.91-billion) programme to deploy new-generation satellites to monitor environmental ...30 killed near Nigerian mosque by girl suicide bombers
Two girls blew themselves up on Monday near a crowded mosque in northeast Nigeria\'s biggest city, killing about 30 people, witnesses said.Hollande vows fight to save Frenchman facing death in Indonesia
French President Francois Hollande said his country was doing "everything" it can to save a Frenchman accused of drug offences in Indonesia ...Japanese plane circles over China-claimed region in South China Sea
A Japanese military patrol plane circled over disputed parts of the South China Sea on Tuesday at the start of an exercise ...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 ...FARC rebels kill four and rupture Colombian pipeline
Colombia\'s FARC rebels killed four soldiers and wounded six by setting a landmine that exploded when an army helicopter landed on it, ...Mexico nursing home fire kills 16
Fire swept through a nursing home before dawn in Mexico on Tuesday, killing at least 16 residents, an official said. Another five seniors ...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 ...




