UK protesters decry austerity drive

TENS of thousands of demonstrators have descended on the British capital in a noisy but peaceful protest at a government austerity drive aimed at slashing the country's debt. Unions, anti-war campaigners, community groups and other activists poured...

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TV reporter 'attacked' at Egyptian square

FRANCE 24 TV says its correspondent in Cairo has been "savagely attacked" near Tahrir Square after being seized by a crowd shortly after a live news report. The state-funded, independent news channel said in a statement on Saturday that correspondent...

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Protesters block Lebanon roads after blast

ANGRY demonstrators have blocked roads across Lebanon in protest at the killing of a top security official in a bomb blast, as the prime minister said he had offered to resign but had been told by the president to remain in the post to avoid a political...

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Somali pirates free ship after 2 years

A PIRATE commander in Somalia says that a cargo ship has been freed after being held captive for nearly two years. Hassan Abdi said on Saturday that a $US600,000 ransom was paid for the MV Orna on Friday. But he said six hostages are still...

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Libya 'not fully liberated' after Gaddafi

THE new Libyan authorities say the country has not yet been "fully" liberated, exactly a year since the killing of Muammar Gaddafi and against the backdrop of clashes in one of his last bastions. "The campaign to liberate the country has not been...

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Gaddafi ex-spokesman arrested: Libya govt

THE office of the Libyan prime minister says that slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's former spokesman has been captured at a checkpoint outside the besieged town of Bani Walid. The statement carried by the state news agency on Saturday says...

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Enforce IED ban, UN tells Afghan Taliban

THE UN has urged Afghanistan's Taliban leadership to enforce their ban on improvised explosive devices, a day after 19 wedding guests were killed by a roadside bomb in the north of the country. "Although the Taliban... leader Mullah Omar banned...

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Austerity not holding back Ireland: IMF

THE International Monetary Fund has denied austerity measures are to blame for the sluggish Irish economy, saying that other factors are keeping growth flat. Greece, Portugal and Ireland are complaining that the Fund underestimated the economic...

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