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“Bee-attracting” competition in ShaoyangBeekeeper Lv Kongjiang stands with bees partially covering his body on a weighing scale during a… 17/07/11 13:03 CET
Sport
Holowczyc and Loprais win the Silk WayPolish driver Krzysztof Holowczyc celebrated a well earned victory in the Silk Way Rally of Russia… 17/07/11 09:45 CET
world news
Phone hacking: London’s police chief resignsThe head of London’s Metropolitan Police Paul Stephenson resigned on Sunday evening. Britain’s… 17/07/11 23:14 CET
Turkey protest to denounce Kurdish guerrillasThousands of people marched through the Turkish cities of Istanbul and Ankara on Sunday to denounce… 17/07/11 21:33 CET
Manxman makes it four in MontpellierA flat dash to Montpellier came as a welcome relief for the yellow jersey contenders on stage 15 of… 17/07/11 19:08 CET
Clinton’s support for Greece’s debt woesAs Eurozone ministers prepare tackle the bloc’s wider financial troubles this week, US Secretary of… 17/07/11 18:23 CET
Lithuania shocked as Austria frees ex-KGB manLithuania has demanded answers from Austria after Vienna police freed a wanted former KGB general… 17/07/11 18:08 CET
Rebels suffer heavy casualties in battle for BregaThe battle for the Libyan oil town of Brega continued on Sunday as rebels clashed with Colonel… 17/07/11 17:03 CET
Police arrest ex-Murdoch aide Rebekah BrooksBritish police arrested Rebekah Brooks the former chief executive of Rupert Murdoch’s UK newspaper… 17/07/11 16:04 CET
Deep Purple, Graham close Montreux Jazz FestivalThe final curtain come down on the 45th Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland on Saturday. The… 17/07/11 15:54 CET
Japan beef scare spreadsA radioactivity scare affecting locally produced beef continued to spread across Japan on Sunday… 17/07/11 14:53 CET
NATO begins Afghan handoverNATO forces started handing control of Afghanistan’s security to the country’s own troops and… 17/07/11 13:14 CET
UK police hunt suspected hospital killerBritish police are hunting the killer of three people who died in suspicious circumstances at a… 17/07/11 11:03 CET
German prize axed over Putin nominationA German prize set to be awarded to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has been scrapped amid… 17/07/11 09:03 CET
More aid pledged to drought-hit Horn of AfricaRefugees have been making a desperate trek for survival across the arid terrain where the borders… 17/07/11 04:04 CET
Chavez will return to Cuba for cancer treatmentVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Saturday that he will return to Cuba to start chemotherapy… 17/07/11 02:23 CET
China angry over Obama’s Dalai Lama talksChina on Sunday criticised President Barack Obama over his decision to meet with the Dalai Lama… 17/07/11 01:03 CET
