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Oprah Winfrey show to end after 25 years

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:55:55 GMT

"The Oprah Winfrey Show," will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air.

Belgian beats Blair to become EU 'leader'

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:23:23 GMT

European leaders yesterday chose Belgian prime minister Herman Van Rompuy as the first president of the EU while the other top job - foreign affairs minister - has gone to the Britain's Baroness Catherine Ashton

Vampire movie New Moon is deviant, says the Vatican

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:23:23 GMT

Vampire movie New Moon has been condemned by the Vatican as a 'deviant moral vacuum.'

Jungle gang kill victims for their fat

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:17:55 GMT

A gang in the Peruvian jungle has been killing people and draining fat from the corpses to sell on for cosmetics.

Belgian PM beats Blair to become EU 'leader'

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:55:36 GMT

European leaders yesterday chose Belgian prime minister Herman Van Rompuy as the first president of the EU.

Man shoots son dead

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:38:57 GMT

A 37-year-old father angry over hearing his 15-year-old son had sexual contact with a 3-year-old girl made him strip at gunpoint, marched him outside and shot him dead.

Man, 81, drives 400 miles to buy a newspaper

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:29:51 GMT

An elderly man who went out to fetch a morning newspaper ended up driving nearly 400 miles after getting lost and taking a wrong turn onto a major Australian highway.

Chinese troops' English holds back UN missions

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:24:04 GMT

Poor English among Chinese peacekeeping forces is hampering their missions overseas, it has been claimed.

Troops given garlic to combat swine flu

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:12:46 GMT

Moldova's army is feeding its soldiers onions and garlic to help them ward off swine flu.

EU prepares to picks its first president

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:00:55 GMT

The European Union is about to pick its very first president amid growing concern of the secretive nature of the decision.

Judge blames US Army for Katrina flooding

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:27:06 GMT

The US federal government could be liable to billions of dollars in claims after Army engineers were blamed for the Hurricane Katrina flooding

Fidel Castro 'dies from nephelococcygia'

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:15:57 GMT

Rumours that Fidel Castro is dead after seeing shapes in clouds - nephelococcygia - have been disproved.

California bans power-hungry TVs

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:31:13 GMT

California will ban power-hungry televisions after it became the first US state to pass eficiency standards for sets.

Suicide blast kills 16 in latest Pakistani attack

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:19:49 GMT

A suicide bomber killed 16 people outside a courthouse in northwestern Pakistan in the latest attack by Islamist militants.

Karzai pledges to tackle corruption

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:52:08 GMT

Newly-inaugurated Afghan President Hamid Karzai has pledged to tackle corruption and said his country's security forces should be ready to take over unstable areas in three years.

Deep fried carp eaten alive

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:08:57 GMT

Video of a shocking new craze which involves eating a live fish that is partly-fried has become an internet hit.

Meredith Kercher killer starts appeal

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:34:06 GMT

An Italian court has begun hearing an Ivory Coast man's appeal against his conviction in the 2007 slaying of British student Meredith Kercher.

Cat declawing banned in California cities

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:01:06 GMT

Two California cities have voted to ban the declawing of cats.

Big Bang back on: Large Hadron Collider ready to fire up

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:49:49 GMT

After a year of repairs and a baguette sabotage, the worlds largest atom smasher is ready to be fired up this weekend.

Man spills acid on Tokyo tube

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:49:49 GMT

Four people were injured when a passenger on a Tokyo underground train accidentally broke a bottle of hydrochloric acid he was carrying.

Obama praised at end of China visit

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:38:38 GMT

Chinese state media praised US President Barack Obama on Wednesday for helping ease fears of China's rising strength.

Woman stoned to death for affair

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:04:11 GMT

A judge for an Islamic militant group in Somalia says a woman has been stoned to death and her boyfriend given 100 lashes for having an affair.

Scientology an 'abusive organisation'

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:53:05 GMT

Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd has spoken of his concerns over Scientology after a senior politician accused the organisation of torture and coerced abortions.

Sudan braced for World Cup violence

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:36:25 GMT

Western embassies and the UN warn staff and citizens to steer clear of a World Cup playoff between Algeria and Egypt

Hillary Clinton's crush on 'attractive' David Miliband

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:14:09 GMT

Hillary Clinton has admitted she has a crush on 'vibrant' foreign secretary David Miliband.