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French President Nicolas Sarkozy was forced to bring forward a meeting he had planned with his Prime Minister Francois Fillion after German Chancellor Merkel agreed to attend a meeting to draft plans to improve governance of the euro zone later on in the day, according to his office.

London 2012 Ceremonies is now recruiting volunteer performers to participate in the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

The Indian police have arrested anti-corruption campaigner and Mahatma Gandhi disciple Anna Hazare for pledging to go ahead with a hunger strike against a proposed new anti-corruption law.

Paul "Doug" Peters, an Australian citizen, was arrested by FBI agents and Australian police from New South Wales at his ex-wife's house in the small, quiet town of La Grange, north-east of Louisville, in Kentucky.

Iraqi officials say gunmen wearing military uniforms pulled seven people from a Sunni mosque south of Baghdad and then shot and killed them, execution-style, the AP reported

The Metropolitan Police are hunting a driver of a car that mowed down tow riot police in the early hours August 8 during widespread looting and rioting in Waltham Forrest, north east London.

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Ed Miliband is in a spot over the way he and his Labour Party has handled the riots that swept across the streets of Birmingham, Liverpool, London and Manchester last week. They have struggled thus far to find a coherent position.

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s new memorial will be unveiled to the public on August 22 in Washington D.C and on August 28, the 48th anniversary of King's March on Washington and the delivery of his "I Have a Dream" speech, a star-studded dedication is expected to take place.

An exchange student from Japan is thought to be dead after being swept over Niagara Falls on Sunday night, authorities have reported.

According to their spokesperson, the Libyan rebels have seized a second strategic town near Tripoli and are now encircling the capital.

Tareque Masud, 54, one of Bangladesh's few internationally-recognised film directors, was killed this weekend in a car crash, near Dhaka, his country's capital city

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Obi the brave police dog who suffered horrific injuries during riots in London last week is said to be recovering well.

Just over a week after the first signs of violence emerged in London, Prime Minister David Cameron gave yet another speech about the riots, once again looking for the causes and explaining how the government will handle the aftermath.

Following the slew of riots that last week spread across the UK, hacker collective Anonymous has issued a statement blaming the British government, calling for all like-minded citizens to help it mount a series of legal protests this October.

After more than two hundred years of British rule, India regained its independence on Aug. 15, 1947.

The father of a Scottish victims wants Megrahi alive but back in prison.

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was carried on a stretcher into a Cairo court Monday for his second appearance on murder and corruption allegations related to his rule.

Chinese media issue another withering assessment.

After more than six months of conflict could Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's rule come to an end? In his latest speech, he called on his supporters to prepare for "the fight," s news that the rebels gained control over the towns of Sorman, located in the west of Tripoli and Garyan to the south.

All those convicted of taking part in last week's riots from of looting or public order offences will be banned from shops in Manchester city centre for two years, the M.E.N reports.

A strong gust of wind caused a deadly stage collapse in Indiana, killing five people.

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After months of unrest and violence, the international community, which supported Allassane Ouattara, hoped the new Ivory Coast government would be able to restore calm and stability, but the United Nations (UN) have warned 26 people have been executed in just one month.

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Director Kathryn Bigelow has yet to create the story and cast on her movie about the capture of Osama bin Laden but the project is already stirring up controversy.

The BBC was forced to apologise to those offended by "poorly phrased question" asked to Darcus Howe, a West Indian writer and broadcaster, about the London riots, after receiving complaints from viewers.

Injuries caused by dogs have increased by five percent from last year, according to provisional figures from The NHS Information Centre.