Thursday 23 May 2013
German chancellor Angela Merkel, mindful of the importance of Christian voters in September elections, has met with Pope Francis during a quick trip to Rome which focused on helping victims of Europe's economic crisis and emphasising the continent's Christian roots.
Relatives of a five-year-old British girl who drowned in a hotel pool in Egypt have said they are angry and hurt that more was not done to save her.
A grief-stricken family from London is trying to some to terms with death a little girl who drowned during a holiday at the Egytian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.
The jackpot for the US Powerball Lottery has reached 600 million dollars (£395 million) - just 56 million dollars (£37 million) less than the record from the March 2012 Mega Millions jackpot, which was split by three winning tickets.
French president Francois Hollande has signed a law authorising gay marriage and adoption by same-sex couples, after months of nationwide protests and wrenching debate.
North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said.
OJ Simpson's former lawyer has defended himself point-by-point against allegations he botched the ex-American football star's armed robbery trial.
A video purportedly of Toronto mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine has caused an uproar in Canada, with Mr Ford calling the allegations "ridiculous".
The rainstorms that battered southern China this week have killed 55 people and left 14 others missing.
One of Alaska's most restless volcanoes has shot an ash cloud 15,000 feet into the air in an eruption that is visible for miles.
Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday's evening rush hour, sending 60 people to hospital.
The UK was holding out for a hero - but in the event Bonnie Tyler was totally eclipsed by bookies' favourite Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest.
Relatives of a five-year-old British girl who drowned in a hotel pool in Egypt have said they are angry and hurt that more was not done to save her.
A Briton has died after reportedly drinking poisoned alcohol during a trek in the Indonesian jungle.
Former dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, who took power in Argentina in a 1976 coup and led a military junta that killed thousands of his fellow citizens in a dirty war to eliminate people considered to be subversives, died in his sleep today while serving life in prison for crimes against humanity. He was 87.
A truck was left dangling over the side of a motorway bridge in Melbourne, Australia, after it flipped over and threw the driver about 65ft onto another road below, local media have reported.
Thieves ripped out a small safe from the wall of a hotel room near the Cannes Film Festival and made off with about one million dollars worth (£650,000) of jewellery inside, French police say.
Bombs struck Sunni areas in Baghdad and surrounding areas, killing at least 76 people in the deadliest day in Iraq in more than eight months, as a spike in violence raises fears the country could be on the path to a new round of sectarian bloodshed.
A hitchhiker turned internet celebrity has been charged with beating a lawyer to death.
The Moroccan woman at the centre of a sex scandal involving former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has testified that a young woman attending one of his "bunga bunga" parties dressed up like a nun, danced provocatively and stripped down to her underwear for the then-premier at his in-house disco.
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A soldier was murdered by two suspected Islamists yesterday who attempted to behead and disembowel him as he left a barracks, in the first deadly attack in Britain since the 2005 London bombings.
A teenager had to be rescued by the fire service after falling down a chimney.
A mobile phone, a rubber duck and a £20 note have all ended up inside dogs' stomachs, according to a new survey.
Christian Wade was "shocked and humbled" to learn he had gone one better than Jonny Wilkinson by scooping a unique double at the Rugby Players' Association awards.
Former Manchester United and England defender Brian Greenhoff has died, aged 60.
Mike Tindall is relishing the chance to test his experience against Gloucester's youth when he lines up for the Barbarians against England on Sunday.
Apprentice reject Uzma Yakoob has said it was far more stressful being on the women's team than working with the men.
The Rolling Stones' return to Hyde Park will see them team up with former guitarist Mick Taylor, but there will be no reappearance of the white dress Mick Jagger wore at the original 1969 gig because he has lost it.
The Hangover III star Heather Graham says she will miss playing sexy stripper Jade because the excitement makes up for her "boring" real life.
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