Russian Leader Joins 'Dance Of Diplomacy'

It had been as carefully choreographed as the D-Day commemorations themselves. But until he showed up there was no way of knowing if Russia's president would join the dance. The breakthrough came when Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, deftly pirouetted...

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Ukraine And Russia Talk Of 'Ending Bloodshed'

Ukraine's newly sworn-in President Petro Poroshenko has met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for informal talks on the sidelines of the D-Day commemorations in France, raising hopes of ending the continuing violence. The two men met for around...

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Dozens Of Iraqi Students Taken Hostage

Dozens of students have been taken hostage after militants stormed a university in Iraq. Officials said the gunmen detained the students inside a dormitory. The attack took place at Anbar University near Ramadi, which is west of the capital Baghdad....

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Bringing Russia's President In From The Cold

The two men sat widely apart at Charles de Gaulle airport for a brief photograph before getting down to what diplomats like to call a "business-like meeting" - which really means a "frosty encounter". That the British Prime Minister and the Russian...

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Cameron 'Firm' With Putin In Ukraine Talks

Bringing Russia's President In From The Cold Updated: 11:41pm UK, Thursday 05 June 2014 By By Sam Kiley, Foreign Affairs Editor The two men sat widely apart at Charles de Gaulle airport for a brief photograph before getting down to what diplomats...

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Seattle Campus Shooter Caught By Student

A suspect is in custody after a shooting at a Seattle university campus that left one person dead and three others injured. The attacker, armed with shotgun and a knife, opened fire on students at Seattle Pacific University. The gunman shot four students...

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Videos Show Western Couple 'Held In Afghanistan'

Six Things To Know On Bowe Bergdahl Updated: 11:11pm UK, Wednesday 04 June 2014 Everything you need to know about Sgt Bowe Bergdahl, the US prisoner of war released by the Taliban in Afghanistan. Bowe Bergdahl had a variety of hobbies including...

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Freed US Hostage's Homecoming Party Cancelled

Six Things To Know On Bowe Bergdahl Updated: 11:11pm UK, Wednesday 04 June 2014 Everything you need to know about Sgt Bowe Bergdahl, the US prisoner of war released by the Taliban in Afghanistan. Bowe Bergdahl had a variety of hobbies including...

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Police Hunt Gunman After Three Officers Killed

Police are hunting a gunman after three officers were shot dead and two others were injured in Canada. The shootings began after police responded to a call about an armed man in north Moncton, New Brunswick province, at 7.30pm (11.30pm UK time)....

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Tiananmen: China Lockdown For 25th Anniversary

'It Crushed Our Hope For Democracy' Updated: 6:25am UK, Wednesday 04 June 2014 By Mark Stone, China Correspondent Lee Cheuk Yan is the Chairman of the Hong Kong Labour Party and the founder of the June 4th Museum. In 1989 he travelled to Beijing...

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Taliban Releases Video Of Hostage Handover

The Taliban has released a video showing American hostage Sgt Bowe Bergdahl being handed over to US forces in Afghanistan. Sgt Bergdahl, clean shaven, and dressed in white Afghan clothing with a shaved head, is seen waiting in a white pickup truck close...

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Body Found In Hunt For Brit Gareth Huntley

Police in Malaysia's Tioman Island have confirmed that a body has been found in the search for missing Brit Gareth Huntley. The backpacker disappeared last week after attempting to find a waterfall in the jungles of the paradise island. According to...

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Palestinian Unity Government Ends Bitter Rift

Rival Palestinian groups Fatah and Hamas have formed a unity government, ending a seven-year split in a landmark deal which led Israel to suspend peace talks. The cabinet was sworn in by President Mahmoud Abbas in a ceremony in the West Bank city of...

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Spain: Calls For A Republic After King Abdicates

Juan Carlos Held Reins During Rocky Times Updated: 2:20pm UK, Monday 02 June 2014 Juan Carlos may have been tainted by recent scandals, but he can abdicate knowing he has led his country through some very testing times. One of the most testing was...

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Syrians Vote In 'Show Of Force' Election

By Sherine Tadros, Middle East Correspondent Syria's presidential elections have begun in government-held areas as a brutal three-year civil war continues across the country. For the first time in the country's history there is more than one candidate...

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Parents' Emotional Address To Freed US Soldier

The parents of a US soldier released by the Taliban after being held hostage for five years have made an emotional public address to their son. Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl's mother and father have been unable to speak to him directly since he was freed on...

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Royal Hoax DJ: Call Should Not Have Aired

By Jonathan Samuels, Australia Correspondent One of the Australian DJs behind the royal prank phone call has broken her silence to say it should never have aired. Mel Greig says she wanted the voices of the two nurses at the King Edward VII Hospital...

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Spain's King Juan Carlos Abdicates For His Son

Spain's King Juan Carlos is abdicating to allow his son Prince Felipe to take over, the country's Prime Minister has announced. Mariano Rajoy addressed the nation to say that there would be an amendment to the constitution to allow the...

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India Girls' Gang Rape: Suspects Confess

Three suspects have confessed to the gang rape and murder of two teenage girls in northern India last week, police have said. The 14 and 15-year-old cousins, from the lowest Dalit caste, were found hanging from a tree in the village of Katra, in Uttar...

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Prisoner-Swap Soldier's First Day Of Freedom

A US soldier held for nearly five years by the Taliban in Afghanistan is undergoing a medical examination in Germany before being flown back to the US for a reunion with his family. Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, from Idaho, was freed on Saturday evening in...

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Jewish Museum Shooting Suspect Arrested

Police investigating a shooting at a Jewish museum in Belgium that left four people dead have arrested a man. Mehdi Nemmouche, a Frenchman with suspected ties to Islamic radicals in Syria, was detained in Marseille in southern France, investigation...

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