USA
Senate votes to allow healthcare debate, clearing critical hurdle
At an extraordinary weekend session, the US Senate voted to hold a full debate on a healthcare reform bill, with 60 votes in favour and all but one of the 40 Republicans in the chamber voting against it.
ROMANIA
Romanians vote in presidential poll pivotal for political, economic crises
INDONESIA
Ferry sinks with more than 200 aboard
DIPLOMACY
Armenia, Azerbaijan hold talks over Nagorno-Karabakh
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Italian PM holds Saudi talks - AFP
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Indonesian ferry with over 200 people sinks: police - AFP
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EGYPT
Mubarak receives Peres in bid to revive peace talks
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak welcomes his Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres (pictured) in Cairo Sunday, for talks aimed at advancing the broken down Mideast peace process.
CHINA
Mine disaster death toll mounts to 87
The death toll from Saturday's coal mine blast rose to 87, according to Chinese state media, as hopes of reaching about 20 other trapped miners faded on Sunday. Lax safety standards make Chinese mines the most dangerous in the world.
WEATHER
Flood-hit Britain, Ireland brace for more rain
Residents of north-western Britain and Ireland were braced for more rain Sunday following the devastating floods of recent days, which killed one British policeman.
EGYPT
Mubarak vows to protect nationals amid football row
President Hosni Mubarak vowed Saturday that Egypt will be firm in dealing with any attacks on its nationals as a row with Algeria over a World Cup football qualifier turned into a diplomatic dispute.
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FOOTBALL - 2010 WORLD CUP
Ireland concede defeat in replay bid
The Irish Football Association has given up its appeal to football's world governing body FIFA and to the French Football Federation to have the second leg of Ireland's World Cup play-off against France replayed because of Thierry Henry's handball.
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AFGHANISTAN
NATO takes over training Afghan army, police from US forces
NATO took over training the Afghan army and police on Saturday from the US mission that previously trained Afghan troops. The US training force will merge with the new mission under a single NATO command.
ITALY
Two Pakistanis arrested in connection with Mumbai attacks
Police in the northern Italian city of Brescia have arrested two Pakistani men who are thought to have used a money transfer service to help people in contact with the authors of the 2008 attacks in India's financial hub, local media say.
LEBANON
Anti-aircraft guns fire on Israeli drone that entered airspace, army says
The Lebanese army opened fire on Saturday with anti-aircraft guns targeting an Israeli drone that entered Lebanese airspace in the south of the country, according to a military statement.
SPAIN
Thousands of farmers march against falling prices in Madrid
Thousands of Spanish farmers marched through central Madrid to the Agriculture Ministry on Saturday to demand government action on the falling prices and rising costs that are threatening to ruin their livelihoods.
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Life term sought for US student in Italy murder trial
Italian prosecutors on Saturday demanded life imprisonment for American student Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito for the 2007 murder of Briton Meredith Kercher."I was Meredith's friend," Knox exclaimed, her voice choked with ...
RELIGION
Anglican leader in Rome to talk Catholic recruitment bid
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, holds talks with Pope Benedict XVI in Rome on Saturday just two weeks after the Vatican extended a hand to conservative Anglicans dismayed by steps to ordain women and openly gay clergy.
ITALY
Transsexual linked to political scandal 'murdered'
A Brazilian transsexual caught up in a political scandal that prompted the resignation of Italian governor Piero Marrazzo was found burnt to death in a Rome apartment on Friday. Magistrates are treating the case as murder.
PERU
Police arrest gang accused of killing victims for human fat
In a shocking criminal case, Peruvian police arrested members of a gang accused of killing victims to extract and sell their fat to cosmetics traders.
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RESEARCH
Atom-smasher restarts after 14 months
The world's biggest atom-smasher, which was shut down soon after its inauguration amid technical faults, restarted on Friday, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research said Friday.
INFLUENZA H1N1
WHO says mutation found in virus strain
The World Health Organisation said on Friday that a mutation has been found in samples of Influenza H1N1 taken after the first two deaths from the virus in Norway.
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