CHILE
Billionaire Pinera takes over presidency, reconstruction effort
Chilean billionaire Sebastian Pinera was sworn in as president on Thursday even as fresh aftershocks rattled the country. Pinera must now lead the rebuilding efforts following February's 8.8-magnitude earthquake and a devastating tsunami.
GREECE
Tempers flare as Greeks stage general strike
IRAQ
PM Maliki maintains narrow lead over Allawi in early election results
MID-EAST
Netanyahu apologises to Biden, but peace talks falter
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EUROPA LEAGUE
Juventus overwhelm Fulham, Lille put Liverpool in danger
A late goal gave Lille (photo) a 1-0 victory over English giants Liverpool in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 tie. Italy's Juventus defeated Fulham (3-1) as Valencia were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Werder Bremen.
HAITI
Kidnapped female medical workers freed
Two members of the French NGO Doctors Without Borders medical team in Haiti were freed after being kidnapped last Friday in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince. Their capture was initially kept secret so as not to jeopardise negotiations.
FRANCE
Did the CIA poison a French town with LSD?
A US journalist claims the CIA conducted secret experiments with LSD on the inhabitants of the French town of Pont-Saint-Esprit in 1951 resulting in a mysterious mass poisoning that led to psychotic episodes and five deaths.
TURKEY
Ankara slams Swedish recognition of Armenian ‘genocide’
The Swedish parliament approved Thursday a resolution that brands the killing of Armenians by Ottoman forces during World War One as genocide, prompting Turkey to recall its ambassador in Stockholm in protest.
FRANCE
Ethnic Arab 'wrong type' to head discrimination watchdog
A candidate to head France's discrimination watchdog is "the wrong type of person" because of his Algerian roots and left-wing views, according to Gérard Longuet, a senior member of France's right-wing ruling UMP party.
UKRAINE
Yanukovich forms coalition, names ally as prime minister
Ukraine's incoming President Viktor Yanukovich has secured a coalition majority in parliament and appointed a close ally, former finance minister Mykola Azarov, to head a new government.
MONEY
Mexico's Carlos Slim bumps Bill Gates to become world's richest
Mexico's mobile phone tycoon Carlos Slim (pictured) has eclipsed Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates to take the top spot on Forbes magazine's annual list of the world's richest people with a fortune estimated at $53.5 billion.
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Mexico women to wed in first for Latin America
"We don't have anything ready apart from what we're wearing," said Judith Vazquez, a Mexican who will wed another woman in Mexico City on Thursday in a first for Latin America.After years of activism, Mexicans Lol Kin Castaneda and Judith Vazquez ...
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AVIATION
Air France accuses Ryanair of underhand tactics
Air France has leveled charges of unfair trading practices against the Irish budget airline Ryanair. For its part, Ryanair denied the charge.
DIPLOMACY
Gates in Abu Dhabi to push for stronger sanctions on Iran
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has arrived in Abu Dhabi for talks with Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahayan in an effort to win support for harsher economic sanctions against Iran.
MUSIC INDUSTRY
Pink Floyd wins download court battle with EMI
The London High Court ruled in favour of veteran rock band Pink Floyd on Thursday, barring their record company EMI from selling downloads of individual tracks from their albums, in order to "preserve the artistic integrity of the albums".
GAZA STRIP
Hamas 'deports' British journalist accused of spying
Hamas has freed a British journalist suspected of spying for Israel, saying the journalist and film-maker was being deported and was "not welcome in the Palestinian territories."
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USA
Authorities indict woman known as 'Jihad Jane' for planning attacks
US authorities have indicted Colleen LaRose (pictured), an American woman known as "Jihad Jane", for helping to plan deadly attacks in Europe and South Asia, and for recruiting others online, notably women, to carry them out.
BELGIUM
Hijab-wearing Belgian lawmaker courts controversy
Hijab-wearing Mahinur Ozdemir, the youngest deputy to serve in the Belgian parliament, attracts her fair share of attention for her attire and views. The 27 year-old is of Turkish origin.
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