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UK homes burnt, residents evacuated in fires
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History under a loo

All Luciano Faggiano wanted, when he purchased a seemingly unremarkable building at 56 Via Ascanio Grandi, to open a trattoria -- a
15 April 2015

Germanwings plane evacuated after bomb scare

A Germanwings flight bound for Italy from Germany is evacuated late on Sunday due to a bomb threat, the airline said.
13 April 2015

Massive anti-corruption rally in Brazil

Hundreds of thousands of people joins peaceful demonstrations across Brazil against government corruption.
13 April 2015

Turkey furious as pope terms killings as genocide

Pope Francis yesterday uttered the word "genocide" to describe the mass murder of Armenians 100 years ago, sparking fury from Turkey which slammed the term as "far from historical reality". In a solemn mass in Saint Peter's Basilica to mark the centenary of the Ottoman killings of Armenians, Francis said the murders were "widely considered 'the first genocide of the 20th century'," quoting a statement signed by Pope John Paul II and the Armenian patriarch in 2001.
12 April 2015

'World first' premature baby dialysis in Poland

An extremely premature Polish infant weighing just 820 grammes (1.8 pounds) becomes the world's smallest and youngest patient to escape death thanks to an artificial kidney, according to the doctor who oversaw the treatment.
12 April 2015

Poll predicts 'draw' in UK vote

Labour will draw with the Conservatives for the number of votes received at next month's general election, according to a new poll.
11 April 2015

Germany to bring back 100 tanks

Germany plans to bring 100 mothballed tanks back into service in what is widely seen as a response to rising tensions with Russia over Ukraine.
11 April 2015

Row over Falklands heats up

Britain and Argentina's longstanding dispute over the Falklands escalated yesterday as Buenos Aires took legal action against
9 April 2015

More chaos as French air strike continues

Hundreds of flights were cancelled and delays reported at airports around France yesterday as a strike by air traffic controllers entered
9 April 2015

Man shoots dead judge in Italy court

An armed man facing bankruptcy yesterday shot dead a judge and lawyer in a Milan court and wounded two other people before
9 April 2015

Clarkson to host HIGNFY

Jeremy Clarkson is set to make his first appearance on the BBC since losing his job as co-presenter on Top Gear.
8 April 2015

Tsipras, Putin in talks irks EU

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met Kremlin strongman Vladimir Putin in Moscow yesterday with the EU nervous that cash-strapped
8 April 2015

Chile flood toll rises; fears grow for missing

Rescue workers in Chile say the death toll from last week's floods has risen to 25 and could increase further. There is growing concern
5 April 2015

300 migrants rescued off Sicily

Around 318 migrants in distress at sea between Sicily and the coast of Libya were rescued by an Icelandic navy ship taking part in an EU
5 April 2015

Cern restarts 'Big Bang' collider

Scientists at Europe's particle physics research centre Cern yesterday restarted their "Big Bang" Large Hadron Collider (LHC), embarking
5 April 2015

Alps plane crash body search ends

French investigators have ended their search for bodies in the Alps where a Germanwings passenger jet crashed last month, killing all
5 April 2015

6 Ukrainian soldiers killed in rebel east

Six Ukrainian troops were killed in two separate incidents in the troubled separatist-held east yesterday as isolated clashes continue to
5 April 2015

Three troops killed in restive east Ukraine

Three Ukrainian soldiers died when a mine exploded in the separatist-held east where isolated clashes continue to undermine a ceasefire
4 April 2015

Second black box found after 9 days

The second black box from the Germanwings plane that crashed in the French Alps last week has been found after a nine-day search,
2 April 2015

Children’s hospital builds sleep app

A free app to improve children's sleep has been launched by doctors at the Evelina Children's Hospital in London.
2 April 2015