Flood evacuations in Catholic shrine town

FRENCH rescue services and police are evacuating hundreds of pilgrims from hotels threatened by floodwaters from a rain-swollen river in the Roman Catholic shrine town of Lourdes. Lourdes' grotto is said to be the site where the Virgin Mary...

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UK protesters decry austerity drive

TENS of thousands of demonstrators have descended on the British capital in a noisy but peaceful protest at a government austerity drive aimed at slashing the country's debt. Unions, anti-war campaigners, community groups and other activists poured...

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TV reporter 'attacked' at Egyptian square

FRANCE 24 TV says its correspondent in Cairo has been "savagely attacked" near Tahrir Square after being seized by a crowd shortly after a live news report. The state-funded, independent news channel said in a statement on Saturday that correspondent...

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Protesters block Lebanon roads after blast

ANGRY demonstrators have blocked roads across Lebanon in protest at the killing of a top security official in a bomb blast, as the prime minister said he had offered to resign but had been told by the president to remain in the post to avoid a political...

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Somali pirates free ship after 2 years

A PIRATE commander in Somalia says that a cargo ship has been freed after being held captive for nearly two years. Hassan Abdi said on Saturday that a $US600,000 ransom was paid for the MV Orna on Friday. But he said six hostages are still...

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Libya 'not fully liberated' after Gaddafi

THE new Libyan authorities say the country has not yet been "fully" liberated, exactly a year since the killing of Muammar Gaddafi and against the backdrop of clashes in one of his last bastions. "The campaign to liberate the country has not been...

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Gaddafi ex-spokesman arrested: Libya govt

THE office of the Libyan prime minister says that slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's former spokesman has been captured at a checkpoint outside the besieged town of Bani Walid. The statement carried by the state news agency on Saturday says...

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