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Alabama lowers Confederate flag after Charleston massacre
AFP, Published on 25/06/2015
» WASHINGTON - The Confederate battle flag was taken down Wednesday outside Alabama's state legislature as Americans increasingly shun the Civil War era saltire after the Charleston church massacre.
Europe marks Waterloo bicentenary with call for unity
AFP, Published on 18/06/2015
» BRUSSELS - European royals and diplomats gathered in Belgium on Thursday to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, a turning point for the continent which still touches a nerve and stirs national passions.
Spain set to approve citizenship plan for Sephardic Jews
AFP, Published on 11/06/2015
» MADRID - Spanish lawmakers were set Thursday to give final approval to a law to right a "historical mistake" and ease the path to citizenship for the descendants of Jews it expelled in 1492.
A century on, Australians hope to uncover Gallipoli graves
AFP, Published on 23/04/2015
» SYDNEY - It's been a century since William Boase was killed in World War I's disastrous Gallipoli campaign, but the Australian soldier's family has never lost hope of giving him a proper burial.
British royal baby's first A to Z
AFP, Published on 19/04/2015
» LONDON - From baby fashion to specially-minted coins, here is an A to Z on the birth of Prince William and his wife Kate's second child, as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge prepare for their new addition to Britain's royal family.
Chile's Palestino win Palestinian fans worldwide
AFP, Published on 03/04/2015
» SANTIAGO - Palestino, a Chilean football team long down on their luck, are playing for the first time in 36 years in the Copa Libertadores, the top club tournament in Latin America, cheered on by ecstatic Palestinians worldwide.
Solar plane passes new test ahead of planned world tour
AFP, Published on 02/03/2015
» ABU DHABI - A solar-powered plane made a third successful test flight in the United Arab Emirates on Monday ahead of a planned round-the-world tour to promote alternative energy.
Patti Smith, busy at 68, awakens R.E.M. frontman
AFP, Published on 31/12/2014
» NEW YORK - R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe has stayed mostly out of public view since the alternative rock pioneers broke up four years ago.
Heads roll in Russia as more details emerge of Total crash
AFP, Published on 23/10/2014
» Top Russian airport officials quit on Thursday as more employees were detained over the Moscow plane crash that killed the CEO of French oil giant Total.
Total names new bosses as Russia probes CEO plane crash
AFP, Published on 22/10/2014
» French oil giant Total on Wednesday named new bosses to lead one of the world's biggest energy companies after its chief executive was killed in Moscow when his private jet hit a snowplough as it was taking off.