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Strauss-Kahn files $1m counter-claim against hotel maid

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is counter-suing a hotel maid who accused him of sexual harassment, seeking $1m (£625,000) ...

Wednesday, 16 May 2012, 06:09

Castaway sues Princess Cruises over rescue failure

A Panamanian fisherman who survived 28 days adrift in the Pacific and watched two companions die is suing the owners of a cruise ...

Tuesday, 15 May 2012, 06:05

Café Neko – Vienna’s first cat café

No someone didn’t accidentally leave the door open and let in all the strays. Café ‘Neko’ – ...

Monday, 14 May 2012, 05:55

Sandwich celebrates 250th anniversary of the sandwich

When John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich, ordered beef served between slices of bread about 250 years ago he probably ...

Sunday, 13 May 2012, 06:19

Hawaiian surfer breaks wave-riding record

A 44-year-old Hawaiian surfer has entered the Guinness Book of Records for riding the biggest wave ever thought to have been ...

Saturday, 12 May 2012, 05:58

Prince Charles presenting... the weather!

A "trainee weatherman" by the name of Prince Charles showed up in the weather news on the BBC yesterday as stunned ...

Friday, 11 May 2012, 00:55

China: The world's cleverest country?

China's results in international education tests - which have never been published - are "remarkable", says Andreas ...

Thursday, 10 May 2012, 06:32

Azerbaijan 'targets activists' as it prepares to host Eurovision

Baku's Hospital Number 1 is an impressive building. It is immaculately clean and well equipped, a symbol of the modern ...

Wednesday, 09 May 2012, 05:12

Vogue slaps global ban on skinny, teeny models

The editors of all 19 editions of Vogue around the world pledged last week to use only healthy models no younger than 16 on their ...

Tuesday, 08 May 2012, 13:53

Dinosaur gases 'warmed the Earth'

Giant dinosaurs could have warmed the planet with their flatulence, say researchers. British scientists have calculated the ...

Tuesday, 08 May 2012, 04:24

Peru examines deaths of dolphins and pelicans

The government of Peru has warned people to stay off beaches along large stretches of its coastline as it investigates the ...

Monday, 07 May 2012, 06:03

Condoms 'too big' for Indian men

A survey of more than 1,000 men in India has concluded that condoms made according to international sizes are too large for ...

Sunday, 06 May 2012, 05:52

Exam boards face fines for test paper errors

Exam boards face multi-million pound fines for mistakes in test papers under new powers granted to the exams watchdog Ofqual. ...

Saturday, 05 May 2012, 06:51

Massive rise in Asian eye damage

Up to 90% of school leavers in major Asian cities are suffering from myopia - short-sightedness - a study suggests. Researchers ...

Friday, 04 May 2012, 06:32

Munch's 'The Scream' sold for $120m

Edvard Munch's masterpiece The Scream has sold at auction for $120m (£74m), making it one of the most valuable works ...

Thursday, 03 May 2012, 01:43
Local news

Local food prices hike - double of Euro Area

Inflation jumped from 2.6% in March to ...

Unacceptable that MFSA abandons investors

Labour Spokesman for Financial Services ...

Hollande cuts ministerial pay by 30%

Freshly appointed France president François ...

Former Modern Talking front man for Ghaxaq ...

Thomas Anders, the original lead singer ...

European corner

Hollande and Merkel push for Greece to stay ...

French president François Hollande ...

Markets prepare for Greek exit from euro

Many of the international papers report ...

Foreign ministers meet to discuss possible ...

EU foreign ministers will meet today to ...

Hollande threatens to block fiscal treaty

Newly-elected French president François ...

World news

Gaddafi's property seized on Pantelleria

Hotel properties valuing 20 milion euros ...

Somali piracy: EU forces in first mainland ...

EU naval forces have conducted their first ...

Hollande and Merkel hold euro talks in Berlin

Newly inaugurated French President Francois ...

New Greek elections as coalition talks fail ...

Greece is set to go to the polls again ...

Earlier Gossip

Being bilingual 'boosts brain power'

Learning a second language can boost ...

Wednesday, 02 May 2012, 06:44

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It's 40 years since a nude Cosmopolitan ...

Tuesday, 01 May 2012, 07:38

Australian billionaire to build Titanic II

Clive Palmer, one of Australia's ...

Monday, 30 Apr 2012, 07:08

Sunday Times Rich List shows UK's wealthiest ...

he UK's richest people have defied ...

Sunday, 29 Apr 2012, 06:04

KFC must pay $8.3m to poisoned girl in Australia

Fast-food giant KFC has been ordered ...

Saturday, 28 Apr 2012, 04:09

Boy's football lost in tsunami found in Alaska

A football swept away by last year's ...

Friday, 27 Apr 2012, 10:47

Tom Hanks posts 'only in Malta' video

Actor Tom Hanks posted a video clip ...

Wednesday, 25 Apr 2012, 15:01

Confused driver 'parks' car in Paris metro ...

A confused driver has ended up trapping ...

Wednesday, 25 Apr 2012, 05:24

Brazil actor playing Judas dies from accidental ...

A Brazilian actor has died after ...

Tuesday, 24 Apr 2012, 05:00

Australian wins compensation for work trip ...

An Australian public servant who ...

Monday, 23 Apr 2012, 07:05

US introduces light bulb that lasts for 20 ...

A prize-winning light bulb that lasts ...

Sunday, 22 Apr 2012, 07:27

Internet's most hated man

Hunter Moore's business plan ...

Saturday, 21 Apr 2012, 07:02

The American who quit money to live in a ...

Daniel Suelo lives in caves in the ...

Friday, 20 Apr 2012, 06:14

Nurse shoots Texas mother dead and steals ...

A nurse has admitted to shooting ...

Thursday, 19 Apr 2012, 07:11

Frozen Colorado cows may be blown up

A group of stray cows that froze ...

Wednesday, 18 Apr 2012, 07:54