Toxic Spill As Train Plunges Off Bridge

A rail bridge has collapsed over a creek in New Jersey causing a freight train to derail and spill hazardous chemicals. Police said vinyl chloride, a highly toxic and flammable industrial chemical, was spilling from at least one of the Conrail cars...

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West Bank Settlement Plan Blow To Peace Hopes

By Dominic Waghorn, US Correspondent Palestinians say the two-state solution to the Middle East conflict is at death's door after Israel announced it is reviving plans to build on occupied land in a controversial area of East Jerusalem. The US...

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Syria: Internet Cut Off Amid Airport Clashes

Syria has been cut off from the internet amid fierce fighting in the capital which saw rebels claiming they have blocked access to the capital city's airport. The unprecedented nationwide blackout was reported by two US-based internet-monitoring companies...

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Palestinian Status Upgraded After UN Vote

The UN General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly in favour of upgrading the Palestinians' status from observer entity to non-member observer state. It marks a major diplomatic triumph for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who had met fierce...

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Syria: Deadly Car Bomb Blasts Rock Damascus

At least 50 people have been killed after two suspected car bombs exploded in the Syrian capital Damascus, according to UK-based opposition activists. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights added that more than 120 people were wounded in the blasts...

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Palestinian Vote At UN May See UK Abstain

The UK will abstain from a UN vote granting recognition to a Palestinian state if a commitment to talk with Israel is not made. The Foreign Secretary said the UK would only vote in favour of an upgrade in the Palestinians' diplomatic status at the UN...

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Hugo Chavez To Get Medical Treatment In Cuba

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will return to Cuba for medical treatment, months after he received chemotherapy for cancer there. The 58-year-old, who was re-elected for a fourth term in October, has made regular trips to Cuba since he was diagnosed...

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Egypt: Major Protest Against President Morsi

More than 200,000 people packed Cairo's Tahrir Square to protest against Egypt's president Mohamed Morsi's new 'pharoah' powers. They accused the Islamist leader of seeking to impose a new era of autocracy after he issued a decree that expanded his...

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Eurozone And IMF Reach Greece Debt Deal

Eurozone finance ministers and the International Monetary Fund have reached an agreement on Greek debt, which paves the way for the release of much-needed loans. After nearly 10 hours of talks, it was agreed that the country's public debt should fall...

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Scientists To Exhume Body Of Yasser Arafat

By Sam Kiley, Middle East Correspondent International teams of scientists will take samples of tissue from the exhumed body of Yasser Arafat to test for polonium poisoning, following allegations he was killed by Israeli agents. Tawfiq al Tirawi,...

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Gas Worker's Blunder Caused Strip Club Blast

An explosion which flattened a strip club in Springfield, Massachusetts, has been blamed on a gas worker who accidentally pierced a high-pressure pipeline while looking for a leak. The blast levelled the Scores Gentlemen's Club on Friday evening, and...

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Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood HQ Clashes 'Kill One'

At least one person has been killed in clashes outside an office of Egypt's ruling Muslim Brotherhood, reports say. The violence at the Freedom and Justice Party headquarters in the Nile Delta town of Damanhour came amid widespread anger in Egypt over...

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Egypt Judges Condemn President's 'Attack'

Egyptian judges have condemned a decree granting President Mohamed Morsi sweeping new powers, as angry protesters clashed with police for a second day. A handful of rock-throwing activists battled riot police in the streets near Tahrir Square, where...

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Catalonia Holds Vote That Could Reshape Spain

Spain's wealthy region of Catalonia votes today in an election that could determine whether it eventually breaks away from the rest of the country. The region must choose a new assembly, after a campaign dominated by the issue of independence from Spain...

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