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World news in one minute: Find out what happened around the world on 5 May

Wednesday, 6 May 2015, 08:15 Last update: about 10 years ago

ITALY-MIGRANTS

ROME — The Save the Children aid group reported another Mediterranean migrant tragedy, with survivors saying "dozens" of their fellow passengers fell out of their rubber boat and likely drowned as a rescue vessel neared. 

FRANCE-SURVEILLANCE LAW

PARIS — France's parliament will vote on a bill aimed at legalizing broad surveillance of terrorism suspects that has drawn an outcry from privacy advocates and others. 

BRITAIN-ELECTION

LONDON — Britain's candidates are campaigning from Cornwall in southwestern England to the far northern reaches of Scotland in search of votes with the general election just two days away. 

FRANCE-NATIONAL FRONT

PARIS — The founder of France's far-right National Front, Jean-Marie Le Pen, has decried the decision to suspend his membership in the party and the attempts to take away his title of honorary president for life. 

NORTHERN IRELAND-KILLING

DUBLIN — The central Irish Republican Army figure in one of the outlawed group's most notorious killings has been shot to death in Belfast, residents and police said. No group claimed responsibility for shooting Terence "Jock" Davison at short range outside his home in the Markets neighborhood of south-central Belfast. 

ROMANIA-NATO

BUCHAREST, Romania — A top NATO commander says the alliance will briefly move an allied joint force command headquarters to Romania as NATO continues to hone its ability to react to Russia's moves in Ukraine and other security challenges. 

GREECE-MISSING-GIRL

ATHENS, Greece — Greek police say the body of 4-year-old Bulgarian girl believed to have been killed by her father will likely never be found due to the gruesome way in which her killer disposed of her remains. 

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