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Buckingham Palace trespasser was convicted murderer

Friday, 20 May 2016, 13:59 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

A convicted murderer climbed over a wall and wandered the grounds of Buckingham Palace while Queen Elizabeth II was at home, British prosecutors said Friday. Dennis Hennessy, 41, pleaded guilty...

India records its hottest temperature ever amid heat wave

Friday, 20 May 2016, 10:23 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

A city in western India has set a new heat record for the country — a scorching 51 degrees Celsius (123.8 Fahrenheit). The record set Thursday in the city of Phalodi, in the western state...

Marco Pannella, Italian Radical Party leader, dies aged 86

Thursday, 19 May 2016, 14:34 Last update: about 11 years ago

Marco Pannella, leader of the Italian Radical Party, died in Rome today. He was 86. Pannella had been hospitalised with complications on Wednesday. He founded the Italian Radical Party in...

UK police arrest man who scaled wall at Buckingham Palace

Thursday, 19 May 2016, 14:24 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

A man scaled a wall and got into the grounds of Buckingham Palace before being arrested, London police said Thursday. The 41-year-old man was detained in the palace grounds Wednesday evening on...

French parliament approves extension of state of emergency

Thursday, 19 May 2016, 13:29 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

France's lower house of parliament has definitively approved a two-month extension of the state of emergency that was declared after the deadly Nov. 13 attacks in Paris. The measure is aimed at...

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