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Watch: Britain has a new princess - and eagerly awaits her name

Sunday, 3 May 2015, 06:45 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

From Prince Charles to royal fans to most of those who put down a bet, millions in Britain were hoping for a girl. The Duchess of Cambridge delighted her nation and royal enthusiasts around the...

Ruth Rendell, crime writer, dies aged 85

Saturday, 2 May 2015, 15:13 Last update: about 11 years ago

Ruth Rendell, one of Britain's best-loved and most admired authors, who delighted fans for decades with her dark, intricately plotted crime novels, has died at the age of 85. Rendell had...

Nepal: 1,000 EU citizens still unaccounted for, says envoy

Saturday, 2 May 2015, 10:41 Last update: about 11 years ago

Officials are struggling to find 1,000 EU citizens who are unaccounted for in Nepal, six days after an earthquake that killed more than 6,000 people. An EU official said most are thought to have...

Femen activists disrupt Marine Le Pen speech in Paris

Friday, 1 May 2015, 19:18 Last update: about 11 years ago

Three activists from Feman today disrupted a speech that French Far Right leader Marine Le Pen was making in honour of Joan of Arc in Paris.The three activists appeared on a balcony in Place de...

Earthquake of magnitude 7.1 strikes off Papua New Guinea

Friday, 1 May 2015, 12:12 Last update: about 11 years ago

An earthquake of magnitude 7.1 struck off Papua New Guinea today, 80 miles south-south-west of Rabaul, at a depth of 38 miles, the United States Geological Survey reported. The quake...

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