Syria Hands Over Chemical Weapons Details

The Assad regime has given details of its toxic weapons programme to the world's chemical weapons watchdog. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the body tasked with dismantling Syria's stockpile of nerve agents, said that...

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Mexico Landslide: Search Continues For Victims

Mexican soldiers are digging through tons of mud and dirt in their continuing search for landslide victims. Authorities are also looking for a police helicopter that went missing while carrying out relief operations on the flood-stricken Pacific coast....

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German Election: Angela Merkel's Lead Tightens

Will There Be Victory For 'Mutti'? Updated: 11:19pm UK, Friday 20 September 2013 By Robert Nisbet, Europe Correspondent, in Berlin The elections in Germany this weekend could produce a Pizza, a Jamaican or a Lebanon, but "Mutti" is still likely...

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Costa Concordia Salvage Operation Completed

By Tom Kington, on Giglio Twenty months after it capsized off the Tuscan island of Giglio, killing 32 people, the Costa Concordia has risen from the Mediterranean after a successful £500m salvage operation Dozens of giant pulleys hauled the cruise...

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Washington Gunman Alexis 'Had 9/11 PTSD'

US Deadliest Shootings Updated: 10:49pm UK, Monday 16 September 2013 The shooting at the Washington navy yard has been described by Barack Obama as "yet another mass shooting". It is part of a grim list in modern US history. :: Sandy Hook, Connecticut,...

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Syria: Chemical Weapons Were Used, UN Says

A report which provides "clear and convincing evidence" that chemical weapons were used in Syria makes for "chilling reading", the UN Secretary-General has said. Ban Ki-moon said the evidence published by UN weapons inspectors was "overwhelming and...

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Syria: Nervous Children Return To School

By Sky Arthy, Sky News Producer, in Damascus Five million pupils were due back in school on Sunday in Syria at the start of the new year. It is a scene that is played out across the world and it looks no different in Damascus. Excited five-year-olds...

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Syria Chemical Weapons Report Due For Release

Doctors' Plea For Syria Medical Aid Updated: 7:15am UK, Monday 16 September 2013 British doctors have written an open letter in the Lancet medical journal calling for attacks on hospitals and medics to halt in Syria. This is the letter in full: The...

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Costa Concordia Salvage Operation Under Way

By Tom Kington, in Giglio Salvage officials have begun the mammoth task of righting the crippled Costa Concordia as jacks hoist it off rocks near the Tuscany coast. The daring operation was delayed by about three hours due to bad weather, and began...

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Syria: US Strike Threat Remains If Plan Fails

US President Barack Obama has indicated that the threat of military action remains should Syria fail to comply with a plan to destroy its chemical weapons. Mr Obama welcomed the newly-brokered US and Russian plan, calling it an "important, concrete...

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Syria Weapons Deal Boosts Putin's Profile

Between The Lines Of Putin's Letter Updated: 3:04pm UK, Thursday 12 September 2013 By Tim Marshall, Foreign Affairs Editor The Russian President has again seized the initiative with his opinion piece in the New York Times in which he speaks "directly...

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Peru Drugs: Melissa Reid 'To Plead Guilty'

Why Peru Became The Cocaine Hotspot Updated: 2:26am UK, Sunday 15 September 2013 By Pete Norman, Sky News Online Peru has overtaken Colombia as the world's leading cocaine producer, according to experts. Home to the ancient Inca civilisation,...

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