Israel Disaster Drills Prepare Nation For War

By Sam Kiley, Middle East Correspondent Israel is conducting mass casualty drills to train the nation for a national disaster which focuses on responding to an earthquake but which military officials admitted was also a rehearsal for how to respond...

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Beirut Protests: Tense Stand-Off In Lebanon

Police in Beirut have fired warning shots and thrown tear gas at hundreds of angry protesters attempting to storm the Prime Minister's office in Beirut. Clashes erupted during the funeral for top intelligence chief Brigadier General Wissam al Hassan,...

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Body Found At Family Shooting Suspect's House

Police have found a body at the burnt-out home of a man suspected of breaking into a nearby house and shooting five members of a family, killing two of them. Investigators believe Desmond John Moses, 55, set his own bungalow on fire before entering...

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Lourdes Flooding Forces Pilgrims To Flee

More than 450 pilgrims have been evacuated from the sanctuary of Lourdes in France after heavy flooding hit the area. Two campsites were also cleared and several roads were closed as the river Gave de Pau burst its banks. Buses ferried guests from...

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Pregnant Mum Stabbed A Day Before Wedding

A woman who was eight months pregnant has been found stabbed to death a day before her wedding. Vindalee Smith was discovered inside the basement of her home in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, on Saturday morning. It is unclear how long the mother-of-four...

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Spain: Test For PM As Voters Go To The Polls

Voters in the Galicia and Basque regions of Spain are going to the polls in what is seen as a key test for Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. Mr Rajoy's Popular Party is tipped to win in his home region of Galicia, where it holds an outright majority, but...

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Thirteen Dead In Damascus Car Bomb Blast

At least 13 people have been killed after a car bomb exploded near a police station in the Syrian capital of Damascus. A state official speaking from the scene said an explosives-rigged taxi blew up 50 metres from the Bab Touma neighbourhood's main...

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Ben Needham: Police Believe He Can Be Found

British police officers have told Sky News that if missing toddler Ben Needham is buried on a site being searched on a Greek island they are confident of finding him. The officer leading the British side of the inquiry says the police service would...

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White House Denies Iran Nuclear Talks Report

Israel Braced With Disaster Drills Updated: 4:09pm UK, Sunday 21 October 2012 By Sam Kiley, Middle East Correspondent Israel is conducting mass casualty drills to train the nation for a national disaster which focuses on responding to an earthquake...

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Nixon Rival George McGovern Dies Aged 90

George McGovern, the former Democratic senator who vowed to end the Vietnam War only to lose to Richard Nixon in a presidential election defeat in 1972, has died at the age of 90. Family members and friends were at his bedside when he died early on...

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