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LONDON — Britain on Wednesday overturned some of its most unpopular anti-terrorism measures imposed after the Sept. 11 attacks, but stopped short of ending the contentious practice of ordering suspects not charged with any crime to live under partial house arrest.
Noumea, capital of the French Pacific territory New Caledonia, was put on red alert Friday as Tropical Cyclone Vania headed for the region after battering the Loyalty Islands, about 300 km to the north, Radio New Zealand International reported.
PORT-AU-PRINCE - Haiti mourned more than 300,000 victims of its devastating 2010 earthquake on Wednesday in a somber, poignant one-year anniversary clouded by pessimism over slow reconstruction and political uncertainty.
SYDNEY - Prime Minister Julia Gillard pledged financial support for Australia’s flood-hit northeast on Saturday during a tour of the most heavily inundated parts of Queensland state, but warned the recovery would be slow.
MOSCOW - Moscow police detained 19 people Wednesday in the latest protests against the jailing of Boris Nemtsov, one of Russia’s most prominent opposition leaders, whom Amnesty International has called a prisoner of conscience.
LONDON - Palace officials Wednesday revealed key details about the upcoming royal wedding, announcing that Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams will marry Prince William and Kate Middleton when they tie the knot on April 29.
LONDON - British police released Tuesday a video of a mob kicking and hitting a limo carrying Prince Charles and his wife during student protests last month, hoping to find witnesses and suspects in one of the worst royal security breaches in recent years.
Romanians were treated to a pinkish ethereal light and Swedes to a beautiful sunrise, as a partial solar eclipse that began over the Mideast extended across much of Europe.
Europe’s leading stock markets leapt on Tuesday in a robust start to the new year following a mixed 2010 amid the eurozone’s lingering debt crisis.
