Afghan wedding party hit by bombWounded at Mazar-e-Sharif hospital

At least 18 people travelling to a wedding are killed by a roadside bomb in Balkh province of northern Afghanistan, while others are wounded.


Jose Manuel Barroso (left) and Herman van Rompuy presiding over the post-summit press conferenceEU reaches bank supervision deal

EU leaders agree to phase in a single supervisory body for eurozone banks - a big step towards a banking union - after a Franco-German compromise.

Mitt Romney (right) and Barack Obama Al Smith Memorial Foundation dinner in New York on 18 October 2012Presidential rivals trade jokes

US President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney poke fun at themselves and each other at a charity fundraiser in New York.

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