Thursday 24 April 2014

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Ukraine's Maidan protesters: 'The revolution is not finished yet'

A woman comes out of the tent with a basket of Easter goodies at the protest camp on Independence Square in Kiev April 19

Ukraine's two revolutions are polar opposites on the ideological spectrum – Donetsk is pro-Russian and anti-Western, the Maidan is the exact reverse

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Fatah and the Hamas agree unity government

Hamas Prime minister Sheikh Ismael Haneiya (R) and senior Fatah official Azzam Al Ahmad (L)

Middle East peace talks thrown into chaos as two rival Palestinian factions agree to form a new unity government

Pope Francis "tells 'sinner' she should be allowed Communion"

The reportedly told the woman 'A divorcee who takes communion is not doing anything wrong'

In apparent break from Catholic teaching, Pope is said to have phoned remarried Argentine Jacqui Lisbona to say 'nothing wrong' in her taking Holy Communion

Malaysia Airlines MH370 search team investigate washed-up objects

The Bluefin-21 AUV is craned over the side of the Australian Defence Vessel Ocean Shield during the search

Pieces of sheet metal have washed ashore in Western Australia near the designated search area in Indian Ocean

Copacabana riots cast shadow over the World Cup

A 27-year-old man died after being shot in the head and a 12-year-old boy was also reportedly hit in the crossfire during violence against police

The latest unrest to threaten this year’s World Cup began after slum residents blamed police for the death of a dancer

Hollande and Trierweiler still an item, book claims

Francois Hollande and Valérie Trierweiler

French president's former partner Valerie Trierweiler would return to the Elysée if he showed contrition and gave guarantees of faithfulness, it is claimed

Nepal minister to meet sherpas in base camp summit to end Everest impasse

Nimdige Sherpa holds a portrait of her son Ang Kaji Sherpa, killed in an avalanche on Mount Everest, with her husband Ankchu Sherpa

Expedition leaders are hoping the Nepal government can reach a deal with sherpas threatening to boycott the lucrative Everest climbing season after 16 guides were killed in an avalanche

The miracle that earned John Paul II his sainthood

Costa Rican citizen Floribeth Mora, who was healed from a brain aneurysm through a miracle that is attributed to Pope John Paul II

'Miracle' cure of woman suffering from a severe brain aneurysm 'paved way for John Paul II to be made a saint'

Georgia will allow guns in churches

Sweeping changes in Georgia will permit weapons in public buildings

US middle class no longer most prosperous in world

American dream fades as data shows middle classes falling behind Canadian counterparts

Cheerleaders sue over 'jiggle test'

Buffalo Jills cheerleaders dance during a timeout at Ralph Wilson Stadium

Buffalo Bills cheerleaders sue New York state football team over unpaid work and "jiggle test"

Kim Jong-un's Emmental envoys rejected by French cheese school

Kim Jong-un is said to have ordered three officials to attend the crash course in dairy production because he was dissatisfied with his country’s attempts at cheese making

College in eastern France refuses North Korean requests to train three experts in French cheese-making to cater to despot Kim Jong-un's penchant for fromage

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Korean ferry disaster

Many still missing after ship capsizes and sinks off coast of South Korea

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Rebellion is brewing against the elite that has ruined Europe

Next month’s European elections may not amount to a revolution, but we will certainly see the greatest rebellion yet against a politically bankrupt system

'The idiot in Brussels’ and his like may keep their jobs for now, but trust is evaporating fast, says Peter Oborne

Kiev protesters 'not satisfied' with revolution

Meteor lights up night sky over Russia

Ukraine's revolutionaries need election victories

Ukrainian official confronted by masked men

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Strongest sandstorm in decades sweeps China

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Sand envelopes Gansu Province in northwest China reducing visibility to less than 65ft, in the strongest sandstorm since 1996

French Spiderman scales Macau hotel

Climate change makes risks of climbing Mount Everest even greater, say scientists

South Korea ferry disaster: children broke fingers in attempt to escape

South Korea ferry disaster: Royal Navy salvage experts join recovery

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Oscar Pistorius's family deny he took acting classes for trial

Pistorius' vomiting and loud crying have often disrupted proceedings, and some have questioned his sincerity

Family of Paralympian say that claims he had acting classes before his trial for murder are "totally devoid of any truth"

Search called off for 230 abducted Nigerian schoolgirls

South Sudan rebels slaughter 'hundreds' in ethnic massacres

India's elders lift ban on inter-caste marriages

Egypt: leftist to stand alone against al-Sisi

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Objects washed ashore 'being verified'

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Pieces of sheet metal have washed ashore in Western Australia near the designated search area in Indian Ocean, but Malaysian authorities say that these have "not yet been verified" as coming from MH370

Royal tour: Cambridges given personalised skateboard for Prince George

Royal couple visit sacred Uluru site

Mass starfish cull to save Great Barrier Reef

Royal couple retrace Diana's steps

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Ukraine mourners remember the cost of the revolution

Tearful mourners gather to lay flowers and candles at shrines where protesters died amid fears that "old men of the regime" will return to rob them of their victory