Uh, oh: Russia’s Olympic torch dies out. Again.
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The flame falters on the first day of a 123-day relay across Russia.
Russia welcomes Olympic flame
President Vladimir Putin helps roll out the red carpet for the flame, but Kremlin winds are not so kind.
Israel Gutman, Holocaust historian, dies at 90
After surviving Nazi concentration camps, Mr. Gutman became a historian in Israel.
In Britain, it’s ‘Red Ed’ and ‘Conservative Cameron’
Politicians in Britain are catering to their bases as they prepare for campaign season.
Russia accuses Greenpeace activists of piracy
Fourteen of the 30 who were on the Arctic Sunrise are charged over a protest against an oil-drilling rig.
Alitalia plane skids to a stop after emergency landing
An Alitalia jet made an emergency landing in Rome on Sunday after one of its landing gears failed to open.
Britain wages war on Internet porn
The government is in the midst of adopting some of the strictest curbs on pornography in the Western world.
Russia jails U.S. environmentalist on piracy charge
Captain of a Greenpeace ship seized in Arctic was also in charge of a ship blown up in 1985 in New Zealand.
The ‘white widow’ back in the spotlight
Interpol issues arrest notice for British national in connection to Nairobi attack, setting off a media frenzy.
Deadly train accident
Nearly 80 die and dozens more are injured after a passenger train jumps the tracks in northwest Spain.
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Africa
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- Zimbabwe's president explains new psychomotor minister's job, but not why he chose the title
- UN diplomats hope for UN action to help restore security to chaotic Central African Republic
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Middle East
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- Chief of chemical weapons watchdog briefs meeting on Syria poison gas disarmament mission
- Wave of deadly attacks in Egypt kills at least 8, day after street clashes left 51 dead
- Militant backlash against western interest feared after US snatched al-Qaida militant in Libya
Europe
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- Englert and Higgs win Nobel physics prize for subatomical particle research
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- EU lawmakers adopt regulations to counter smoking, imposing bigger warnings, banning menthol
The Americas
- Canada PM will boycott Commonwealth summit to protest Sri Lanka's human rights record
- Argentina frets as president undergoes surgery for blood clot in head from unexplained injury
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National Security
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