Thursday, 9th May, 2013 Slovenia seeks to avoid EU bailout
The government of Slovenia is due to unveil an economic action plan that it hopes will help it avoid an EU bailout.
Wednesday, 8th May, 2013 Imran Khan 'recovering' in hospital after rally fall
Leading Pakistani politician Imran Khan is recuperating in hospital
after falling off a makeshift lift that was taking him onto a stage at
an election rally in Lahore.
Wednesday, 8th May, 2013 23 dead in Mexico tanker blast
A speeding tanker truck carrying gas crashed and exploded in a huge
fireball along a highway near Mexico City Tuesday, killing at least 23
people and injuring dozens more, officials said.
Wednesday, 8th May, 2013 Police to quiz Cleveland suspects
Police investigating the abduction of three women for about a decade in
Cleveland, Ohio, are due to carry out in-depth interviews of three male
suspects.
Wednesday, 8th May, 2013 Nigeria: 'Many dead in Boko Haram raid' in Borno state
Fifty-five people have been killed in the north-east of Nigeria in
co-ordinated attacks by the Boko Haram militant group, the Nigerian army
says.
Wednesday, 8th May, 2013 Italy deaths as Genoa ship hits control tower
At least three people have died and up to six are missing after a ship
crashed into a control tower in the Italian port of Genoa, reports say.
Wednesday, 8th May, 2013 Queen's Speech: Immigration rules 'to be tougher'
The government is expected to announce tougher rules on immigration when
it outlines its programme for the next year on Wednesday.
Tuesday, 7th May, 2013 Death toll from Bangladesh building collapse climbs above 700
The death toll from the disastrous building collapse in Bangladesh last
month has risen above 700, authorities said Tuesday, as recovery workers
continued to pull bodies from the rubble.
Tuesday, 7th May, 2013 China rebukes Israel ahead of Netanyahu visit
The Chinese government had stern words for Israel at the start of Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's five-day visit to the country.
Tuesday, 7th May, 2013 N Korea 'removes' missiles from east coast launch site
North Korea has removed two medium-range missiles from a coastal launch
site, indicating a lowering of tension on the peninsula, a US official
said.
Tuesday, 7th May, 2013 Three US women missing for years rescued in Ohio
Three young women who vanished about a decade ago in the US state of
Ohio have been found and are in hospital in a fair condition, officials
have said.
Tuesday, 7th May, 2013 Death toll in Bangladesh building collapse rises above 650
Workers at the site of the multi-story building collapse near the
Bangladeshi capital on Monday kept up their grim task of removing
severely decomposed bodies from the rubble as the death toll climbed
above 650.
Monday, 6th May, 2013 Arctic Ocean 'acidifying rapidly'
The Arctic seas are being made rapidly more acidic by carbon-dioxide emissions, according to a new report.