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Eurozone Crisis: 'It's Now or Never'

The first stage on this “now or never” day for Europe has been reached. The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, was given a strong mandate from the German Parliament to increase in the bailout fund.
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Eurozone Crisis: Greek 'Haircut' Threatens EU Disaster

If the Greek debt is cut by as much 60 per cent, one of the solutions to the debt crisis proposed by EU leaders at Wednesday's summit, it could be disastrous for European banks, according to the former Chancellor of the Exchequer Lord Lamont.
Gadhafi Sodomized By Rebel After Capture.

Gadhafi Sodomized and Tortured Before Being Killed: Human Rights Investigation Demanded (SHOCKING VIDEO)

The four-decade rule of Libyan autocrat, Col. Moammar Gadhafi finally came to an end on Thursday, after he was dragged from his hiding place - a drainpipe - in the town of Sirte and killed. However, there is growing international unease about increasingly graphic and disturbing images of the abuse of a body that appears to be Gadhafi's, following his capture and the fall of his hometown of Sirte on Thursday.
A man tries to identify his lost relatives among unearthed bodies suspected to have been killed by Gaddafi's forces in Khums

Libya: Civil War Casualties Could Reach 100,000

While evidence of illegal killings and violations of human rights committed by both sides are slowly emerging, the absence of official and updated death toll figures show many secrets are still to be unlocked before the carnage wrought by nine months long civil war is known.
Festive Season Across the World: Halloween in the U.S. and Diwali 2011, Festival of Lights in India [Breathtaking Diwali PHOTOS]

UK Celebrates Diwali; Cameron Recognises British Indians' Role [PHOTOS]

It's Diwali time! The "Festival of lights" is back this year bringing fun, frolic and exciting promises. With more than one million British Indians residing in the UK, the festive spirit has always been upbeat. Meanwhile, acknowledging the contribution made by the British Hindus and the British Indian community, the UK Prime Minister David Cameron has extended Diwali wishes.
Muammar Gaddafi

Gaddafi Killed with Bullet to the Head, Autopsy Confirms

Muammar Gaddafi's autopsy confirmed the former Libyan leader died from a gunshot to the head, the country's chief pathologist said, a move which is set to amplify allegations the deposed head of state has been executed by one of his captors.
Morgan Tsvangirai

Zimbabwe: Morgan Tsvangirai Backs Gay Rights

Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, a long-time opponent of Mugabe's Zanu-PF has changed his stance on gay rights, saying he now wants them enshrined in the new soon-to be constitution.
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Carbon Capture Hits The Buffers

There can be no doubt of the bitter disappointment that Chris Huhne, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, must have felt when the consortium led by Scottish Power walked away from the chance of establishing and operating Britain's first power plant with Carbon Capture (CCS) and reported by the media on 19 October 2011. The consortium led by Scottish Power, a subsidiary of Spanish utility firm Iberdrola though its headquarters is in Glasgow, also included National Grid and Shell...
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu

Alleged Israeli Spy Ilan Grapel to be Released by Egypt

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet issued a statement confirming the approval of a prisoner exchange deal with Egypt to release suspected Israeli spy Ilan Grapel, a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen arrested in June and accused of being a spy in exchange for 25 Egyptian prisoners from Israeli jails.
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Private Eye Hits 50

Private Eye, the fortnightly magazine mixing politics with comedy, marks its 50th anniversary today.
Dead body of Gaddafi is displayed inside a metal storage freezer in Misrata

Gaddafi's Corpse Withdrawn from Public Display

Guards locked the gates to the compound where the three bodies were conserved and displayed, with one guard reportedly saying "That's enough," "he's been causing us as much trouble dead as he did alive."