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Quake felt in major towns of Bologna, Modena, Ferrara, Rovigo, Verona and Mantua.

Astronomers from Nasa and Massachusetts Institute of Technology detect possible planet disintegrating under the searing heat of its host star.

Apart from eurozone crisis, the summit concentrated on a whole range of issues including Afghanistan and Iran.

Factories, churches and old buildings are the worst hit and several people are believed to have been buried under the rubble.

Paleontologists from North Carolina State University discover fossils of a huge turtle as big as a smart car.

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan marry after nine years in simple private ceremony.

His arrival is expected to ease the diplomatic tussle between the US and China.

Leaders stress importance of cohesive eurozone and the need for Greece's continuation in the bloc.

Chen had sparked a diplomatic tussle between the US and China after fleeing house arrest and taking shelter in the US embassy in Beijing.

SpaceX rocket launch aborted following technical glitches.

Two other students are in critical condition while five others have been admitted to a hospital.

From the eurozone crisis to Afghanistan, Syria and rising global oil rises are likely to figure at the summit.

Obama, Hollande acknowledge need for reforms to avert global crisis.

Kings and queens from across globe gather at Windsor for luncheon to celebrate Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

An Israeli man was charged with arson after he threw Molotov cocktails at the homes of African migrants in Tel Aviv.

Arrest of British man Chow Hok Kuen in Thailand attempting to smuggle foetuses lifts lid on Kuman Thong occult practices

Officials have released hundreds of documents, audio files and photographs, relating to the murder of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman.

As the King of Bahrain arrives in the UK to celebrate the Queen's Diamond jubilee, protesters in Bahrain continue to take to the streets in protest of the lack of political reforms and human rights abuses.

Turkish residents claim dead bee-eater is Israeli secret service agent.

Crowded night bus plunges off bridge into river in central Vietnam, killing 34 passengers and injuring 21 others in one of the country's deadliest road accidents.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is reportedly "unhappy" over the ban on Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan from entering Mumbai's Wankhede stadium.

Rights groups have condemned the detention of a Shia activist Kamel Abbas al-Ahmed in Saudi Arabia for his support of religious freedom

Footage posted on YouTube of protesters taking refuge in UN vehicle as Assad forces attack Syrian students at Aleppo University.

Scientists stumbled upon a wooden-hulled vessel during a recent NOAA-funded 56-day expedition, while diving in unknown or lesser-known areas in the west of Gulf of Mexico.

First Gay Pride march in former Soviet nation of Georgia marred by fist fight that broke out when Christian activists tried to block their path through capital Tblisi.

The head of the Syrian National Council Burhan Ghalioun announced he is resigning from his position amid growing divisions within the umbrella opposition group.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he believes the global Islamic terrorist network Al-Qaida was behind two recent car bombings that killed 55 people in Damascus.

The eurozone crisis, North Korea, the Middle East and Afghanistan are also expected to figure in talks.

Rights activists and Bahraini opposition members angered at invitation to the King of Bahrain to join other royals at a Jubilee lunch with the Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle.