Politicians say the result of a vote on whether to leave the European intergovernmental body should be respected.
Inspired by the UCT protests, the "Rhodes Must Fall in Oxford" wants the colonialist’s statue removed from their own university.
UK media has gushed over the news that a giant panda could be pregnant, recalling the frenzy over the birth of royal baby Prince George.
Big crowds lined the route of London’s mass road race to cheer on 36 000 runners, may of whom wore black ribbons to honour the dead and wounded.
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/ 1 February 2012
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has appealed to Britain’s Supreme Court not to extradite him to Sweden over accusations of sex crimes.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Tuesday confirmed May 6 as the date for a parliamentary election.
Air France will compensate through its insurers the families of the victims of a June 1 crash in which 228 people died.
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/ 19 February 2009
The world economy will go through a rough patch this year and governments and central banks must revisit the way they operate, the IMF says.
The risk of renewed violence in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta is increasing because militants are frustrated by a lack of concrete results from peace talks, a key negotiator said on Wednesday. Kingsley Kuku, a senior member of a government peace committee, said the government still had an opportunity to avert violence.
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/ 25 February 2008
A Nigerian tribunal will rule on Tuesday whether the election of President Umaru Yar’Adua was valid, a decision that could entrench a disputed government or tip Africa’s most populous nation into turmoil. Yar’Adua won a landslide victory in last April’s elections but observers accused the party of widespread vote-rigging.