Around 150 people were missing after a boat carrying migrants from North Africa capsized in heavy seas near the southern Italian island of Lampedusa.
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The tiny island of Providenciales in the Turks and Caicos has been voted the top beach destination in the world.
US President Barack Obama will visit Facebook’s California headquarters on April 20 and hold a town hall forum on the economy.
The UN has roundly rebuffed remarks by the South African judge Richard Goldstone that cast doubt on the report into the Gaza war.
Italy and Tunisia have struck a deal to choke off the flood of Tunisians heading to Italian shores.
Darfur’s most powerful rebel group has suspended meetings with Sudan’s government in Qatar in protest at Khartoum’s plan to hold a referendum.
Silvio Berlusconi planned to make his alleged "madam" a member of Italy’s national Parliament, according to wiretap transcripts.
Italian researchers will dig up bones in a Florence convent to try to identify the remains of a Renaissance woman long believed to be the Mona Lisa.
Emmanuel Adebayor headed a goal in each half as Real Madrid hammered 10-man Tottenham 4-0 in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal.