Prime Minister Yves Leterme's government fell after the Flemish liberal party pulled out of his coalition.
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Vote that would have seen Belgium become first to ban the burkha scuppered at last minute as government collapses
Vote that would have seen Belgium become first to ban the burkha scuppered at last minute as government collapses
British family sparks race case after telling U.S. hotel: 'We don't want to be served by a black person'
Haitian-born Wadner Tranchant claims he was turned away from serving the family during their recent stay at the hotel in Naples, Florida, to avoid upsetting them.
How did three people survive this? The wreckage of a Russian cargo plane torn in two after bursting into flames mid-air
Miraculously, three of the six crew survived this devastating crash. Pilots attempted an emergency landing after an electrical fire broke out on board - but the plane exploded on impact.
French government threatens to prosecute artist over photograph of man wiping his bottom on the tricolour
The prize-winning image has caused outrage in France despite being praised by judges officiating a competition organised by the Nice branch of media store FNAC.
Islamists post warning on web to South Park creators after they depict Prophet Muhammad in anniversary episode
The creators of TV show South Park have been warned by Islamists they could face violent retribution for depicting the Prophet Muhammad in a bear suit.
'A free market was never meant to be a free licence to take what you can get': Obama slams Wall St in push for more regulation
President Barack Obama today demanded 'commonsense' legislation be put in place to ensure an economic meltdown like the one experienced globally since 2007 can never happen again.
Iran tests new ship-destroyer speed boat in Gulf war games
The Islamic Republic has announced its latest advance in its military capabilities in an apparent bid to show its readiness for any attack by Israel or the U.S.
- Vote that would have seen Belgium become first to ban the burkha scuppered at last minute as government collapses
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- British family sparks race case after telling U.S. hotel: 'We don't want to be served by a black person'
- French outrage over photograph of man wiping his bottom on the tricolour flag
- 'A free market was never meant to be a free licence to take what you can get': Obama slams Wall St in push for more regulation
- Islamists post warning on web to South Park creators after they depict Prophet Muhammad in anniversary episode
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- U.S. Coast Guard in search for 11 missing workers after giant oil rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico
- Iran tests new ship-destroyer speed boat in Gulf war games
- Georgia admits seizing shipment of highly-enriched uranium
- Australian woman jailed over 'cheeseball murder': Driver ran down a man for throwing snacks at her car
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- Unpublished Mark Twain tribute to his daughter to be sold at auction
- Chinese workers tie their youngsters up at work because they can't afford child care
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Pictured: The moment Mafia armed gang raided bowling alley looking for mob boss's runaway wife
With machine guns as well as shotguns the masked raiders shoved staff to the floor and pointed pistols at worker's heads at the complex outside Naples. Police said the raid was sparked after the owner of the alley was accused of hiding the 34-year-old wife of mob boss Giuseppe Palumbo.
Caught after almost 35 years on the run: Fugitive grandmother re-arrested on her 56th birthday
Paula Carroll had served two months of a five-year sentence for receiving stolen goods when she was discovered missing with another inmate from a jail in Ocala, Florida, on September 3, 1975.
Search for 11 missing workers after giant oil rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico
The blast aboard the Deepwater Horizon rig 50 miles off the Louisiana coast could prove to be one of the deadliest offshore drilling accidents of the past 50 years. The Coast Guard held out hope that the missing workers escaped in one of the platform's covered lifeboats.
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The search for the new species was part of the Heart of Borneo project that started in February 2007 and is backed by the WWF and the three countries that share the island. The aim is to conserve 85,000 square miles of rain forest that was described by Charles Darwin as 'one great luxuriant hothouse made by nature for herself'.
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BUTCHERS BANNED FROM USING KNIVES
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Not all of Sainsbury's butchers are trained to de-bone a joint of lamb it would appear -
PREGNANT WARTHOG FIGHTS OFF LEOPARD
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Handwritten transcript of OK Corral's coroner's inquest not seen since the 1960s found in dusty box
The document was found when court clerks stumbled on the box while reorganising files in an old jail storage room in Bisbee, south of Tombstone.
Israel 'rejects Obama demand to suspend all construction in east Jerusalem'
The move threatens to entrench a year-old deadlock in Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking, aides to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
Luxury tourist train derails in South Africa killing three people... including mother and newborn baby
Seventeen coaches of the Rovos Rail train, which was near the end of a journey from Cape Town, came off the tracks just outside a station in the city.
FBI hunt the pensioner called 'Geezer Bandit' who has robbed SEVEN banks
The series of holdups attributed to the man began in late August and have taken place at banks in Carmel Valley, La Jolla, the La Playa neighbourhood of Point Loma, Rancho Santa Fe and Santee.
Georgia admits seizing shipment of highly-enriched uranium
Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili also blamed Russia for creating the instability that allows nuclear smugglers to operate in the region.
Heartbreaking pictures of the Chinese toddlers tied up all day because their parents can't afford child care
The youngsters come on to the shop floor, where anxious parents use lengths of rubber to tie the bewildered children to iron bars on the windows.
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Australian woman jailed over 'cheeseball murder': Driver ran down a man for throwing snacks at her car
Sarah Ward acted aggressively and impulsively when she aimed her vehicle at a group of young men throwing cheese-balls at her car, a judge ruled.
Unpublished Mark Twain eulogy to his dead daughter to be sold at auction
The author, who died 100 years ago today aged 74, wrote A Family Sketch for his daughter Olivia 'Susy' Clemens shortly after her death in 1896.
