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Tunisia tightens security in wake of tourist spot attacks

Tunisia, already destabilised by a political crisis, tightened security on Thursday after two failed suicide bombings that dealt a blow to the country's vital tourism industry. Duration: 01:04

Oct 31, 2013

Kenyans protest 'grass cutting' rapists

Several hundred Kenyan protestors marched on police headquarters Thursday to deliver a petition of over a million names demanding justice after men accused of brutally gang raping a schoolgirl cut grass as punishment. Duration: 01:42

Oct 31, 2013

Palestinian youth protest on anniversary of Balfour Declaration

Palestinian youth demonstrated in Gaza City on Thursday to mark the 96th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration. Turn out was lower than in previous years. dURATION: 00:33

Oct 31, 2013

Iran hopes for 'early' understanding in nuclear talks

Iran's foreign minister expressed hope in Pretoria on Thursday that upcoming negotiations over the country's disputed nuclear programme will lead to a quick understanding with world powers. Duration: 00:56

Oct 31, 2013

London developers tap into city's South Bank

British house prices rose at their fastest annual pace in more than three years this month, one British mortgage lender Nationwide reported Thursday. Duration: 02:20

Oct 31, 2013

Portable electronics to be allowed on flights: FAA

Airline passengers will soon be allowed to use a range of mobile electronic devices in flight with very few restrictions, US aviation authorities said Thursday. Duration: 00:55

Oct 31, 2013

Gay rights activists hold cande-lit vigil in Rome

Hundreds of gay rights activists held a candle-lit vigil on October 30, 2013 at Rome's Colosseum to call for a law against homophobia after a youth threw himself off the 11th story of a building in the Italian capital. Duratio: 00:37

Oct 31, 2013

French ecotax booth dismantled after govt backed down

The last remaining Britanny toll booth for the French 'ecotax' levied on commercial vehicles has been dismantled, following the government's decision to suspend the application of the tax. Duration: 00:35

Oct 31, 2013

Russian football match suspended after crowd trouble

A Russian Cup game between the country's most successful side Spartak Moscow and Shinnik of Yaroslavl was suspended on Wednesday after Spartak fans clashed with security forces and lit huge flares. Duration: 01:01

Oct 31, 2013

Iraqi PM al-Maliki calls for new war on terror on US visit

On a visit to Washington, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki called for a new war on terror, saying a 'third world war' should be launched against terrorists. Duration: 01:13

Oct 31, 2013

Syria war stirs decades-old tensions in Lebanese town

Lebanon's second city of Tripoli has been transformed into a sectarian battleground, where local and regional powers fight a proxy war over the conflict in neighbouring Syria. Duration: 02:33

Oct 31, 2013

Gazans display 1910 British naval cannon found at sea

Curious Gaza Strip residents on Thursday inspected a British navy cannon dating from 1910, which was put on display after it was hauled from the sea by local fishermen. Duration: 00:42

Oct 31, 2013

CPI slams Kirit Parikh panel's recommendation of diesel price hike

New Delhi, Oct 30 (ANI): CPI leader D Raja on Wednesday slammed the Kirit Parikh panel's recommendation of a Rs 5 per litre hike in diesel price with immediate effect. Raja said that this move will spell disaster for the Congress party in the forthcoming general elections.

Oct 30, 2013

Modi had threat to life; we had Intel of probable IED attack on him: Kanpur Police

Kanpur, Oct 30 (ANI): The Kanpur Police has said that they had received prior intelligence input before BJP’s PM Candidate Narendra Modi's rally (on Oct 19) about a threat to his life. Input said IEDs and rocket launchers could be used against him, informed Kanpur SSP, Yashasvi Yadav.

Oct 30, 2013

SP will fight out communal evils: Mulayam

New Delhi, Oct 30 (ANI): Hinting at the BJP, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Wednesday at a convention against communalism, organized by the Left said that democratic forces should unite as much as possible to defeat communal forces. He further added that the SP will fight out communal evils in the country.

Oct 30, 2013