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Israel military drill simulates chemical attack

Israeli defence forces held Wednesday a military drill simulating a chemical attack in the town of Beit Shemesh, near Jerusalem. Duration: 00:38

Oct 2, 2013

Free lunch for federal workers affected by govt shutdown

A Washington burger chain is offering free lunches to federal workers who are obliged to stay home without pay because of the government's shutdown following the budget impasse in Congress. Duration: 1:08

Oct 2, 2013

French protest over Sunday closure of DIY stores

French workers and DIY fans have been gathering in central Paris today to protest new regulations meaning that DIY stores will no longer be allowed to open for business on Sundays. Duration: 00:58

Oct 2, 2013

Cyclists protest as Kolkata bans bikes from key roads

Angry cyclists held noisy protests in the centre of the Indian city of Kolkata on Wednesday over the local government's move to ban them from major roads in the congested metropolis. Duration: 0:42

Oct 2, 2013

London Zoo welcomes first tiger cub in 17 years

The birth a Sumatran tiger cub has been captured on hidden cameras by zookeepers at London Zoo -- their first cub for 17 years. Duration: 00:38

Oct 2, 2013

Image-conscious China chides its 'unruly' tourists

Chinese tourists should not pick their noses in public, pee in pools or steal airplane life jackets, China's image-conscious authorities have warned in a handbook in their latest effort to counter unruly behaviour. Duration: 01:09

Oct 2, 2013

ECB leaves rates unchanged, promises liquidity. Duration: 0:50

The European Central Bank leaves key interest rates unchanged, saying that monetary policy will remain stable for the foreseeable future. Duration: 0:50

Oct 2, 2013

Yemen jails Qaeda militants for suicide bombing

A Yemeni court on Wednesday jailed Al-Qaeda militants for up to 10 years for plotting a suicide bombing that killed 86 soldiers and wounded 171 others last year. Duration: 00:40

Oct 2, 2013

Greek neo-Nazi lawmakers indicted

Four lawmakers from Greece's Golden Dawn neo-Nazi party were charged Wednesday with belonging to a criminal organisation as the authorities move to dismantle the group after the murder of an anti-fascist musician.

Oct 2, 2013

Back to school in Aleppo amid horrors of Syria war

Thousands of children are going back to school in the Syrian city of Aleppo despite the sounds of war just around the corner.

Oct 2, 2013

Sectarian clashes in Myanmar leave 5 Muslims dead

Police patrolled tense villages in western Myanmar Wednesday following sectarian clashes which left five Muslims dead and prompted international alarm.

Oct 2, 2013

Vietnam court jails activist lawyer for 30 months

A Vietnamese court sentences a prominent activist lawyer to 30 months in jail on tax evasion charges as hundreds of his supporters stage a protest in the capital against the one-party communist state's crackdown on dissent

Oct 2, 2013

DC area police and US Army test emergency readiness

The US military and local police forces ran exercises to test coordination capability between federal and local agencies, in case of a disaster impacting the Washington, DC area. Duration:01:37

Oct 2, 2013

Rio police use tear gas to disperse teacher protest

Police in Rio de Janeiro use tear gas to disperse around 100 protesting teachers who tried to disrupt the city council vote on a wage increase. Duration:01:22

Oct 2, 2013

Berlusconi: Italy's Midas loses his touch

Abandoned by top aides and choked by legal woes, Silvio Berlusconi's defeat in a showdown with Prime Minister Enrico Letta on Wednesday was seen by analysts as a sign of his terminal decline. After two decades in politics, the bombastic tycoon who once compared himself to Jesus Christ cut an increasingly lonely figure as one by one his lieutenants broke ranks to support the government.

Oct 2, 2013