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A British government minister has said Costa Rican police is responsible for preventing police co-operation in the search for missing journalist Michael Dixon.

"Any request from the Costa Rican authoritles for assistance would need to come from the OlJ [the Organismo de Investigacion Judicial, ...

By John Kaponi

The Falklands are British, despite the protestations by the Argentines. The majority of the population of the islands located in the South Atlantic Ocean and just 250 nautical miles from the coast of mainland South America remain sovereign British territory.

Its therefore appalling and ...

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A French Government agency is preparing itself for mass suicides ahead of an Armageddon scenario predicted by a cult that the world "is to end on 21 December 2012".  Miviludes the French government agency that monitors cults and suspicious spiritual activities has said that France ...

International Desk - update 3pm GMT

All of the politicians have been released along with the Bishop following appeals by the UN and the Church of Cyprus.

Bishop Porfyrios the Church of Cyprus representative to the European Union along with a group of MEP’s has ...

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The British Government emergency response committee has met to formulate the Government's response to the 8.9 Richter scale earthquake in Japan which has triggered a series of Tsunami's across the Pacific rim.  The earthquake is the largest to hit Japan in ...

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The Greek capital Athens, which has been paralysed by strikes, violent clashes between demonstrators and police, is apparently the worlds most "flirtatious city".   According to website badoo.com which has analysed 12 million flirts in 180 countries, Athens came top Moscow ranks 2nd, Rome 8th, Madrid 31st, ...

-  Suez crossing by Iranian frigates will "provoke direct confrontation" with Israel

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Israel is preparing its troops for a "twin-track" offensive against Iran and Syria, with news from Jerusalem that Israel will intercept Iranian frigates heading into the ...

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Greek New Yorkers "up in arms" over failure to rebuild church on "Ground Zero"

The only place of worship destroyed during the terrorist attack in New York on September 11 2001, the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Nicholas, will not be rebuilt, and ...