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  • Pope's butler arrested in Vatican leaks scandal

    25/05/2012 : Vatican police arrested Friday a man -- reportedly the pope's butler -- on allegations of having leaked confidential documents and letters from the pontiff's private study to newspapers.

  • 'We don't like favourites tag,' says Ramos

    25/05/2012 : Reigning European and world champions Spain go into Euro 2012 as one of the favourites but it's a tag the players would rather do without, defender Sergio Ramos told AFP.

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  • SpaceX's Dragon formally docks with ISS

    25/05/2012 : SpaceX's Dragon capsule on Friday successfully docked with the International Space Station on a first of its kind cargo mission for commercial spaceflight, NASA said.

  • Battle over SKA super-telescope leads to split site

    25/05/2012 : A long-running joust to host a radio telescope that would give mankind its farthest peek into the Universe ended on Friday with a Solomon-like judgement to split the site between Australia and South Africa.

  • Euro dives under $1.25 for first time since July 2010

    25/05/2012 : The euro dived under $1.25 on Wednesday, hitting a new 22-month low, on mounting fears over the unresolved eurozone debt crisis, in particular over the plight of Greece and Spain, dealers said.

  • Chanderpaul out as Windies' struggle continues

    25/05/2012 : England dismissed West Indies' mainstay Shivnarine Chanderpaul as the tourists' collapse continued on the first day of the second Test at Trent Bridge here on Friday.

  • Hollande defends French exit in Afghanistan

    25/05/2012 : President Francois Hollande on Friday defended France's imminent exit from Afghanistan, saying 2,000 combat troops will leave in a coordinated withdrawal this year but vowing not to abandon the country.

  • Egypt's Brotherhood say Islamist, ex-PM in run-off

    25/05/2012 : Egypt looked set on Friday for a run-off presidential vote pitting Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi against Mubarak-era minister Ahmed Shafiq, according to tallies by the Islamist group.

  • US says China not manipulating 'undervalued' yuan

    25/05/2012 : The United States said Friday that China's tightly managed currency remains "significantly undervalued" but Beijing was not manipulating the yuan to gain an unfair trade advantage.

  • Spanish bank 'seeks 20bn euros'

    25/05/2012 : Spain's stock market suspended trade in Bankia's plunging shares on Friday as reports said the struggling lender may seek up to 20 billion euros ($25 billion) from the state to stay afloat.

  • England inflict fresh Windies collapse

    25/05/2012 : James Anderson and Stuart Broad reduced the West Indies to 84 for four at lunch on the first day of the second Test at Trent Bridge here on Friday, as the tourists suffered another collapse.

  • Man confesses to murder of Etan Patz

    25/05/2012 : A man has confessed to strangling to death a boy who vanished on his way to school in 1979 -- a haunting case that terrified parents across America and baffled police for three decades, New York police chief Ray Kelly said.

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