Tuesday, 18 June 2013 08:27
Leaders of the G8 countries will be spending the final hours of the summit focusing on how to deter kidnappings of foreign workers in Africa, and how best to corner globe-trotting companies into paying more taxes.
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Leaders of the G8 countries will be spending the final hours of the summit focusing on how to deter kidnappings of foreign workers in Africa, and how best to corner globe-trotting companies into paying more taxes.

The word tweet, in relation to social media, has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), breaking the rule which says a new word must be current for a decade before inclusion.

A 98-year-old top Nazi war crimes suspect, accused of overseeing thousands of Jewish deportations during World War II, has been charged with war crimes in Hungary, prosecutors said.

Police in Turkey have arrested 85 people following more than two weeks of anti-government protests.

Britain and Ecuador have failed to break the deadlock over the unresolved asylum case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, nearly a year after he took refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in London to avoid extradition to Sweden.

Documents leaked by US former spy Edward Snowden appeared to show Britain spied on G20 delegates during meetings in London back in 2009, Britain's Guardian newspaper has reported.

Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas was forced to quit by a graft and spying scandal involving his closest aide, pitching the European Union member state into a period of uncertainty over who will form the next government.

Thousands of protesters have urged Bulgaria's Socialist-led government to resign during a rally in Sofia.

The Syrian conflict is expected to dominate talks among leaders of the G8 nations meeting in Northern Ireland.

The Turkish deputy prime minister has said that the army could be deployed to halt protests that have swept the nation over the past two weeks.
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