The bodies of six miners have been recovered from a pit in central Slovakia, after an underground explosion which is feared to have killed 14 other men. A major rescue operation was launched at the pit in Handlova, northeast of the capital Bratislava, but no-one is thought to have survived.

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They were dubbed the “three amigos.” And it was with a suitably united front that the leaders of America, Canada and Mexico brought their short summit to a close.

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Four suspected Islamist militants on trial in Germany have begun confessing their planned crimes in court. Police say Fritz Gelowicz, Daniel Schneider, Attila Selek and Adem Yilmaz have been revealing how they intended to attack US military bases in Germany. The hearing in Duesseldorf had been adjourned while investigators questioned the men.

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The former commander of a German infantry unit has been jailed for life for killing 14 civilians in an Italian village during the the Second World War. Ninety-year-old Josef Scheungraber was found guilty of ordering his troops to carry out the atrocity by a Munich state court.

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A Finnish cargo ship sailing under a Maltese flag with a Russian crew of between 13 and 15 has vanished off the coast of Portugal.

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Seeking renewal and rejuvenation, the leading Palestinian party Fatah has been voting for a new executive body.

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Drugs and trade are top of the agenda as President Barack Obama flew into Guadalajara for what is being called the summit of the “three amigos”.

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The third of three men who escaped from a Belgian jail in spectacular fashion using a hijacked helicopter has been recaptured in Morocco.

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The growing problem of green algae on several beaches in northern France has reached crisis point after a horse died and its rider lost consciousness within seconds of falling into the decomposing seaweed.

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Iran’s determination to rein in its dissidents continued on Sunday with a call by the Revolutionary Guard commander to try the nation’s 
reformist leader Mirhossein Moussavi.

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