Ukraine's three former presidents have made an unexpected joint show of support for mass protests against the government's decision to reject a historic pact with the EU.
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BEIRUT - Hezbollah says one of its top leaders has been killed near Beirut, and blames Israel, at a time of soaring tensions in Lebanon linked to the war in neighbouring Syria.
VIENNA - A truck carrying potentially "extremely dangerous" radioactive material intended for medical use has been stolen in Mexico, the UN atomic watchdog says.
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican has told a UN investigating committee that it cannot be held legally competent over the abuses of children carried out by Catholic churchmen because they are subject to national laws, a spokesman said on Wednesday.
BUENOS AIRES - Looters have ransacked shops and supermarkets in riots that left one dead after police demanding a pay rise refused to patrol Argentina's second largest city, Cordoba.
LONDON - British celebrity chef Nigella Lawson has told a court that she's taken cocaine in the past but says the idea that she is a "drug addict or habitual user of cocaine is absolutely ridiculous".
MADRID - Surgeons in Spain successfully removed a giant benign tumour weighing 25 kilograms from the womb of a 47-year-old woman.
