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THE Syrian government has denied responsibility for an attack that killed at least 85 people, including 34 children, saying that it was carried out by “terrorists”.

THE Vatican’s investigation into the source of leaked documents has yielded its first target with the arrest of the pope’s butler, but the investigation is continuing into a scandal that has embarrassed the Holy See by revealing evidence of internal power struggles, intrigue and corruption in the highest levels of the Catholic Church governance.

POLITICAL parties in Greece have criticised IMF head Christine Lagarde for suggesting that Greeks were avoiding paying taxes.

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said at least 9,200 Somalis have been displaced in the past three days by the ongoing military activity between insurgents and allied forces in Afgooye, about 30 kilometres northwest of Mogadishu.

Staff of Balton Rwanda, on Friday, visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre at Gisozi to pay homage to the victims of 1994 genocide against the Tutsi.