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More than 300 people drowned or were feared dead after a boat packed with African migrants caught fire and sank off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa on Thursday, one of the worst disasters of Europe's chronic immigration crisis.
Chinese real estate giant Zhongrong Group unveiled plans in London on Thurday to regenerate Britain's famous Crystal Palace Park.
The death toll from the sinking of a migrant boat off an Italian island carrying about 500 African migrants could well top 200, according to local media reports.
Russian Foreign Ministry said Thursday that most employees of its embassy in Libya were evacuated to Tunisia and will return to Moscow on Friday.
Chinese pianist Lang Lang grabbed the International Artist of the Year at the Classic Brit Awards 2013, held at London's Royal Albert Hall on Wednesday night.
Russian Investigative Committee has filed piracy charges against 18 of 30 Greenpeace activists who were detained for two months.
European shares edged higher on Thursday, recovering some of their poise after the previous session's declines, helped by BP which won a reprieve over Gulf spill payouts.
The death toll from the wreck of a fishing boat carrying about 500 African migrants near the Italian island of Lampedusa has risen to 94, with 250 still missing.
At least 13 people on a migrant boat arriving in Sicily drowned close to the coast near the eastern city of Ragusa, apparently after trying to disembark from their stranded vessel.
The German engineering giant Siemens plans to cut 15,000 jobs, including 5,000 in Germany, by autumn 2014, a spokesman said on Sunday.
The christening of Prince William and Kate's firstborn, Prince George, will be marked with a set of commemorative coins, the Royal Mint said Saturday.
Lawyers will return to a federal court in New Orleans Monday to debate whether BP's efforts to stem an oil spill from its Macondo well blowout were adequate and how much oil was released.
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