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Chlesea has best strike force in Europe: Ancelotti

Hailing his strike force, Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti has said that he thought he now had control of the best forwards in Europe after their comfortable victory against Danish champions FC Copenhagen.

MI5 dismissed 7/7 ringleader as Jihadi 'tourist', inquest hears

British Intelligence outfit MI5 had dismissed the July 7 ringleader as a Jihadi 'tourist' when he had travelled to Pakistan in 2003 to attend a terrorist training camp, the inquest into the 2005 attacks on London's transport system has heard.

UN rights chief condemns violence against protesters in Middle East, North Africa

The United Nations human rights chief today denounced the violence by security forces against protesters in Libya, Bahrain and other countries in the Middle East and North Africa as illegal and excessively heavy-handed.

UN chief urges restraint by Arab leaders as protests continue

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has once again called for the non-use of force and respect for basic freedoms, as he voiced concern about reports of escalating violence and bloodshed amid the protests in North Africa and the Middle East.