Various: Tensions continue across Egypt following the weekend's presidential runoff as both candidates and their respective supporters are claiming victory amid ongoing speculation about the health...

Jakarta: Verdict expected for Umar Patek, the militant accused of building bombs for the 2002 Bali nightclub attacks, which killed more than 200 people.

Kabul: Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai delivers an opening speech to start the Summer session of National Assembly.

Tokyo: Parliament is expected to vote on laws to double its sales tax by 2015 as early as Thursday.

Various: Asian stock markets rose Wednesday amid hopes that the Federal Reserve would announce measures at the end of its two-day meeting to stimulate the US economy.

St Petersburg: President Vladimir Putin opens an annual three-day economic forum attended by international CEOs and virtually the entire Russian government.

Luxembourg: Eurogroup finance ministers meet.

Various: Covering markets and key meetings as the Eurozone debt crisis continues, including Spanish bond sale for two, three and five year bonds; France sells up to 10 billion euros in medium-term...

Athens: Covering latest developments as Antonis Samaras, the head of the conservative New Democracy party that came first in Sunday's election, was to be sworn in as prime minister Wednesday after a...

Various: Covering developments as a French police official says a man has taken hostages in a bank in the southern city of Toulouse and fired a shot.

London: Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi meets Prime Minister David Cameron, addresses lawmakers at Parliament and meets Prince Charles, on her first trip to Europe in 24 years.

Oslo: Prosecution sums up its case and gives closing arguments in the trial of Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik.

Paris: Former Societe Generale CEO Daniel Bouton testifies in appeals trial against ex-trader Jerome Kerviel, accused of billions of euros of unauthorized trades at the French bank.

Rio De Janeiro: Heads of state and more than 150 NGO's attend the UN sponsored meeting on the environment and climate change.

Various: Activists in Syria reported fresh violence in a northwestern province as Major General Robert Mood, the head of the country's United Nations observers, confirmed his team was committed to...

Premiere of Aaron Sorkin's new HBO show 'Newsroom', which stars Jeff Daniels.
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'Beasts of the Southern Wild', is a dramatic which has been taking film festivals by storm. The film stars eight-year-old Quvenzhané Wallis, who has never acted in anything before this lead role....

We've all imagined the end of the world with possible floods, fires, earthquakes and unfamiliar viruses. This is not the case in the new dark comedy, 'Seeking a Friend for the End of the World'. The...

Chinese born Du Juan is used to being in the spotlight. The former ballerina and supermodel is now turning her talents to acting. The beauty can be found in the latest advert for Chivas, which was...

Since it premiered in September 2009, CBS' 'The Good Wife', has been drawing millions viewers around the world eager to see how its plot will unfold. The female-driven drama follows a politician's...

In part two of Oprah's exclusive conversation with the Kardashian family, Oprah speaks with Kim Kardashian about her new relationship with music superstar Kanye West. Oprah then sits down with...

Popular Hollywood twins Tia and Tamera Mowry are back with more episodes of their reality TV show 'Tia and Tamera'. On the show's second season, fans see Tia Mowry as a new mom to son Cree and Tamera...

The host of 'Adam Richman's Best Sandwich in America' may not have known his career would involve travel and talking about food on TV, but looking back on his childhood, the signs were there.

In global smash 'The Muppets', the old gang get back together to save their old theater, with a little help from human leading man and co-screenwriter Jason Segel. As the movie arrives on Blu-Ray and...

Historical fact gets a remix in Tim Burton's new horror thriller 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter'. The film reimagines America's 16th president as an ax-wielding vampire hunter who leads a crusade...

Engineers and inventors from one of the globe's most seismic countries are hard at work coming up with new ways to deal with earthquakes. Chile, in South America has had over 40 quakes of a...

A Polish hospital is remembering the past with an accurate recreation of operating theatres from the 1960s. There's no high tech monitoring equipment and the surgical instruments look like medieval...

Egypt is a country in a state of flux, and away from the political drama of the repurcussions of the Arab Spring, small changes are taking place in the conservative society. One woman is driving...

An exclusive tailoring school in Rome is teaching a new generation of budding tailors trade secrets. For the students it's a chance to learn from Luigi Gallo - a tailor who's passionate about design.

Cameras used to track the near-extinct Javan leopard are showing signs that the big cat population is growing in Indonesia.

A Polish hospital is remembering the past with an accurate recreation of operating theatres from the 1960s. There's no high tech monitoring equipment and the surgical instruments look like medieval...

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