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Wrong man was executed in Texas, probe says

Washington -

He was the spitting image of the killer, had the same first name and was near the scene of the crime at the fateful hour: Carlos DeLuna paid the ultimate price and was executed in place of someone else in Texas in 1989, a report out Tuesday found.

Hollande vows new strategy for France and Europe

Paris -

After brief ceremonies and a rain-lashed walkabout, the 57-year-old Socialist headed to Berlin to confront Chancellor Angela Merkel over their very different visions as to how to save the single currency bloc.

NATO invites Pakistan to key Chicago summit

Islamabad -

NATO on Tuesday invited Pakistan to key talks on the future of Afghanistan in Chicago next week as Islamabad signalled it was about to end a nearly six-month blockade on supply routes.

Putin loyalists to exit Russia cabinet: Reports

Moscow -

At a tightly-scripted televised meeting with Putin, Medvedev gave no clues over the composition of the new cabinet, merely presenting his successor as president with the papers containing the nominations.

Ex-Murdoch editor Brooks charged in UK hacking case

London -

The charges are a stunning fall from grace for Brooks, the former chief executive of News International and editor of the News of the World, but are also a political headache for her close friend, Prime Minister David Cameron.

Man sets himself on fire outside Breivik trial: Oslo police

Oslo -

The man had early in the afternoon walked up to a large security tent outside the Oslo district court and sprayed himself, probably with a flammable liquid, before catching fire, a video published on the website of the Verdens Gang (VG) tabloid showed.

Yahoo sacks CEO tainted by inaccurate resume

New York -

Yahoo has sacked Scott Thompson as CEO in an effort to clean up a mess created by a misleading resume that destroyed his credibility as he set out to turn around the long-troubled Internet company.

'We won, he lost,' woman wounded by Breivik tells Oslo court

Oslo -

"We won, he lost. Young Norwegians know how to swim," Frida Holm Skoglund, 20, told Oslo district court when asked if she had anything she wanted to say to Breivik.