British ambassador backs 'mob free' guide to Italy

Christoper Prentice, the UK ambassador to Italy, backs the first English translation of a guide book that lists and promotes 1,000 Italian shops and businesses which are “mob free”

 Southern Italian shopkeepers struggling against violent demands from local mafia clans for protection money have found an unexpected ally in the British ambassador to Italy.

Canadian woman denied entry to US

 A Canadian woman has been refused entry into the US by border officials due to her past history of clinical depression despite the medical records detailing her condition being confidential, it is claimed.

Train derails in New York City; 4 dead, more than 60 injured

 A New York City commuter train rounding a riverside curve derailed and came to rest only inches from the water on Sunday, killing four people, injuring more than 60 and sending a chain of toppled cars shaped like a backward question mark trailing off the track, authorities said.

 Tony Blair has denied ever planning to intervene in Zimbabwe and topple Robert Mugabe after Thabo Mbeki, South Africa’s former president, claimed that he was asked to help such an operation.

The former Prime Minister took the unusual step of denying Mr Mbeki’s version of events, recounted in an interview with al-Jazeera.

World cup stadium collapse

At least two people have been killed in a partial collapse at the stadium due to host the World Cup opener in Brazil next year.

Part of the grandstand was destroyed when a metal structure buckled at the top of the Arena Corinthians venue in Sao Paulo.

Local media reported that the accident was caused by a crane collapse. Construction work has been halted at the site.