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ROUNDUP: Holocaust-denying bishop leaves Argentina for Britain

Holocaust-denying bishop leaves Argentina for Britain Buenos Aires  - The Catholic priest who is at the centre of a global storm of controversy over his denial of the Holocaust left Argentina Tuesday for London, local media reported.

Under pressure from the Jewish community and other groups, the Argentina government had asked Richard Williamson to leave the country by early March or face mandatory expulsion.

Air crash in Germany kills four

Air crash in Germany kills fourFriedrichskoog, Germany  - A light aircraft

Italy returns 2,200 smuggled works of art to Bulgaria

Italy returns 2,200 smuggled works of art to Bulgaria Sofi

ROUNDUP: Four US-led soldiers killed in southern Afghanistan

Four US-led soldiers killed in southern AfghanistanKabul  - Four US-led soldiers and their Afghan colleague were killed in a roadside bomb blast in southern Afghanistan, while 16 militants and two children were killed in separate incidents in the same region, the military said on Tuesday.

The soldiers and the Afghan civilian who was working with the military were killed when their vehicle was blown up by a roadside bomb Tuesday afternoon, the US military said in a statement.

Ancient statue discovered in Egyptian pyramid during cleaning

Ancient statue discovered in Egyptian pyramid during cleaning Taipei  - Taiwan posted yet another record slump of 41.67 per cent in export orders in January, as deteriorating global economic conditions further eroded overseas demands, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said Tuesday.

In January, the island received orders worth just 17.68 billion US dollars, down 41.67 per cent year-on-year, following a 33-per-cent decline in December, the ministry said in a statement.

NEWS FEATURE: Egyptians try to make sense of Cairo bombing

Egyptians try to make sense of Cairo bombingCairo  - As the morning light broke on Monday over minarets crowding the 1,500-year-old Cairo neighbourhood where a bomb had killed a French tourist and wounded 21 others the night before, Egyptians tried to make sense of the attack.

Many asked themselves who could have been responsible.

"We cannot really point a finger and say an Iranian or a Jew did it, maybe it is someone from Gaza who wants to tell people, 'wake up,' because these bombings are frequent in places like Gaza and Iraq," said Rifaat al-Sheikh told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa on Monday.

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