Gaza - Aftermath of Israeli air strikes hitting a family home and killing two militants

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Cross-border violence in the Gaza strip has continued with Israeli air strikes hitting a family home and killing two militants.

Australia - Shark feeding frenzy caught on camera off the coast of Perth

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A sea rescue helicopter caught on camera a school of about 50 sharks in a feeding frenzy off the coast of Perth.

Switzerland - voters have rejected a proposal to increase employees' annual minimum paid holiday entitlement from four weeks to six

Published on Mar 12, 2012 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.com/ Swiss voters have rejected a proposal to increase employees' annual minimum paid holiday entitlement from four weeks to six.

In a referendum put forward by a trade union over 67 per cent said no to the initiative.
The reason being that most people thought it would hurt competativeness and threaten jobs.

Afghanistan - Suspect's Base Lewis McChord in Washington state Called "most Troubled"

Published on Mar 12, 2012 by AssociatedPress

The U.S. Army soldier suspected of killing 16 civilians in Afghanistan is from Joint Base Lewis McChord in Washington state. The military's Stars and Stripes Newspaper called it "the most troubled base in the military" in 2010. (March 12)

Greece - Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos will run unopposed for the leadership of the Socialist PASOK party.

Published on Mar 12, 2012 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.com/ Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos will run unopposed for the leadership of the Socialist PASOK party.

Venizelos now looks certain to become leader in an internal ballot on March 18, replacing former prime minister George Papandreou..

However, winning the next parliamentary election  will be far harder with PASOK currently behind the conservatives in the polls.

Britain - Catholic Church in UK attacks gay marriage

Published on Mar 12, 2012 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.com/ Britain's Catholic Church intesified its campaign against gay marriage on Sunday by having a letter arguing against it read out during Mass.

Worshippers were asked to reflect on the true meaning of marriage and not to condone government plans to change the legal definition of the institution, paving the way for same sex unions

Brazil - Prince Harry spent his third day playing a charity polo match in Campinas.

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Prince Harry spent his third day in Brazil playing a charity polo match in aid of his children's charity, Sentebale, at the Royal Salute Club in Campinas.

France - Sarkozy plays the immigration card in election campaign

Published on Mar 12, 2012 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.com/ President Nicolas Sarkozy has threatened to pull France out of the European Union's visa-free Schengen zone unless the bloc beefs up the EU's borders.

Sarkozy raised the immigration issue at a campaign rally as polls show he faces a tough battle for re-election in April and May.

"The Schengen agreement no longer lets us respond to the seriousness of the situation. It needs revising. We have to put into force for Schengen a reform that is as structural as the one we have just put in place for the Euro. We cannot leave managing the flow of migrants to the technocrats and courts," President Sarkozy told supporters in Paris.

Centrist leader and presidential rival Francois Bayrou was quick to react:

"What does it mean to pull out off Schengen? I will tell you, it means to put in place once again the barriers and the borders and the customs officers between France and Spain, France and Italy, and between France and Germany can you believe it?"

Critics say Sarkozy 's proposal is aimed at trying to siphon off support from the extreme right, National-Front candidate Marine Le Pen who is snapping at his heals.

Most of the candidates including front runner Socialist Francois Hollande have in recent weeks tapped into French concerns over illegal immigration - concerns which have grown as the country struggles against recession.