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Posted: June 27th, 2007, 10:43am GMT
At least 12 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli raids in the Gaza Strip.
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Posted: June 27th, 2007, 4:17am GMT
Nearly 500 firefighters have been trying to control a forest fire in California which has destroyed 200 homes so far.
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Posted: June 27th, 2007, 2:10am GMT
EC President Jose Manuel Barroso has used a visit to Greenland to call for action on climate change.
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Posted: June 27th, 2007, 12:53am GMT
UN diplomats meet to discuss the performance of the peace-building commission, set up a year ago.
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Posted: June 26th, 2007, 10:10pm GMT
Cyclone Yemyin batters Pakistan's coastline killing at least ten people and displacing thousands.
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Posted: June 26th, 2007, 10:09pm GMT
Two major US companies reject new Venezuelan oil deal in disagreement over terms and taxes imposed.
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Posted: June 26th, 2007, 8:25pm GMT
US Congress has moved closer to demanding that Japan apologise for the coercion of sex slaves in World War II.
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Posted: June 26th, 2007, 7:46pm GMT
A petrol station is set on fire in Tehran, after a surprise Iranian government move to ration petrol.
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Posted: June 26th, 2007, 7:46pm GMT
A petrol station is set on fire in Tehran, after a surprise Iranian government move to ration petrol.
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Posted: June 24th, 2007, 6:32am GMT
A battle between suspected Islamic militants and Lebanese troops leaves 10 dead inside the city of Tripoli.
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Posted: June 24th, 2007, 5:17am GMT
Saddam Hussein's cousin and two others are sentenced to death in Iraq for murdering Kurds in 1988.
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Posted: June 24th, 2007, 1:26am GMT
Many people have been wounded after seven bombs exploded simultaneously in the city of Buenaventura.
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Posted: June 24th, 2007, 1:17am GMT
German city Dresden faces being stripped of its world heritage status because of plans to build a new bridge.
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Posted: June 23rd, 2007, 7:51pm GMT
Severe storms and floods in the South Asian subcontinent have killed scores of people.
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Posted: June 23rd, 2007, 12:24pm GMT
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has accused foreign troops of killing civilians in operations.
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Posted: June 23rd, 2007, 6:29am GMT
The EU's foreign policy chief has described as "constructive" talks with Iran's top nuclear negotiator.
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Posted: June 22nd, 2007, 8:15am GMT
US envoy Christopher Hill says North Korea is prepared for a prompt shut-down of its main nuclear reactor.
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Posted: June 22nd, 2007, 7:41am GMT
British forces have launched a major offensive in Helmand province to gain ground from the Taleban.
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Posted: June 22nd, 2007, 2:31am GMT
A restaurant in Vietnam is training some of the city's poorest youngsters in cookery and table waiting.
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Posted: June 21st, 2007, 11:56pm GMT
Experts fear the sale of ivory stocks in three African countries will fuel a new demand for illegal ivory.
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Posted: June 21st, 2007, 11:34pm GMT
EU leaders are meeting in Brussels to discuss a new treaty and how the bloc should run in the 21st Century.
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Posted: June 21st, 2007, 5:51pm GMT
David Loyn investigates whether British aid money is being used effectively in the fight against drugs in Afghanistan.
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Posted: June 21st, 2007, 11:29am GMT
Brazil and India walked out of world trade talks after failing to agree subsidies with the EU and US.
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Posted: June 20th, 2007, 4:54pm GMT
The Taleban is employing increasingly deadly tactics against US troops on the Afghanistan frontier.
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Posted: June 20th, 2007, 2:22pm GMT
NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg has denied rumours he intends to run for the 2008 US presidency.
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Posted: June 20th, 2007, 11:13am GMT
Three men have been convicted of war crimes during Sierra Leone's decade-long war.
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Posted: June 20th, 2007, 10:59am GMT
Israel has allowed some Palestinians who have been trying to flee the Gaza Strip to cross the Erez border.
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Posted: June 20th, 2007, 9:58am GMT
An Australian policeman has been found not guilty of the manslaughter and assault of an Aboriginal man.
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Posted: June 20th, 2007, 9:30am GMT
BBC staff around the world have held a vigil to mark 100 days since Alan Johnston was kidnapped in Gaza.
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Posted: June 20th, 2007, 1:09am GMT
Five nurses and a doctor are appealing after being found guilty of infecting children with HIV/Aids.
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Posted: June 20th, 2007, 1:05am GMT
Pakistan is shutting some of its camps which house Afghan refugees because it says they are being used by the Taleban.
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Posted: June 20th, 2007, 12:33am GMT
The Belgian Royal Family is at the centre of controversy
over dozens of pieces of antique furniture.
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Posted: June 20th, 2007, 12:26am GMT
The Vatican has issued a set of 'ten commandments' for motorists to promote safer driving.
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Posted: June 19th, 2007, 11:50pm GMT
Thousands of BBC staff will observe a vigil marking 100 days since the abducation of Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston.
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Posted: June 19th, 2007, 10:01pm GMT
Iran and Pakistan have stepped up their protests over the knighthood awarded by Britain to Salman Rushdie.
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Posted: June 19th, 2007, 4:40pm GMT
China is now building two coal-fired power stations every week, the BBC has learned.
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Posted: June 19th, 2007, 3:31am GMT
Up to 10,000 US forces in Iraq have launched an assault on al-Qaeda elements north-east of Baghdad.
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Posted: June 19th, 2007, 3:31am GMT
Up to 10,000 US forces in Iraq have launched an assault on al-Qaeda elements north-east of Baghdad.
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Posted: June 19th, 2007, 3:31am GMT
At least 75 people have been killed in a truck bomb attack near a Shia mosque in Baghdad.
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Posted: June 19th, 2007, 2:15am GMT
Yahoo boss Terry Semel has stepped down after failing to keep up with internet rival Google.
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Posted: June 19th, 2007, 12:51am GMT
The number of refugees worldwide has risen for the first time in five years, according to a United Nations report.
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Posted: June 19th, 2007, 12:43am GMT
US President Bush and Israeli PM Ehud Olmert are to meet at the White House to discuss changes in the Middle East.
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Posted: June 19th, 2007, 12:17am GMT
Traditional vodka producers are pushing for the EU to rule that the drink can only be made from potatoes or grain.
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Posted: June 18th, 2007, 9:51pm GMT
Rescue workers in the US state of Texas are trying to reach dozens of people stranded by flash floods.
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Posted: June 18th, 2007, 9:49pm GMT
Members of Italy's Jewish community have protested outside an office where a former Nazi officer works.
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Posted: June 18th, 2007, 9:41pm GMT
An appeal has started in a US court by a Vietnamese group against the makers of the chemical Agent Orange.
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Posted: June 18th, 2007, 12:27pm GMT
Pakistan's parliament has called for the knighthood awarded to author Salman Rushdie to be withdrawn.
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Posted: June 18th, 2007, 12:23pm GMT
Police have smashed a global child abuse network which was co-ordinated through a UK-based internet site.
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Posted: June 18th, 2007, 11:17am GMT
A Malaysian senior political analyst has gone on trial in connection with a Mongolian woman's murder.
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Posted: June 18th, 2007, 10:39am GMT
Hamas has issued a deadline to the kidnappers of the BBC reporter Alan Johnston to release him by Monday .
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Posted: June 18th, 2007, 4:30am GMT
The EU considers restarting aid to support President Mahmoud Abbas' emergency Palestinian government.
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Posted: June 18th, 2007, 4:30am GMT
The US and the EU are to normalise ties with the new Palestinian government, lifting embargoes on aid.
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Posted: June 18th, 2007, 2:05am GMT
The US-led coalition in Afghanistan has killed seven children at a suspected al-Qaeda hideout.
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Posted: June 18th, 2007, 1:20am GMT
Bhutan is to hold its first democratic elections as some worry its ancient culture is under threat.
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Posted: June 18th, 2007, 12:47am GMT
Relatives of Greeks killed by Nazis during World War II have won a victory in their fight for compensation.
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Posted: June 17th, 2007, 8:30pm GMT
Australian police are looking for a gunman who shot three people, killing one, in Melbourne city centre.
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Posted: June 17th, 2007, 1:49pm GMT
President Nicolas Sarkozy's UMP party has won a majority in French elections, early results show.
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Posted: June 17th, 2007, 1:49pm GMT
French President Nicolas Sarkozy's UMP party won a comfortable majority in parliamentary elections.
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Posted: June 17th, 2007, 1:49pm GMT
French President Nicolas Sarkozy's party has gained a clear majority in parliamentary elections.
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Posted: June 17th, 2007, 12:55pm GMT
Alan Johnston's alleged kidnappers deny that they have reached a deal with Hamas for his release.
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Posted: June 17th, 2007, 11:15am GMT
Former world chess champion Gary Kasparov is taking up politics to challenge the Kremlin's power.
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Posted: June 17th, 2007, 10:18am GMT
Dozens of hares have been captured after soaring numbers disrupted flights at Milan's Linate Airport.
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Posted: June 17th, 2007, 9:24am GMT
Montenegro has arrested a former Serbian security chief accused of ordering the killing of Kosovo Albanians.
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Posted: June 17th, 2007, 6:59am GMT
Two Lithuanians have attempted a world record for staying underwater without breathing aids.
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Posted: June 17th, 2007, 6:30am GMT
The Palestinian president has sworn in an emergency government, excluding the Islamist movement Hamas.
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Posted: June 17th, 2007, 6:30am GMT
The Palestinian president has sworn in an emergency government, excluding the Islamist movement Hamas.
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Posted: June 17th, 2007, 4:04am GMT
A bomb attack on an Afghan police bus has killed at least 21 people and left 24 injured in Kabul, officials say.
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Posted: June 17th, 2007, 4:04am GMT
A bomb attack on an Afghan police bus in Kabul has killed up to 35 people and injured more than 30 others.
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Posted: June 16th, 2007, 9:38pm GMT
Voting is under way in France in the second and final round of elections to choose a new parliament.