No agreement for US car bail-out
US carmakers are given a deadline to produce a viable recovery plan if they want a $25bn government bail-out...
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:30:25 GMT
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Argentine pension takeover passed
Argentina's Senate approves a bill to nationalise private pension schemes, a measure that has provoked controversy...
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:04:08 GMT
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French Socialists in run-off vote
France's opposition Socialists face a run-off vote for a new leader, after a first ballot failed to produce a winner...
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:53:35 GMT
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UN agrees DR Congo troop increase
The UN Security Council votes to send 3,000 more troops to DR Congo following renewed fighting in the east of the country...
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:49:19 GMT
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Brazil targets illegal abortions
Brazilian police are investigating more than 1,200 women suspected of having had illegal abortions at the same clinic...
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:56:51 GMT
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US judge orders Algerians freed
Five Algerians held at Guantanamo Bay for almost seven years must be freed, a US judge rules...
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:18:38 GMT
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'Experts' lead Saudi tanker talks
Talks between Somali pirates and owners of a Saudi tanker are being conducted by specialists, shipping sources tell the BBC...
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:32:25 GMT
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Magnate's body stolen in Austria
Thieves have stolen the remains of a billionaire who died in 2006 from his vault in southern Austria, police say...
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:56:23 GMT
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Polish tests 'confirm Copernicus'
Polish researchers say they have solved an ancient mystery and identified the remains of astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus...
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:32:08 GMT
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Riddle of the Czech beauty without a belly button
Underwear model Karolina Kurkova has no belly button. Is a barely-there navel for cosmetic or medical reasons?..
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:13:58 GMT
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Anti-mafia film 'arrives early' in the town it depicts
Pirate copies of the anti-mafia film Gomorra go on sale in the heartland of the Naples Camorra clan it depicts...
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:44:47 GMT
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Gallas questions Arsenal courage
Arsenal captain William Gallas admits his side must toughen up if they are to challenge for the Premier League title...
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:23:54 GMT
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Wilkinson 'can play 'til he's 40'
Jonny Wilkinson's mentor Steve Black believes the England fly-half can defy his injuries and play until he is 40...
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:24:49 GMT
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It's quiz time!
What is missing from this supermodel's body?..
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:28:12 GMT
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Crucial partner
China's trade ties with Latin America are on the rise..
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:18:49 GMT
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Thinking allowed
Four philosophical questions to make your brain hurt..
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:25:29 GMT
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See you in court
Will Darfur rebels meet Sudan leader in The Hague?..
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:35:47 GMT
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Kosher crisis
Why US shops are running short of kosher meat..
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:06:09 GMT
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Nick Bryant's blog
Australian navy's two-month leave causes a storm..
Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:33:42 GMT
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S Africa to cut aid to Zimbabwe
South Africa's cabinet says it will withhold $28m of aid to Zimbabwe until a representative government is in place...
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:03:13 GMT
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Somalia 'to become pirate magnet'
Somalia must be helped by the international community to stop it becoming a "magnet for pirates," a senior Egyptian official has said...
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:33:19 GMT
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US Lockerbie compensation paid
The families of US victims of the Lockerbie Pan Am bombing say they have received full compensation from Libya...
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:23:03 GMT
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Madonna split 'not about money'
Guy Ritchie tells a newspaper that discussion over the terms of his divorce from Madonna "was never, ever about money"...
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:12:01 GMT
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China fears grow over job losses
Beijing says its employment outlook is "grim", amid concerns of increasing social unrest caused by economic problems...
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:45:07 GMT
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Balloon campaign assails N Korea
South Korean activists send thousands of propaganda leaflets into North Korea, amid fury in Pyongyang...
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:19:26 GMT
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EU reaches deal on farm reforms
EU ministers agree to reform farm policy by moving more subsidies away from production and liberalising the dairy market...
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:13:55 GMT
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Putin vows to prevent 'collapse'
Russia's prime minister vows to prevent another financial "collapse", referring to the country's 1990s crises...
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:45:58 GMT
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Arab plan explained in Hebrew ads
The Palestinian Authority has placed a full-page advert in Israel's Hebrew newspapers to promote an Arab peace plan...
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:59:42 GMT
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Security draws Iraqi doctors home
Improved security in Iraq has led to 800 doctors returning so far this year, a senior health ministry official says...
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:14:45 GMT
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India praised for sinking pirates
An anti-piracy group welcomes an Indian navy warship's destruction of a suspected Somali pirate vessel in the Gulf of Aden...
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:46:21 GMT
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Pakistan protest to US ambassador
Pakistan summons the US ambassador to protest at a deadly US missile attack deep inside Pakistan territory...
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:14:33 GMT
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Questioning the ceasefire in Gaza
Paul Martin recently visited Gaza, where he found opinions divided and some people keen for hostilities to resume...
Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:00:34 GMT
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Close encounter with Mount Etna
British field geologist Dr John Murray has spent a lifetime mapping the changing contours of Mount Etna..
Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:06:29 GMT
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