Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:02:58 GMT
Suicide attack on Pakistan police
At least 17 people, including schoolchildren, are killed in a suicide bombing at a police station in north-west Pakistan - the latest in a spate of attacks.
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:28:08 GMT
NZ quake 'damaged 100,000 homes'
Almost two-thirds of the 160,000 homes in and around Christchurch were damaged by Saturday's earthquake, New Zealand's prime minister says.
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:48:02 GMT
Spain brands Eta ceasefire 'insufficient'
The Spanish government says an Eta ceasefire is "insufficient" and calls on the Basque separatist group to renounce violence forever.
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:55:25 GMT
Chinese pilots lied about records
China is checking the qualifications of all its commercial pilots, after it emerged that more than 200 of them lied about their experience.
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:03:50 GMT
US to unveil $50bn building plan
President Barack Obama is expected to call for a new $50bn infrastructure plan on Monday as he bids to find ways to jump-start the US economy.
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:39:34 GMT
France support for Iran 'adulterer'
France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner says he will 'do anything' to help save an Iranian woman sentenced to death on an adultery conviction.
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:04:23 GMT
Fresh exodus from Pakistan floods
Several hundred thousand people flee towns and villages threatened by floods in Pakistan's southern Sindh province.
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:14:38 GMT
SA public sector strike suspended
South African trade unions suspend a strike which has paralysed schools and hospitals for 20 days.
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:30:31 GMT
Travolta extortion case dismissed
Charges against two people accused of trying to extort money from actor John Travolta, following the death of his son in the Bahamas, are dropped.
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:11:59 GMT
Lebanon PM retracts Syria charge
Lebanese PM Saad Hariri says he was wrong to accuse Syria of assassinating his father - former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri.
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:18:12 GMT
Red Planet 'may not be lifeless'
Carbon-rich organic molecules, which serve as the building blocks of life, may be present on Mars after all, say scientists.
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:29:36 GMT
Malaysia jails 'Lizard King' snake smuggler
Malaysian wildlife trafficker Anson Wong, nicknamed the "Lizard King", is jailed for trying to smuggle 95 boa constrictors in his luggage.
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:11:05 GMT
Colombian confirmed as world's shortest man
A 70cm (27-inch) tall Colombian is named the world's shortest living man by Guinness World Records.
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Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:27:10 GMT
BP well 'poses no further risk'
The official in charge of cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill says the well which caused the damage is no longer a risk to the environment.
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Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:02:43 GMT
Tropical storm Earl hits Canada
Tropical Storm Earl reaches Nova Scotia, on the eastern Canadian coast, with hundreds of thousands of people experiencing power cuts.
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Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:15:19 GMT
Miners' families mark first month
Relatives of 33 trapped miners in Chile hold a ceremony to mark their first month underground.
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:48:38 GMT
Guatemala sees rescue hopes fade
Guatemalan officials say they have given up hope for dozens buried by mud as they tried to rescue other trapped people.
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:31:23 GMT
Vicar jailed for sham marriages
A Sussex vicar found guilty of carrying out hundreds of sham marriages is jailed for four years.
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:56:11 GMT
SA ex-police chief Selebi appeals
Jackie Selebi, the former South African police chief convicted of taking bribes from a drug dealer, is allowed to appeal against his 15-year jail sentence.
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:54:39 GMT
Japan convicts whaling activists
A court in Japan gives one-year suspended jail sentences to two anti-whaling activists from Greenpeace for stealing whale meat in 2008.
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:57:44 GMT
N Korea to free South Korea crew
North Korea says it will release the crew of a South Korean fishing boat seized in waters east of the Korean peninsula one month ago.
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:16:34 GMT
Germany extends nuclear lifespan
Germany's government agrees to extend the life span of the country's nuclear power plants by an average of 12 years, officials say.
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:01:59 GMT
BA boss reveals takeover ambition
British Airways and Iberia draw up a shortlist of 12 airlines which the firms hope to buy or merge with.
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:19:57 GMT
Israel settlement ban 'will end'
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman vows his party will block any attempt to extend the partial freeze on settlements in the West Bank.
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Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:25:16 GMT
US troops summoned in Iraq attack
US troops are called in to help Iraqi forces battle insurgents behind a deadly attack on an Iraqi army base in Baghdad, security officials tell the BBC.
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:56:48 GMT
Afghan journalist knifed to death
The body of a prominent Afghan broadcast journalist is found near his home in the capital, Kabul, police say.
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:29:12 GMT
Lessons for Mumbai tiffin workers
Tiffin carriers in the Indian city of Mumbai learn English and basic computer skills to improve their business prospects.
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:03:11 GMT
Labour MPs call for hacking probe
Labour MPs demand the police investigation into alleged phone-hacking by News of the World reporters is reopened, at an urgent Commons session.
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:14:02 GMT
Former head jailed for sex abuse
A former boarding school head teacher is jailed for 21 years for sexually abusing and beating pupils.
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:19:46 GMT
Buzz lawsuit to cost Google $8.5m
Google proposes paying $8.5m (£5.5m) to settle a class-action lawsuit brought over its Buzz social network, launched earlier this year.
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:45:58 GMT
Russia signals end to export ban
Russia's grain export ban will be lifted as soon as it is clear how much has been harvested, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said.
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:49:52 GMT
End UK rebate - EU budget chief
The EU budget commissioner says he sees no grounds for the UK to keep its budget rebate.
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:59:21 GMT
Live text - US Open day eight
Novak Djokovic and Caroline Wozniacki are in action at the US Open, with Svetlana Kuznetsova up first and Roger Federer playing later.
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:09:40 GMT
Capello insists Rooney will play
England manager Fabio Capello insists striker Wayne Rooney will play in the Euro 2012 qualifier away to Switzerland on Tuesday.
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:44:43 GMT
Woods set to learn Ryder Cup fate
Tiger Woods will find out on Tuesday if he has made the United States Ryder Cup team to play Europe at Celtic Manor.
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:45:39 GMT
Clooney slays box office rivals
George Clooney's The American is top film at the North American box office over a lacklustre Labour Day weekend.
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:04:05 GMT
American Pie star gets probation
American Pie actor Chris Klein pleaded no contest to drink-driving following and will serve four years probation.
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:48:08 GMT
Hall works tipped to fetch £1.5m
Contemporary artwork owned by model Jerry Hall are expected to fetch more than £1.5 million when they are sold in October at Sotheby's in London.
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:31:14 GMT
India's illegal betting syndicates
The role of the gambling syndicates that can make millions from the outcome of a single game has been highlighted by the allegation that three Pakistani cricket players were involved in a betting scam.
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:28:48 GMT
Life for Roma expelled from France
Nick Thorpe has been visiting some of the families in western Romania, who were sent back from France.
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:24:23 GMT
Clear up begins in parts of Pakistan
The BBC's Orla Guerin has returned to the Pakistan town of Nowshera, which was one of the first areas to be hit by the rising waters.
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:55:50 GMT
Eta ceasefire 'insufficient'
The Spanish government says an Eta ceasefire is "insufficient" and calls on the Basque separatist group to renounce violence forever.
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:15:59 GMT
Hokey cokey world record bid
They put their right foots in, they put their right foots out and broke the world hokey cokey record.
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Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:47:01 GMT
Further landslides hit Guatemala
Emergency services in Guatemala say up to 100 people are feared to have been buried by landslides on the main highway linking it with Mexico.
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Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:54:48 GMT
Trapped miners speak to families
The group of miners in Chile trapped underground for a month have been talking to their families on a video link.
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:15:40 GMT
German nuclear reactors to stay
Politicians and industrialists in Berlin have agreed to extend the life of Germany's nuclear power stations - some of them until 2030 and beyond.
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Fri, 09 Jul 2010 07:56:06 GMT
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:35:37 GMT
Unswung 60s
What does Mad Men tell us about this most mythologised decade?
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:23:00 GMT
Brilliant ideas
The secrets behind some of the UK’s newest inventions
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:20:39 GMT
Zero tolerance?
US Muslims are free but that's not enough, argues Michael Goldfarb
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Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:56:35 GMT
'Just nationalists'
Economic discontent fuels rise of far-right groups in Mongolia
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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:57:31 GMT
Cloak and dagger
How the BBC learned that Eta was calling a ceasefire
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Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:15:09 GMT
Campaign contenders
Three of the most unusual candidates in Afghanistan's elections
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Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:07:42 GMT
Hero's welcome?
Russia's returning spies will find it difficult to adjust
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