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Putin to push foreign policy aims

Wednesday 10th of May 2006, 0:14
related countries: Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to put an emphasis on foreign policy in his seventh annual address.
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Football: Australia name squad

Wednesday 10th of May 2006, 2:33
related countries: Australia

Australia coach Guus Hiddink names injured duo Mark Schwarzer and Tim Cahill in his 23-man World Cup squad.
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Unions halt Puerto Rico protests

Wednesday 10th of May 2006, 2:51
related countries: Puerto Rico

Unions suspend protests over the government's fiscal record, as a commission aims to find a solution.
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Hicks may serve term in Australia

Wednesday 10th of May 2006, 4:10
related countries: Aruba, Australia

Australian Guantanamo inmate David Hicks may be transferred home to serve any jail term he receives.
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US criticises new UN rights body

Wednesday 10th of May 2006, 5:42
related countries: United States

The US attacks the UN Human Rights Council as nations it considers to have poor rights are elected to join it.
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Chinese growth 'to remain strong'

Wednesday 10th of May 2006, 6:03
related countries: China

Two economic reports say that growth in China will remain high this year, and call for a cooling of the economy.
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Indonesia offers Iran mediation

Wednesday 10th of May 2006, 6:25
related countries: Iran, Indonesia

Indonesia's president offers to mediate with the West over Iran's controversial nuclear programme.
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UN urged to hasten Darfur force

Wednesday 10th of May 2006, 6:36
related countries: Sudan, United States
related places: Darfur

The US urges the UN Security Council to speed up the deployment of peacekeepers to Sudan's Darfur region.
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Trio rescued after weeks at sea

Wednesday 10th of May 2006, 7:11
related countries: Aruba

Two Australian men and a boy are rescued after three weeks lost at sea surviving on raw squid and rainwater.
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Flintoff wicket vital for Murali

Wednesday 10th of May 2006, 8:39
related countries: United Kingdom

Sri Lanka Muttiah Muralitharan hopes to spoil close friend Andrew Flintoff's first home Test as England captain.
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US warns of 'global meth threat'

Wednesday 10th of May 2006, 9:49
related countries: United States

The US authorities warn that addictive drug methamphetamine has become a "global threat".
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Afghans win UK court challenge

Wednesday 10th of May 2006, 10:33
related countries: Afghanistan, United Kingdom

Nine Afghan asylum seekers who hijacked a plane to Britain win a court challenge against the government.
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Foes must choose 'war or peace'

Wednesday 10th of May 2006, 10:46
related countries: Sri Lanka, Japan

Sri Lanka's government and Tamil rebels must decide whether the island faces war or peace, Japan's envoy says.
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Israel warns Hamas on borders

Wednesday 10th of May 2006, 11:10
related countries: Israel

Israeli leaders step up the pressure on Hamas to talk peace or warn they will press on with fixing Israel's borders.
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Dalai Lama 'behind Lhasa unrest'

Wednesday 10th of May 2006, 11:18
related countries: China
related places: Lhasa

China accuses the Dalai Lama of fomenting unrest in Tibet, after statues are reportedly destroyed in a monastery.
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Zapatistas in 'social rage' warning

Wednesday 10th of May 2006, 11:19
related countries: Mexico

Mexico's Zapatista rebel leader Subcomandante Marcos warns that the country is in a state of rage.
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Madagascar row deepens over Iran

Wednesday 10th of May 2006, 11:26
related countries: Iran

Madagascar's parliament speaker sacked for supporting Iran announces his intention to run in presidential polls.
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Putin warns on population decline

Wednesday 10th of May 2006, 11:46
related countries: Russia

Russia's falling population is the biggest problem the nation faces, President Putin warns in a national address.
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Palestinians to get interim aid

Wednesday 10th of May 2006, 12:27
related countries: West Bank

Middle East mediators agree an aid plan for Palestinians, amid talk of a fuel crisis in the West Bank and Gaza.
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Nepal to probe 'royal excesses'

Wednesday 10th of May 2006, 12:35
related countries: Nepal

Nepal begins investigating alleged excesses committed during a crackdown on anti-king protests last month.
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Iran leader attacks West's 'lies'

Wednesday 10th of May 2006, 13:01
related countries: Iran

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accuses the West of hypocrisy over the nuclear stand-off.
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UN boss gives third term warning

Wednesday 10th of May 2006, 13:10
related countries: Nigeria

Kofi Annan tells a Nigerian paper African leaders should not change constitutions to extend their rule.
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Brussels proposes a 'declaration'

Wednesday 10th of May 2006, 13:44
related countries: Belgium

The European Commission suggests that EU member states sign a declaration on values and ambitions in 2007.
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'Threats' shut Kashmir cable TV

Wednesday 10th of May 2006, 13:50
related countries: India

Cable TV operators in Indian-administered Kashmir cancel programming indefinitely after "threats" from militant groups.
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Napolitano elected Italy's leader

Wednesday 10th of May 2006, 14:31
related countries: Italy

Ex-communist Giorgio Napolitano is elected president, clearing the way for the creation of a new government.
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US rates set for five-year high

Wednesday 10th of May 2006, 15:07
related countries: United States

The US central bank is widely expected to raise rates to 5% on Wednesday - their highest level in five years.
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Iraq head urges end to bloodshed

Wednesday 10th of May 2006, 15:31
related countries: Iraq

Iraq's president calls for an end to sectarian violence after figures show it claimed 1,091 lives in Baghdad in April.
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Museum remarks spark Turk row

Wednesday 10th of May 2006, 15:47
related countries: Greece, Turkey

A row erupts in Turkey over comments about the prime minister written in a visitors' book in a museum in Greece.
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Truce collapses in Somali capital

Wednesday 10th of May 2006, 16:54
related countries: Somalia

Heavy fighting reignites in Somalia's capital with almost 100 people dead and hundreds more wounded over the past four days.
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Relic of ancient asteroid found

Wednesday 10th of May 2006, 17:10
related countries: South Africa

A big fragment of an asteroid that punched a wide hole in the Earth's surface is discovered in South Africa.
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Two jailed over Tunisia bombing

Wednesday 10th of May 2006, 17:22
related countries: Tunisia, Spain

A Spanish court jails two men for five years for collaborating with an attack in Tunisia that killed 21 people.
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France recalls slavery victims

Wednesday 10th of May 2006, 19:31
related countries: France

A French envoy says her country did profit from slavery as it commemorates the victims for the first time.
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US oil worker killed in Nigeria

Wednesday 10th of May 2006, 19:40
related countries: Nigeria, United States
related places: Port Harcourt

A US oil worker is shot dead in Nigeria's troubled southern city of Port Harcourt, but militants deny involvement.
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Women claim Mexico police rapes

Wednesday 10th of May 2006, 19:50
related countries: El Salvador, Mexico
related places: San Salvador Atenco

Mexican police are accused of raping or sexually abusing women during riots in San Salvador Atenco last week.
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Lebanon protests over reforms

Wednesday 10th of May 2006, 19:59
related countries: Lebanon
related places: Beirut

Tens of thousands of Lebanese march through Beirut against economic reforms aimed at cutting public debt.
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US ethnic minority baby boom

Wednesday 10th of May 2006, 20:13
related countries: United States

Nearly half of Americans under five are from an ethnic minority, according to the US Census Bureau.
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US attacks China over yuan reform

Wednesday 10th of May 2006, 22:39
related countries: United States, China

The US attacks China for making "too little progress" in reforming its exchange rate, after it revalued the yuan.
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Jail term for Italy TV saleswoman

Wednesday 10th of May 2006, 23:26
related countries: Italy

A woman famed for selling "miraculous" cosmetics and trinkets on Italian TV is jailed for 10 years for fraud.
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Chad refugee crisis 'overlooked'

Wednesday 10th of May 2006, 23:52
related countries: Chad, Sudan

The plight of refugees in eastern Chad, many from Sudan's Darfur region, is being ignored, the UN says.
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