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WHO chief vows focus on Africa

Friday 5th of January 2007, 0:31
related countries: China

Hong Kong's Margaret Chan takes over at the WHO, saying Africa will be a priority.
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Bush, Merkel push Mid-East talks

Friday 5th of January 2007, 1:27
related countries: Germany, United States

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Bush agree to back a new Middle East peace meeting.
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Aussies complete Ashes sweep

Friday 5th of January 2007, 1:27
related countries: United Kingdom, Australia
related places: Sydney

Australia demolish England on day four in Sydney for the first Ashes whitewash since 1920-21.
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US Church offers abuse settlement

Friday 5th of January 2007, 1:52
related countries: United States

A Roman Catholic diocese in the US offers to pay at least $48m to compensate people abused by priests.
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Canberra to sell uranium to China

Friday 5th of January 2007, 6:01
related countries: Australia, China

Australia will be able to export uranium to China as early as next month, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer says.
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Vietnam warned on bird flu threat

Friday 5th of January 2007, 8:19
related countries: Vietnam

A top health chief in Vietnam warns that a recent bird flu outbreak poses a huge risk to human health.
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Tests on India killings accused

Friday 5th of January 2007, 8:25
related countries: India
related places: Delhi

Two men accused of killing 17 young women and children in a Delhi suburb are to undergo tests using a truth drug.
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Airlines savaged over environment

Friday 5th of January 2007, 8:39
related countries: United Kingdom

A UK minister makes an outspoken attack on the airline industry over failure to tackle carbon emissions.
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UK boy dies in Thai electrocution

Friday 5th of January 2007, 9:14
related countries: Thailand, United Kingdom

A seven-year-old British boy dies after being electrocuted in a hotel room at a beach resort in Thailand.
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Court orders Ershad to surrender

Friday 5th of January 2007, 9:26
related countries: Bangladesh

A court in Bangladesh orders former ruler Gen Ershad to turn himself in ahead of elections this month.
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Sudan to probe UN sex abuse claim

Friday 5th of January 2007, 11:04
related countries: Sudan

Sudan says it will launch its own probe into claims that UN peacekeepers in the south have abused children.
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Weapons link to Australian 'plot'

Friday 5th of January 2007, 11:25
related countries: Aruba

A man suspected of selling rocket launchers to terror suspects is arrested by Australian police.
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Brazil model wins YouTube battle

Friday 5th of January 2007, 11:42
related countries: Botswana

A Brazilian judge orders YouTube to remove a clip of supermodel Daniela Cicarelli romping on a beach.
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Pakistan province lifts kite ban

Friday 5th of January 2007, 11:46
related countries: Pakistan

Pakistan's Punjab province lifts a ban on kite-flying during the forthcoming Basant spring festival.
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Hanging 'makes martyr of Saddam'

Friday 5th of January 2007, 11:53
related countries: Egypt

Egypt's president says the circumstances of Saddam Hussein's execution have turned him into a martyr.
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Ashes: England start inquest

Friday 5th of January 2007, 12:07
related countries: United Kingdom

England cricket chiefs launch a major review of the team's displays following their crushing Ashes defeat.
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US nuclear chief forced to quit

Friday 5th of January 2007, 12:16
related countries: United States

The head of the US nuclear weapons agency is made to resign following a number of security breaches.
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Britons hurt in Alps coach crash

Friday 5th of January 2007, 13:44
related countries: France

Four Britons are injured in a coach crash in the French Alps, the Foreign Office says.
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Gaza factions told to end clashes

Friday 5th of January 2007, 13:54
related countries: Gaza Strip

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and PM Ismail Haniya agree to urge rival factions to leave Gaza's streets.
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Second Madrid blast victim found

Friday 5th of January 2007, 14:37
related countries: Spain
related places: Madrid

The body of a second man is found in the wreckage of a Madrid airport car park after a bomb blast blamed on Eta.
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Bush revamps US military in Iraq

Friday 5th of January 2007, 14:55
related countries: Iraq, United States

US President George Bush is to change two key military chiefs as part of his new strategy for Iraq, officials say.
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Tijuana police ordered to disarm

Friday 5th of January 2007, 14:59
related countries: Mexico
related places: Tijuana

Local police in the Mexican city of Tijuana are made to hand in their guns in a crackdown on drugs violence.
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Polonium-210 found in restaurant

Friday 5th of January 2007, 15:10
related countries: United Kingdom

Another London restaurant is contaminated with a radioactive substance, health officials say.
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Nigeria condemns 'rude' airlines

Friday 5th of January 2007, 15:22
related countries: Nigeria, United Kingdom

Nigeria's aviation minister accuses two UK airlines of treating Nigerian passengers with the "utmost contempt".
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Somalia 'needs peace force soon'

Friday 5th of January 2007, 15:39
related countries: Kenya, Somalia
related places: Nairobi

Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf calls for a "speedy deployment" of peacekeepers in his war-torn country.
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Sri Lankan bus blast 'kills five'

Friday 5th of January 2007, 15:57
related countries: Sri Lanka

At least five people are killed and 50 injured in a bomb attack on a bus in Sri Lanka, officials say.
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US man seized in Iraq

Friday 5th of January 2007, 16:19
related countries: Iraq, United States

Police in Iraq say an American and his two Iraqi interpreters have been taken hostage near the city of Basra.
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China seeks Iran nuclear response

Friday 5th of January 2007, 16:37
related countries: Iran, China

China calls on Iran to respond to UN sanctions over its nuclear activities, after talks with Iran's top nuclear negotiator.
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Italy to monitor mosque funding

Friday 5th of January 2007, 18:17
related countries: Italy

Italian authorities plan to introduce a new system to monitor foreign funding for the construction of new mosques.
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UN chief picks Tanzanian deputy

Friday 5th of January 2007, 19:33
related countries: Tanzania

New UN chief Ban Ki-moon names a Tanzanian official, Asha-Rose Migiro, as his deputy.
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Polish archbishop in spy row

Friday 5th of January 2007, 19:52
related countries: Poland
related places: Warsaw

The new Archbishop of Warsaw, Stanislaw Wielgus, collaborated with communist police, the Church says.
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Cartoons protester found guilty

Friday 5th of January 2007, 19:53
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: London

A UK Muslim is convicted of soliciting murder at a protest over cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad.
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US 'heroes' catch falling toddler

Friday 5th of January 2007, 20:59
related countries: United States
related places: Bronx

Two New York men are hailed as heroes after catching a toddler as he fell four storeys from a Bronx building.
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New US intelligence chief named

Friday 5th of January 2007, 21:47
related countries: United States

Retired Vice Admiral Michael McConnell is named as new US spy chief, replacing John Negroponte.
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