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Argentina detains squad suspect

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 0:14
related countries: Argentina

Argentina places a former police chief suspected of being a member of a 1970s death squad under arrest.
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US sub collides with Japan ship

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 3:01
related countries: Japan, United States

A US nuclear submarine collides with a Japanese ship south of the Straits of Hormuz.
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Abe warns world against N Korea

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 4:10
related countries: North Korea

Japan's PM urges international co-operation to stop a nuclear-armed North Korea, in a BBC interview.
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Japan upgrades defence agency

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 5:43
related countries: Japan

Japan changes its defence agency into a ministry - the first time such a ministry has existed since World War II.
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US sub collides with Japan ship

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 6:29
related countries: Japan, United States

A US nuclear submarine collides with a Japanese ship near the Straits of Hormuz, but no injuries are reported.
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Tennis: Nadal hit by injury worry

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 7:12
related countries: Aruba

Rafael Nadal pulls out of the Sydney International with the Australian Open less than a week away.
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Tennis: Nadal hit by injury worry

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 7:12
related countries: Aruba

Rafael Nadal pulls out of the Sydney International with the Australian Open less than a week away.
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Lopez Obrador starts own TV show

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 7:38
related countries: Mexico

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who lost Mexico's presidential election, launches a late night TV programme.
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UK to send e-mail terror alerts

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 9:02
related countries: United Kingdom

Terror alerts warning of changes to the threat level to the UK are to be sent out to the public.
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Nepal greenhouse centre reopens

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 9:38
related countries: Nepal

One of Nepal's biggest companies reopens its greenhouse plant four days after it shut down because of Maoist threats.
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Eta suspects arrested in France

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 10:41
related countries: France

Two suspected members of Basque separatist group Eta are arrested in France, days after an airport bombing.
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Clashes after China school closed

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 10:56
related countries: China
related places: Shanghai

A Shanghai school for 2,000 migrant children is closed, sparking clashes with parents and teachers, reports say.
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Chavez bid for more state control

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 10:58
related countries: Venezuela

Venezuela's President Chavez pledges to nationalise key companies, after swearing in his new cabinet.
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Cricket: Aussies thrash England

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 11:41
related countries: Australia, United Kingdom

Australia thump England by 77 runs in the Twenty20 international in Sydney.
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Al-Qaeda suspect killed in Jordan

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 11:53
related countries: Jordan

A suspected al-Qaeda militant has been shot dead by Jordanian security forces, state media reports.
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Football: Beckham warned

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 12:02
related countries: Spain

Real Madrid sporting director Pedja Mijatovic tells David Beckham to make a decision about his future.
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Captured Israeli 'in good health'

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 12:23
related countries: Israel

Palestinian militants who captured an Israeli soldier near Gaza in June say he is "in good health".
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New Saddam film posted

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 13:12
related countries: Iraq

A new video showing former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein after his execution appears on the internet.
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Thailand revises business rules

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 14:14
related countries: Thailand

Thailand announces plans to tighten rules regulating foreign firms, despite international unease.
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Soldiers hunt for rebels in Assam

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 14:18
related countries: India

Thousands of soldiers fan out in India's Assam state hunting rebels who have killed dozens of people in recent days.
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Nigeria loses oil cash billions

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 14:36
related countries: Nigeria, Niger

Nigeria says it has lost $4.4bn in oil revenue in the past year due to increasing violence in the Niger Delta region.
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Eta claims Madrid airport attack

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 15:31
related countries: Spain
related places: Madrid

Basque Eta separatists say they carried out last week's Madrid airport bombing, but insist a truce remains in force.
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Iraq crash kills Turkish workers

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 15:33
related countries: Iraq, Turkey
related places: Baghdad

A plane carrying Turkish workers crashes north of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killing 32 people, officials say.
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Bangladesh protest halted

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 15:36
related countries: Bangladesh
related places: Dhaka

Bangladeshi police prevent Awami League demonstrators from surrounding the presidential palace.
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US Somali air strikes 'kill many'

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 16:25
related countries: Somalia, United States
related places: Mogadishu

The US launches at least two air strikes against Islamist fighters and al-Qaeda suspects in southern Somalia.
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Iran smog 'kills 3,600 in month'

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 16:52
related countries: Iran
related places: Tehran

Pollution led to 3,600 deaths in Tehran in just one month, Iranian officials say, with the annual total put at 10,000.
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Lebanon opposition renews protest

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 16:59
related countries: Lebanon
related places: Beirut

Hundreds join a protest in Beirut highlighting opposition to the government's new economic reform programme.
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Search for Red Sea divers ended

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 17:03
related countries: Egypt

Egyptian officials call off the search for four scuba divers missing in the Red Sea since Saturday.
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Russia 'forced' into oil shutdown

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 17:19
related countries: Belarus, Russia

Russia says a row with Belarus forced it to stop pumping oil through a key pipeline to Europe.
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Cricket: Shoaib to miss first Test

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 17:24
related countries: South Africa, Pakistan

Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar will not be available for the first Test against South Africa which starts in Centurion on Thursday.
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Row over 'faltering' Sudan peace

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 17:51
related countries: Sudan

Sudan's president and vice-president have a public row during a ceremony to mark two years of southern peace.
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Latvian firm tests EU labour laws

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 18:22
related countries: Latvia

The European Court of Justice considers whether guest workers should abide by local pay deals, in a key case.
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Nigeria census reveals no change

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 18:49
related countries: Nigeria

Nigeria releases census results ahead of April's poll showing no change in the Muslim north and Christian south populations.
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Kennedy warns Bush on Iraq troops

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 18:55
related countries: Iraq

Senator Edward Kennedy launches a bid to prevent President Bush increasing Iraq troops numbers.
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US 'targets al-Qaeda' in Somalia

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 18:57
related countries: Somalia, United States

US air strikes in Somalia are aimed at al-Qaeda leaders and based on credible intelligence, the Pentagon says.
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Chavez plans hit market

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 21:08
related countries: Venezuela

Venezuela's financial markets tumble after President Chavez unveils plans to nationalise key phone and power firms.
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Female Farc leader tried in US

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 21:29
related countries: Colombia, United States
related places: Washington

A female leader of Colombia's Farc rebel group goes on trial in Washington, accused of drug smuggling.
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US Democrat's health improves

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 21:44
related countries: United States
related places: Senate

A US senator whose health cast doubts over the Democrats' control of the Senate, is now in a "fair" condition.
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US blacklists Iranian state bank

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 21:59
related countries: Iran, United States

The US blacklists an Iranian bank, accusing it of funding the development of weapons of mass destruction.
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Baghdad fighting 'kills dozens'

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 22:24
related countries: Iraq, United States
related places: Baghdad

US and Iraqi troops backed by aircraft clash with Sunni fighters in the centre of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
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Japan, UK agree on N Korea call

Tuesday 9th of January 2007, 23:19
related countries: Japan, United Kingdom, North Korea

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe and the UK's Tony Blair want more effort to deter North Korean nuclear ambitions.
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