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Guantanamo 'suicide' named

Friday 1st of June 2007, 0:51
related countries: Saudi Arabia, United States

A detainee who died in an apparent suicide at Guantanamo was a Saudi army veteran, the US says.
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Aide to wanted Mladic is arrested

Friday 1st of June 2007, 2:02
related countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Zdravko Tolimir, a close aide to top Bosnian Serb war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic, is arrested in Bosnia.
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Russia rejects new Kosovo draft

Friday 1st of June 2007, 2:13
related countries: Russia
related places: Kosovo

Russia says a draft UN resolution supporting Kosovo independence is unacceptable and hints at a veto.
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Russia blames US in missile row

Friday 1st of June 2007, 2:52
related countries: Russia, United States

Russian President Putin says a missile test was in answer to US plans to create a defence shield in Central Europe.
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Blair set for meeting with Mbeki

Friday 1st of June 2007, 4:06
related countries: South Africa

Tony Blair is due to hold talks with South African President Thabo Mbeki on the final day of his Africa tour.
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Rice set to reopen Spain dialogue

Friday 1st of June 2007, 4:13
related countries: United States, Spain
related places: Madrid

The US secretary of state is in Madrid for the first high-level US visit since Spain's Socialists came to power.
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Japan threat to exit whaling body

Friday 1st of June 2007, 5:31
related countries: Japan

Japan fails to ease an international ban on commercial whaling, leading it to warn it may leave the IWC.
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China starts new bankruptcy law

Friday 1st of June 2007, 6:34
related countries: China

China introduces a new bankruptcy law that gives creditors precedence over workers at failed companies.
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Air hostesses told to shed weight

Friday 1st of June 2007, 7:57
related countries: India

An Indian court rules against female flight attendants who were grounded from an airline for being overweight.
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Cricket: Gilchrist ponders future

Friday 1st of June 2007, 7:59
related countries: Australia

Australia's World Cup hero Adam Gilchrist says he may quit one-day internationals to prolong his Test career.
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Korea talks break up without deal

Friday 1st of June 2007, 9:06
related countries: South Korea

Talks between North and South Korea break up without agreement after a rift over food aid delays.
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Niger MPs dispatch government

Friday 1st of June 2007, 9:16
related countries: Niger

Niger's parliament sacks the prime minister, Hama Amadou, in a motion of no-confidence in the government.
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Bachchan is no farmer, says court

Friday 1st of June 2007, 9:29
related countries: India

A court in northern India says that farm land was illegally allotted to Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan.
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Canada native death inquiry

Friday 1st of June 2007, 10:04
related countries: Canada

Official racism and cultural insensitivity contributed to the 1995 killing of a Canadian native protester, a report says.
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Tennis: Jankovic beats Venus

Friday 1st of June 2007, 11:12
related countries: France

Jelena Jankovic underlines her title credentials by beating former world number one Venus Williams to reach the French Open fourth round.
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Nigeria gunmen seize top managers

Friday 1st of June 2007, 11:24
related countries: Nigeria, Niger

Gunmen in Nigeria's Niger Delta snatch three foreigners as the new president announces a crisis summit.
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More killed in Rajasthan violence

Friday 1st of June 2007, 13:14
related countries: India

At least five more people die in violent clashes between two tribal groups in India's Rajasthan state.
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Agent's death 'used politically'

Friday 1st of June 2007, 13:36
related countries: Russia, United Kingdom

The "British side" is using the murder of Alexander Litvinenko to start a "political campaign", Russia's foreign minister says.
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TB man 'sorry' over plane trips

Friday 1st of June 2007, 13:47
related countries: United States
related places: Atlantic

A US TB patient who triggered a health scare by boarding transatlantic flights says sorry to fellow passengers.
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Gaza boys 'shot dead by Israelis'

Friday 1st of June 2007, 14:27
related countries: Israel, Gaza Strip

Two Palestinian boys are shot dead by Israeli troops in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources say.
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Mladic aide arrives in The Hague

Friday 1st of June 2007, 14:34
related countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Zdravko Tolimir, a close aide to Bosnian Serb war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic, is handed over to The Hague.
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EU-Serbia talks 'resume in June'

Friday 1st of June 2007, 15:34
related countries: Serbia and Montenegro
related places: Belgrade

The EU says talks with Serbia will resume soon as Belgrade is co-operating over war crimes suspects.
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'Afghan civilians' killed by Nato

Friday 1st of June 2007, 15:34
related countries: Afghanistan

Police say at least 15 civilians have died in a Nato-led raid in southern Afghanistan - a claim denied by Nato.
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Kazakh leader's son-in-law held

Friday 1st of June 2007, 16:03
related countries: Austria

The son-in-law of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev is arrested in Austria on kidnapping charges.
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Pakistan's army warns opposition

Friday 1st of June 2007, 16:11
related countries: Pakistan

Pakistan's army warns that no-one will be allowed to bring instability in the country as two TV stations have their broadcasts cut.
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'Dr Death' released from US jail

Friday 1st of June 2007, 16:22
related countries: United States

Jack Kevorkian, the man known as Dr Death and who helped the terminally ill to die, is freed from a US jail.
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Fresh clashes at Lebanon camp

Friday 1st of June 2007, 16:57
related countries: Lebanon

Heavy fighting between the Lebanese army and Islamic militants kills at least 14 in Lebanon, reports say.
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SA workers march for more money

Friday 1st of June 2007, 17:13
related countries: South Africa

Public-sector workers in South Africa go on indefinite strike with marches through cities demanding a 12% pay rise.
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Bush urges Iran to free US four

Friday 1st of June 2007, 18:30
related countries: Iran, United States

President Bush condemns the detention of four US citizens in Iran and calls for their immediate release.
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Kenya president warns on killings

Friday 1st of June 2007, 18:44
related countries: Kenya

Kenya's president angrily attacks those responsible for a spate of murders blamed on the banned Mungiki sect.
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Football: England 1-1 Brazil

Friday 1st of June 2007, 21:01
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Wembley

Brazil equalise in the dying seconds to rob England of victory on their return to Wembley.
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Ukrainian MPs approve snap poll

Friday 1st of June 2007, 21:06
related countries: Ukraine

Ukraine's parliament votes to approve a snap election aimed at ending a crisis between the president and the PM.
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US Iraq embassy plans put on net

Friday 1st of June 2007, 22:21
related countries: Iraq, United States
related places: Baghdad

Detailed plans for the new US embassy in Baghdad are posted online, prompting fears of a breach of security.
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