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US army secretary quits over row

Saturday 3rd of March 2007, 0:26
related countries: United States

US Army Secretary Francis Harvey resigns amid a row over the poor treatment of wounded US soldiers.
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'No reward' for non-nuclear Libya

Saturday 3rd of March 2007, 1:25
related countries: Libya

Libya's leader, Muammar Gaddafi, says it has not been properly compensated for giving up nuclear weapons.
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New US nuclear warhead chosen

Saturday 3rd of March 2007, 3:04
related countries: United States

The US government selects the design for the country's first new nuclear warhead for nearly two decades.
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Sex slave denial angers S Korea

Saturday 3rd of March 2007, 4:25
related countries: Japan

South Korea criticises Japan's PM for questioning whether women were forced to be sex slaves in World War II.
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Pakistan military tests missile

Saturday 3rd of March 2007, 5:09
related countries: Pakistan

Pakistan says it has tested a Hatf-II Abdali short-range missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.
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Mao's body removed from view

Saturday 3rd of March 2007, 6:12
related countries: China
related places: Beijing

Mao Zedong's body is removed from public display for six months as his Beijing mausoleum is renovated.
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Danish protests spark 100 arrests

Saturday 3rd of March 2007, 6:43
related countries: Denmark
related places: Copenhagen

Police in Copenhagen arrest about 100 people in a second night of clashes over squatters' evictions.
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Colombia political scandal widens

Saturday 3rd of March 2007, 7:04
related countries: Colombia

Colombia orders the arrest of an ex-minister's father, as a political scandal over alleged militia links widens.
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Rural China finds political voice

Saturday 3rd of March 2007, 12:16
related countries: China

Carrie Gracie visits White Horse Village, in south west China, where ambitious building plans are meeting with local resistance.
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Resisting the Nazis from a shed

Saturday 3rd of March 2007, 12:40
related countries: Germany

Chris Bowlby explains how, for his wife's grandfather, his garden was a place of peace and defiance amid the turmoil of German history.
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New Warsaw archbishop named

Saturday 3rd of March 2007, 12:41
related countries: Poland
related places: Warsaw

The Pope names a new archbishop of Warsaw after his first choice admitted working for the secret police.
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Landslides in Indonesia kill 40

Saturday 3rd of March 2007, 13:08
related countries: Indonesia

At least 40 people are killed and scores more missing in landslides on the Indonesian island of Flores, officials say.
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Zimbabwe gem 'smuggler' held

Saturday 3rd of March 2007, 14:36
related countries: Zimbabwe

A senior member of Zimbabwe's ruling party is arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle diamonds abroad.
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Japan's N Koreans oppose 'bias'

Saturday 3rd of March 2007, 14:52
related countries: Japan

North Koreans living in Japan protest against alleged discrimination after the North's nuclear test.
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New Israeli raid targets Nablus

Saturday 3rd of March 2007, 14:58
related countries: Israel, West Bank

Israeli forces wound two Palestinians in a fresh raid in the West Bank city of Nablus, Palestinian sources say.
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Bush 'troubled' by army scandal

Saturday 3rd of March 2007, 16:31
related countries: United States

US President George W Bush says he is deeply troubled by treatment of some returning wounded US soldiers.
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Athletics: Thanou back with win

Saturday 3rd of March 2007, 16:31
related countries: United Kingdom

Nicola Sanders sets a new British record in winning the 400m final at the European Indoor Championships.
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Russian anti-Putin demo broken up

Saturday 3rd of March 2007, 16:35
related countries: Russia

Russian riot police break up a rare rally by opponents to President Vladimir Putin in central St Petersburg.
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Iraq PM to chase police killers

Saturday 3rd of March 2007, 16:42
related countries: Iraq

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki describes the killers of 14 policemen as "cowards", and vows to catch them.
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Saudi king to meet Iranian leader

Saturday 3rd of March 2007, 17:05
related countries: Saudi Arabia, Iran

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran arrives in Saudi Arabia for rare talks between the two powers.
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Iraqi car bomb kills 11 civilians

Saturday 3rd of March 2007, 19:31
related countries: Iraq

A car bomb in Ramadi kills 11 civilians and a policeman a day after 14 policemen were found with their throats slit.
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Bush tours tornado disaster site

Saturday 3rd of March 2007, 20:50
related countries: United States
related places: Alabama

US President George W Bush visits the school in Alabama where eight pupils died in a tornado two days ago.
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Ezra wins top African film prize

Saturday 3rd of March 2007, 22:28
related countries: Nigeria, Burkina Faso

The Nigerian film Ezra takes the top prize at the biennial African Film Festival, Fespaco, in Burkina Faso.
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Nigeria endorses Islamic leader

Saturday 3rd of March 2007, 23:17
related countries: Nigeria

Nigeria holds the final ceremony inaugurating the spiritual head of the country's estimated 70 million Muslims.
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