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Report warns against Iran attack

Monday 5th of March 2007, 0:05
related countries: Iran, United Kingdom
related places: Tehran

Military strikes against Iran could prompt it to rapidly pursue nuclear weapons, a UK think tank says.
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Georgia rejects Abkhazia election

Monday 5th of March 2007, 2:48
related countries: Georgia

Georgia's president dismisses Sunday's parliamentary elections in the breakaway region of Abkhazia as 'illegal'.
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Hunt for E Timor rebel continues

Monday 5th of March 2007, 4:46
related countries: East Timor

International troops in East Timor search for Maj Alfredo Reinado, who escaped during a raid on Sunday.
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Investigation into Afghan deaths

Monday 5th of March 2007, 5:26
related countries: Afghanistan, United States

Afghan authorities investigate the circumstances of a militant attack on US forces in which eight civilians died
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Eminent French writer Troyat dies

Monday 5th of March 2007, 5:42
related countries: France
related places: Paris

The death of one of the greatest figures in modern French literature, Henri Troyat, is announced in Paris.
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Iraqi PM condemns 'illegal' raid

Monday 5th of March 2007, 6:11
related countries: Iraq, United Kingdom

Iraq's PM calls for an inquiry into a raid by Iraqi and British forces on a detention centre in Basra.
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Japan refuses sex slave apology

Monday 5th of March 2007, 6:35
related countries: Japan

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe says Japan will not issue another apology for its World War II military brothels.
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Vatican and Vietnam discuss ties

Monday 5th of March 2007, 7:12
related countries: Vietnam

A delegation from the Vatican is in Vietnam for another round of talks on establishing diplomatic ties.
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China's Wen vows fairer growth

Monday 5th of March 2007, 7:36
related countries: China
related places: Beijing

China's Premier Wen Jiabao calls for more sustainable economic growth as the country's legislature open.
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Prime minister wins Estonian poll

Monday 5th of March 2007, 7:45
related countries: Estonia

Estonia's PM looks set to retain power after his party won Sunday's election, preliminary results show.
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China fury at Chen's Taiwan call

Monday 5th of March 2007, 9:48
related countries: Taiwan, China

China suggests Taiwan's president is a "criminal" after he makes a strongly pro-independence speech.
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Chad ex-rebel leader gets top job

Monday 5th of March 2007, 10:14
related countries: Chad

Chadian former rebel leader Mahamat Nour Abdelkerim becomes the country's minister of defence.
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'Maoist rebels' shoot Indian MP

Monday 5th of March 2007, 11:20
related countries: India

Suspected Maoists in Jharkhand state shoot dead an Indian MP, sparking violent protests.
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Colombia fighting leaves 18 dead

Monday 5th of March 2007, 11:52
related countries: Colombia

At least seven soldiers and 11 rebels are killed in the heaviest fighting in Colombia in recent months.
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US 'erased Afghan attack footage'

Monday 5th of March 2007, 12:20
related countries: Afghanistan, United States

The Associated Press says US troops censored footage of an incident in which several civilians were killed.
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Uganda's judges strike over raid

Monday 5th of March 2007, 12:40
related countries: Uganda

Judges and lawyers in Uganda are striking to protest at the recent raid on the High Court by armed forces.
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EU bans Pakistan airline flights

Monday 5th of March 2007, 13:32
related countries: Pakistan

The EU bars most of Pakistan International Airlines' fleet within its airspace due to safety concerns.
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Zimbabwe farmers to lose aid

Monday 5th of March 2007, 14:08
related countries: Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's government says it intends to end state subsidies for black-owned commercial farms.
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Egypt anger over 1967 'massacre'

Monday 5th of March 2007, 14:12
related countries: Egypt, Israel

An Israeli minister postpones a trip to Egypt, amid media reports his army unit killed 250 Egyptian POWs in 1967.
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Afghans killed 'in new US attack'

Monday 5th of March 2007, 14:21
related countries: Afghanistan, United States

Nine Afghan civilians are reported killed in US bombing, hours after President Karzai condemned earlier deaths.
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US and N Korea to open key talks

Monday 5th of March 2007, 14:26
related countries: North Korea, United States
related places: New York

US and North Korean envoys are due to start talks in New York aimed at normalising relations.
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Denmark rioters' squat demolished

Monday 5th of March 2007, 14:32
related countries: Denmark
related places: Copenhagen

Bulldozers start knocking down a building at the centre of some of the worst rioting in Copenhagen for decades.
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Litvinenko friend's attack probed

Monday 5th of March 2007, 14:36
related countries: United Kingdom, United States
related places: London

US police investigate the shooting of a friend of a former KGB agent poisoned in London.
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Austria air collision kills eight

Monday 5th of March 2007, 14:39
related countries: Austria

Eight people die as a light plane and helicopter collide near an Austrian ski slope, officials in Austria say.
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N Korea 'crackdown on escapees'

Monday 5th of March 2007, 15:50
related countries: North Korea, China

North Korea is imposing harsh jail sentences on people trying to escape to China, a rights group finds.
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Mexican singer breaks gay taboo

Monday 5th of March 2007, 16:05
related countries: Mexico

Mexican pop star Christian Chavez tells fans he is gay, in a country where stars rarely discuss homosexuality.
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Peshawar theatre given reprieve

Monday 5th of March 2007, 18:16
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Peshawar

A historic cinema building facing demolition in the Pakistani city of Peshawar is given protected status.
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Many dead in Baghdad market bomb

Monday 5th of March 2007, 18:24
related countries: Iraq
related places: Baghdad

A car bomb attack kills 30 people in a historic book-selling area in the centre of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
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Falling ice shuts Toronto roads

Monday 5th of March 2007, 20:12
related countries: Canada
related places: Toronto

Police shut several streets in the Canadian city of Toronto after huge slabs of ice are reported falling off skyscrapers.
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Cricket: Sri Lanka beat Scotland

Monday 5th of March 2007, 21:08
related countries: Barbados, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom

Scotland battle hard but suffer defeat by a wide margin in their World Cup warm-up match against Sri Lanka in Barbados.
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Dick Cheney has blood clot in leg

Monday 5th of March 2007, 21:22
related countries: United States

US Vice-President Dick Cheney has a blood clot in his leg and is being treated with blood-thinning medication.
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Cricket: Ireland make SA sweat

Monday 5th of March 2007, 21:32
related countries: Ireland, South Africa

Ireland give South Africa some frightening moments before going down to a 35-run defeat
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US army blamed over scandal

Monday 5th of March 2007, 22:15
related countries: United States
related places: Poor

Poor living conditions at the main US army hospital are part of a pattern a congressman tells a hearing.
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Kidnapped tourists' vehicles found

Monday 5th of March 2007, 23:09
related countries: Ethiopia, United Kingdom

A search party looking for five missing British tourists in Ethiopia finds three damaged vehicles.
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Bush unveils Latin America aid

Monday 5th of March 2007, 23:49
related countries: United States

US President George W Bush pledges more social aid for Latin America, ahead of a tour of the region.
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