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US 'al-Qaeda' doctor found guilty

Tuesday 22nd of May 2007, 0:26
related countries: United States

A US doctor who pledged to treat al-Qaeda fighters is convicted of conspiracy to support the terror network.
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Success for Everest mobile effort

Tuesday 22nd of May 2007, 0:26
related countries: United Kingdom

A British climber has set a world record by making a mobile phone call from the top of Mount Everest.
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Brazilian minister in fraud probe

Tuesday 22nd of May 2007, 0:58
related countries: Brazil, Botswana

Brazil's energy minister is the latest public figure under investigation as part of a broad corruption inquiry.
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Senate extends immigration debate

Tuesday 22nd of May 2007, 3:24
related countries: United States

The US Senate decides to delay voting on controversial immigration reform to allow more time for debate.
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US and China to hold trade talks

Tuesday 22nd of May 2007, 5:14
related countries: United States, China

The US and China hold talks on trade amid growing tensions on the issue between the two countries.
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Strike by Sikhs hits Indian state

Tuesday 22nd of May 2007, 5:40
related countries: India

Sikhs across the Indian state of Punjab hold a strike, to protest against what they say is an insult to their religion.
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Bush: American as bank head

Tuesday 22nd of May 2007, 6:19
related countries: United States

President George W Bush confirms he wants an American to follow Paul Wolfowitz as head of the World Bank.
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Science team lands on Ice Island

Tuesday 22nd of May 2007, 8:27
related countries: Canada

Researchers plant a tracking beacon on a two-billion-tonne block of ice floating off Canada's Arctic coast.
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Japanese debut for Potter movie

Tuesday 22nd of May 2007, 8:35
related countries: Japan

The fifth Harry Potter film, The Order of the Phoenix, will open in Tokyo next month, Warner Bros confirms.
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Hague court probes CAR 'crimes'

Tuesday 22nd of May 2007, 9:41
related countries: Central African Republic

The International Criminal Court is to probe war crimes allegedly committed in the Central African Republic.
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Mumbai blasts policeman gets life

Tuesday 22nd of May 2007, 11:12
related countries: India
related places: Mumbai

An Indian policemen is sentenced to life in jail for abetting bombers who killed 250 in Mumbai in 1993.
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Iran accuses US-Iranian scholar

Tuesday 22nd of May 2007, 11:19
related countries: Iran, United States

Iran has accused a US-Iranian academic with trying to overthrow its Islamic system of government.
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Protests mount over Venezuela TV

Tuesday 22nd of May 2007, 11:28
related countries: Venezuela

Demonstrators unveil a huge banner in Venezuela's capital attacking government plans to take a TV station off air.
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Pakistan 'same-sex' couple jailed

Tuesday 22nd of May 2007, 11:28
related countries: Pakistan

A Pakistani court remands a couple in custody after ruling that theirs is an illegal, same-sex marriage.
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Howard warns of election drubbing

Tuesday 22nd of May 2007, 11:48
related countries: Australia

Australia's PM John Howard says his conservative coalition risks "annihilation" in elections this year.
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Australian hurt in Thai bombing

Tuesday 22nd of May 2007, 11:55
related countries: Thailand, Aruba

An Australian photographer becomes the first foreign journalist injured in southern Thailand's insurgency.
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Lebanese worker seized in Nigeria

Tuesday 22nd of May 2007, 12:20
related countries: Nigeria, Niger, Lebanon

Gunmen snatch a Lebanese construction worker in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta
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UN in row over crisis in Somalia

Tuesday 22nd of May 2007, 12:38
related countries: Somalia

Somali officials and the UN disagree deeply over the scale of the crisis in the capital, says the UN aid chief.
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Ugandan forest plan halted

Tuesday 22nd of May 2007, 13:10
related countries: Uganda

Plans to allocate forest land to a sugar company which sparked deadly clashes are suspended in Uganda.
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Bomb damages Baghdad market

Tuesday 22nd of May 2007, 14:03
related countries: Iraq
related places: Baghdad

At least 25 people die and about 60 are wounded as a car bomb hits a market in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
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Iran crackdown on Afghan migrants

Tuesday 22nd of May 2007, 14:32
related countries: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran

Afghans and other foreigners must leave Iranian cities on the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan, officials say.
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Cricket: Flintoff battles for fitness

Tuesday 22nd of May 2007, 15:00
related countries: United Kingdom

England call up bowler Ryan Sidebottom for the second Test against West Indies, and include Michael Vaughan and Andrew Flintoff.
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Son fights Amin's bloody legacy

Tuesday 22nd of May 2007, 15:07
related countries: Uganda

Ex-Ugandan leader Idi Amin's son calls for a truth commission to try to resurrect his father's brutal image.
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Italy strike hits air travellers

Tuesday 22nd of May 2007, 15:45
related countries: Italy

Thousands of passengers across Europe are stranded because of a strike by air traffic controllers in Italy.
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Muslims 'well integrated' in US

Tuesday 22nd of May 2007, 15:51
related countries: United States

US Muslims are integrated into US society, although for many life became harder post-9/11, a survey indicates.
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Aid convoy under fire in Lebanon

Tuesday 22nd of May 2007, 15:57
related countries: Lebanon

A UN aid convoy that entered Lebanon's Nahr al-Bared camp is forced to leave after shells explode nearby.
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Musharraf rules out mosque raid

Tuesday 22nd of May 2007, 16:27
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Islamabad

Pakistan's President Musharraf rules out military action against a radical mosque in the heart of Islamabad.
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Beheadings spark Kenyan sect hunt

Tuesday 22nd of May 2007, 17:08
related countries: Kenya

Kenyan police hunt for followers of the outlawed Mungiki religious sect after six headless corpses are found.
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Pakistan fatwa minister 'to quit'

Tuesday 22nd of May 2007, 17:35
related countries: Pakistan

Pakistan's tourism minister submits her resignation after criticism from hardline Islamist clerics.
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Russian faces Litvinenko charge

Tuesday 22nd of May 2007, 18:14
related countries: Russia

UK prosecutors are to make an announcement on charges over the poisoning of ex-KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko.
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Explosion rocks Turkish capital

Tuesday 22nd of May 2007, 18:22
related countries: Turkey
related places: Ankara

Five people are killed and at least 60 hurt in an explosion in a commercial district of the Turkish capital, Ankara.
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US urges China to speed up reform

Tuesday 22nd of May 2007, 18:30
related countries: United States, China

The US urges China to step up economic reforms as high level talks between the two begin in Washington.
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Marriage to earl 'was a curse'

Tuesday 22nd of May 2007, 18:43
related countries: France

The Earl of Shaftesbury's widow, accused of paying her brother to murder him, says his death was an accident.
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Litvinenko suspect denies charges

Tuesday 22nd of May 2007, 19:07
related countries: Russia, United Kingdom

The Russian accused in the UK of murdering Alexander Litvinenko says the charges are "politically motivated".
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Cricket: S Lanka consolation win

Tuesday 22nd of May 2007, 20:05
related countries: United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
related places: Abu Dhabi

Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 115 runs in their third and final one-day international in Abu Dhabi.
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Japan WWII sailors stay in wreck

Tuesday 22nd of May 2007, 20:07
related countries: Australia, Japan
related places: Sydney

The bodies of two WWII submariners from Japan are to be left in their wreck off Sydney, Australia.
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Thousands attend Falwell funeral

Tuesday 22nd of May 2007, 21:28
related countries: United States
related places: Virginia

The funeral of leading US conservative evangelist Jerry Falwell draws thousands of mourners to Virginia.
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UK firm seeks Mid-East gas deal

Tuesday 22nd of May 2007, 22:55
related countries: Israel, United Kingdom

British energy firm BG confirms it is hoping to agree a deal with Israel to supply it with Palestinian gas.
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