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Singapore PM warns US on China

Saturday 5th of May 2007, 0:17
related countries: United States United States, Singapore Singapore, Japan Japan, China China
related places: Washington

Singapore's prime minister urges the US to maintain ties with both China and Japan, after talks in Washington.
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Colombia bomb woman held

Saturday 5th of May 2007, 3:01
related countries: Colombia Colombia

Police in Colombia detain a woman travelling on an bus with hundreds of small explosives strapped to her body.
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Anguish at Portugal girl abduction

Saturday 5th of May 2007, 3:04
related countries: Portugal Portugal, United Kingdom United Kingdom

Police continue searching for a three-year-old UK girl feared abducted in Portugal, as her parents urge her return.
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France rivals end electoral push

Saturday 5th of May 2007, 3:55
related countries: France France

France's presidential rivals end their campaigns amid a war of words between Segolene Royal and Nicolas Sarkozy.
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Peru miners end five-day strike

Saturday 5th of May 2007, 4:31
related countries: Peru Peru

Thousand of miners in Peru will return to work after receiving guarantees about working conditions.
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Paris Hilton gets 45 days in jail

Saturday 5th of May 2007, 6:27
related countries: France France

Celebrity heiress Paris Hilton is jailed for 45 days for driving while on probation on a drink-driving charge.
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Motorsport: Rossi clinches pole

Saturday 5th of May 2007, 7:26
related countries: China China
related places: Shanghai

Five-time world champion Valentino Rossi claimed pole position for the China Grand Prix in Shanghai.
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'Dead' al-Qaeda man's tape aired

Saturday 5th of May 2007, 10:08
related countries: Iraq Iraq

A recording said to be of al-Qaeda's leader in Iraq - believed killed this week - appears on a militant website.
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Rebels die in Sri Lanka navy raid

Saturday 5th of May 2007, 10:14
related countries: Sri Lanka Sri Lanka

A number of Tamil Tiger rebels are killed in a naval confrontation off the north-eastern coast.
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Overseas votes start French poll

Saturday 5th of May 2007, 10:35
related countries: France France

The first voting in the French presidential election begins with polling in some overseas regions.
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Waiting for Castro

Saturday 5th of May 2007, 10:50
related countries: Cuba Cuba
related places: Havana, Castro

Stephen Gibbs reports from the May Day parade in Havana, where Cubans hoped to see Fidel Castro's return.
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Turkey's anguish over secularism

Saturday 5th of May 2007, 11:00
related countries: Turkey Turkey

Sarah Rainsford reports on the political crisis in Turkey, where a row over the election of a president has made secularists furious.
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Making a public splash in Saudi

Saturday 5th of May 2007, 11:03
related countries: Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia

Rachel Reid makes her own minor breakthrough for women's' rights in Saudi Arabia.
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Turks step up pro-secular protest

Saturday 5th of May 2007, 11:17
related countries: Turkey Turkey

Tens of thousands of Turks protest again to show their support for Turkey's secular system.
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Briton 'seized from Nigeria rig'

Saturday 5th of May 2007, 12:36
related countries: Nigeria Nigeria, United Kingdom United Kingdom

The Foreign Office looks into reports a British oil worker has been abducted from a rig off the Nigerian coast.
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General denies E Timor violations

Saturday 5th of May 2007, 12:56
related countries: Indonesia Indonesia

The ex-head of Indonesia's army says there were no gross rights violations during E Timor's independence vote.
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Iran's nuclear negotiator 'spied'

Saturday 5th of May 2007, 13:46
related countries: Iran Iran
related places: Fars

Former top Iranian nuclear negotiator Hossein Mousavian is to be charged with spying, Iran's Fars news agency says.
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Hamas rejects US security draft

Saturday 5th of May 2007, 14:14
related countries: United States United States

Militant group Hamas rejects a US plan for improving security and easing limits on movement in the Palestinian territories.
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Portugal police search for girl

Saturday 5th of May 2007, 15:49
related countries: Portugal Portugal, United Kingdom United Kingdom

Portuguese police searching for a missing British toddler say she has been abducted and have identified a suspect.
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'Hundreds held' in Pakistan rally

Saturday 5th of May 2007, 16:20
related countries: Pakistan Pakistan

Hundreds are arrested in Pakistan ahead of a rally in support of the ousted chief justice, activists say.
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Iraq bomber kills army recruits

Saturday 5th of May 2007, 16:51
related countries: Iraq Iraq

At least 10 people are killed in a suicide attack on an army recruiting centre - one of several attacks across Iraq.
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Kenya plane 'crashes in Cameroon'

Saturday 5th of May 2007, 17:12
related countries: Kenya Kenya, Cameroon Cameroon
related places: Nairobi

A Kenya Airways plane is reported to have crashed in southern Cameroon with 114 people on board.
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Serb police arrest nationalists

Saturday 5th of May 2007, 21:27
related countries: Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro

Police in Serbia arrest 27 people at a gathering of volunteers pledged to fight to stop Kosovo breaking away.
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