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Acropolis artefacts on the move

Monday 15th of October 2007, 0:07
related countries: Greece
related places: Athens

Greece begins moving sculptures from the Acropolis in Athens to a new museum at the foot of the citadel.
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China rules out West's democracy

Monday 15th of October 2007, 1:01
related countries: China

China will never see Western-style democracy, a top official says as the Communist Party Congress begins.
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Sweden top on migrant welcome

Monday 15th of October 2007, 4:28
related countries: Sweden

Sweden tops a new study that exposes wide variations in the integration of migrants in European countries.
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China communists 'falling short'

Monday 15th of October 2007, 5:16
related countries: China

President Hu Jintao delivers a tough speech to open the five-yearly Chinese Communist Party congress.
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Tourists die in Thai cave floods

Monday 15th of October 2007, 6:57
related countries: Thailand

Six tourists, including a Briton, are killed by floods in Thailand while exploring caves in a national park.
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Rome mayor to lead new party

Monday 15th of October 2007, 7:25
related countries: Italy
related places: Rome

Rome's Mayor Walter Veltroni is set to lead Italy's new centre-left Democratic Party, exit polls show.
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Canada diocese for gay blessing

Monday 15th of October 2007, 7:26
related countries: Canada

A Canadian diocese approves same-sex blessings in a vote set to further strain the Anglican Communion.
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Indian cinema hit by deadly blast

Monday 15th of October 2007, 8:11
related countries: India

A blast in a cinema in the northern Indian state of Punjab kills six people and injures at least 30 others.
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Colombia mourns goldmine dead

Monday 15th of October 2007, 8:50
related countries: Colombia

Colombian rescuers end their search at a mine that collapsed killing 21 people, many of them women.
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Mid-East concerts called off

Monday 15th of October 2007, 8:50
related countries: Israel

Concerts calling for an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, headlined by Bryan Adams, are cancelled over security concerns.
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Airbus delivers first superjumbo

Monday 15th of October 2007, 9:12
related countries: Singapore

Airbus hands over its first completed A380 superjumbo to Singapore Airlines, way behind target.
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NZ police hold 17 in terror raids

Monday 15th of October 2007, 9:37
related countries: New Zealand

New Zealand police use anti-terror laws to arrest 17 people, including a prominent Maori rights campaigner.
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Togo counts landmark poll votes

Monday 15th of October 2007, 10:02
related countries: Togo

Togo's first election involving all the opposition parties for some two decades is praised as calm by observers.
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Americans win economics Nobel

Monday 15th of October 2007, 11:21
related countries: United States

Three American researchers are awarded the Nobel prize for economics.
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DR Congo deadline set to expire

Monday 15th of October 2007, 11:28
related countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Congo troops move nearer the stronghold of rebel Gen Nkunda, who vows to ignore a deadline to disband.
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Inquiry into N-test veterans case

Monday 15th of October 2007, 11:39
related countries: United Kingdom

A parliamentary inquiry begins into nuclear testing in the South Pacific in the 1950s, involving thousands of British servicemen.
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Sri Lankan rights advisers quit

Monday 15th of October 2007, 11:45
related countries: Sri Lanka

Four members of a Sri Lankan government panel resign in protest at the military's human rights record.
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Australia election campaigns begin

Monday 15th of October 2007, 11:46
related countries: Australia

Australia's main political parties launch their election campaigns, as a poll date is set for 24 November.
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Americans win economics Nobel

Monday 15th of October 2007, 12:00
related countries: United States

Three Americans win the Nobel prize for economics for work on game theory which could be applied to climate change.
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Civilians 'killed in Nato raid'

Monday 15th of October 2007, 12:23
related countries: Afghanistan

Three Afghan civilians are reportedly killed in a Nato air strike - there is no confirmation from Nato.
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Slain Burkina leader remembered

Monday 15th of October 2007, 13:45
related countries: Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso pays tribute to its late revolutionary leader, Thomas Sankara, who was killed 20 years ago.
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Madrid 'bomb plot' trial starts

Monday 15th of October 2007, 14:37
related countries: Spain
related places: Madrid

The trial of 30 suspected Islamic militants accused of planning to bomb Madrid opens in the Spanish capital.
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Belgian Iraq terror trial begins

Monday 15th of October 2007, 15:03
related countries: Iraq, Belgium

The trial begins in Brussels of six men accused of recruiting a Belgian woman for a suicide bombing in Iraq.
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Fox launches US business channel

Monday 15th of October 2007, 15:55
related countries: United States

News Corp launches a US business TV network to challenge in the market for mainstream business coverage.
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Banks plan fund to revive market

Monday 15th of October 2007, 15:59
related countries: United States
related places: America

Some of US's largest banks are to form a $75bn joint fund to invest in US sub-prime mortgage debt.
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Darfur rebels seek pre-talks deal

Monday 15th of October 2007, 15:59
related countries: Sudan

Several Darfur rebel groups meet to agree a joint position ahead of peace talks with Sudan's government.
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Football: Ashley Cole ruled out

Monday 15th of October 2007, 16:24
related countries: Russia, United Kingdom
related places: Middlesbrough

England are boosted ahead of Wednesday's Euro 2008 qualifier in Russia by John Terry's return to training after a knee injury.
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EU tightens Burma sanctions

Monday 15th of October 2007, 16:45
related countries: Burma

UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari says new reports of dissidents arrested in Burma are "extremely disturbing".
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Putin's visit to Iran to go ahead

Monday 15th of October 2007, 16:59
related countries: Russia, Iran

Russian President Vladimir Putin says his visit to Iran will go ahead, despite reports of a plot to kill him.
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Palestinian state 'wanted now'

Monday 15th of October 2007, 17:09
related countries: United States

The US secretary of state offers strong backing for the quick establishment of a Palestinian state.
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Rugby: Lewsey to miss final

Monday 15th of October 2007, 17:42
related countries: South Africa, United Kingdom

England winger Josh Lewsey is ruled out of the Rugby World Cup final against South Africa because of a hamstring injury.
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Montenegro gets boost for EU bid

Monday 15th of October 2007, 17:56
related countries: Serbia and Montenegro

Montenegro and the EU sign an accord putting the ex-Yugoslav state on the path to EU membership.
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Israel and Hezbollah in swap

Monday 15th of October 2007, 18:09
related countries: Israel

Israel and Hezbollah exchange the remains of an Israeli for a prisoner and the bodies of two guerrillas.
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Saddam's US jailer goes on trial

Monday 15th of October 2007, 20:00
related countries: Iraq, United States

A former chief of Saddam Hussein's prison in Iraq stands trial on charges of aiding the enemy.
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Ukraine poised for new government

Monday 15th of October 2007, 21:45
related countries: Ukraine

The pro-Western parties which won last month's Ukrainian election are set to sign a coalition deal.
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Iraq warns Turkey against raids

Monday 15th of October 2007, 21:46
related countries: Iraq, Turkey

Iraq urges caution as Turkey's government says it will ask permission to launch raids against Kurdish rebels in Iraq.
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UN urges DR Congo rebels to quit

Monday 15th of October 2007, 22:25
related countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo

The head of the UN force in DR Congo urges rebel soldiers to rejoin the army as the government threatens action.
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Zimbabwe rebuffs UK boycott fear

Monday 15th of October 2007, 22:37
related countries: United Kingdom

A Zimbabwean minister dismisses UK PM Gordon Brown's call to boycott an EU-Africa summit in December.
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