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US troops to hand over Karbala

Sunday 28th of October 2007, 0:15
related countries: Iraq, United States
related places: Karbala'

US troops in the Iraqi province of Karbala are to hand over security to Iraqi forces next week, officials say.
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Air France strike chaos continues

Sunday 28th of October 2007, 1:32
related countries: France

More travel chaos is expected at France's main airports as a strike by Air France workers continues.
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Thousands in US anti-war protests

Sunday 28th of October 2007, 3:40
related countries: Iraq, United States

Tens of thousands of people join protests against the Iraq war in a dozen cities across the United States.
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Battle 'kills dozens of Taleban'

Sunday 28th of October 2007, 8:10
related countries: Afghanistan, United States

Coalition forces say scores of Taleban fighters have been killed in a six-hour battle in southern Afghanistan.
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Bolivia's offerings to Mother Earth

Sunday 28th of October 2007, 8:43
related countries: Bolivia

James Ingham burns an offering of silver-wrapped llama foetus for Bolivia's Pachamama, or Mother Earth.
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Gap pulls 'child labour' clothing

Sunday 28th of October 2007, 8:45
related countries: India

Fashion chain Gap says it will withdraw from sale items of clothing allegedly made using child labour in India.
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Oil price 'grounds' N Korea fleet

Sunday 28th of October 2007, 11:08
related countries: South Korea, North Korea

North Korea grounds a fleet of Soviet-era military planes because of the high oil price, South Korea's Yonhap says.
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Indian landless march into Delhi

Sunday 28th of October 2007, 11:27
related countries: India
related places: Delhi

About 25,000 landless Indian farmers and tribal people reach Delhi after a three-week march for land rights.
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Pavarotti widow hits out at media

Sunday 28th of October 2007, 11:40
related countries: Italy

The widow of Luciano Pavarotti speaks out at the Italian media's "unseemly" gossip about his will.
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Turkish troops 'kill PKK rebels'

Sunday 28th of October 2007, 14:37
related countries: Iraq, Turkey

Turkish troops kill 15 Kurdish fighters in the east of the country, reports say, amid tensions on the Iraq border.
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Canadian plane hit by safety fears

Sunday 28th of October 2007, 15:20
related countries: Canada

Scandinavian airline SAS stops flying Bombardier Q400 turboprops after a series of landing gear problems.
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Funeral for SA's shot reggae star

Sunday 28th of October 2007, 15:29
related countries: South Africa
related places: KwaZulu

A public funeral for murdered South African reggae star Lucky Dube is held at his farm in KwaZulu-Natal.
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Fresh clashes in northern Pakistan

Sunday 28th of October 2007, 16:14
related countries: Pakistan

Pakistani troops and helicopter gunships kill 10 militants as violence flares in the north-west, officials say.
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Federer ends season on top

Sunday 28th of October 2007, 16:34
related countries: Switzerland

Roger Federer wins the Swiss Indoors title to clinch the season-ending number one ranking for the fourth consecutive year.
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Iraq warns Turkey over incursion

Sunday 28th of October 2007, 16:40
related countries: Iraq, Turkey

A Turkish offensive against Kurdish rebels in Iraq would have major consequences, Iraq's foreign minister says.
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Pessimism grows at Darfur talks

Sunday 28th of October 2007, 17:47
related countries: Sudan

A rebel boycott overshadows Darfur peace talks, despite Sudan's announcement of a unilateral ceasefire.
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Car bomb targets Iraqi oil city

Sunday 28th of October 2007, 18:43
related countries: Iraq
related places: Kirkuk

A car bomb kills at least eight people in the north Iraqi city of Kirkuk and gunmen seize tribal chiefs in Baghdad.
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Mogadishu hit by fresh fighting

Sunday 28th of October 2007, 20:09
related countries: Ethiopia, Somalia
related places: Mogadishu

Ethiopian and Somali troops battle Islamist insurgents in Somalia's capital Mogadishu for a second day.
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Holocaust museum opens at Belsen

Sunday 28th of October 2007, 20:57
related countries: Germany
related places: Bergen, Belsen

Germany inaugurates a Holocaust museum at Bergen-Belsen, the Nazi camp where Anne Frank died.
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Vatican hails Spanish war dead

Sunday 28th of October 2007, 21:55
related countries: Spain

Some 498 Catholics executed in the Spanish Civil War are honoured in the Vatican's largest-ever beatification.
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