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Brazil asylum for Cuban athletes

Saturday 29th of September 2007, 1:23
related countries: United States, Brazil, Cuba

Brazil grants asylum to two Cubans who defected during the Pan-American Games, after it deported two others.
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Radical Syrian cleric 'shot dead'

Saturday 29th of September 2007, 2:33
related countries: Iraq, Syria
related places: Aleppo

A Syrian cleric suspected of recruiting foreign militants to fight in Iraq is shot dead in Aleppo, his aides say.
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Bush climate plans spark debate

Saturday 29th of September 2007, 4:11
related countries: United States

A US plan for countries to set their own CO2 emission reduction targets is criticised by some diplomats.
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Farc woman steals plane to desert

Saturday 29th of September 2007, 4:59
related countries: Colombia

A female rebel deserter in Colombia hijacks a plane to escape her life with the Farc guerrilla group, police say.
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F1: Hamilton storms to pole

Saturday 29th of September 2007, 6:03
related countries: Bermuda, Japan

Lewis Hamilton beats McLaren team-mate Fernando Alonso to take pole position for Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix.
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UN envoy heading for Burma talks

Saturday 29th of September 2007, 7:29
related countries: Burma, United States

A UN special envoy heads to Burma hoping to end the military government's violent crackdown on protesters.
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Musharraf vote nomination backed

Saturday 29th of September 2007, 10:22
related countries: Pakistan

Election officials in Pakistan approve President Pervez Musharraf's nomination for election, amid angry protests.
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Burma hurtling into the unknown

Saturday 29th of September 2007, 10:32
related countries: Burma

Andrew Harding has been communicating with contacts in Burma and trying to find out what is really going on in the country.
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Re-thinking Afghan reconstruction

Saturday 29th of September 2007, 10:57
related countries: Afghanistan

In Kabul, Chris Morris asks whether using the strategy of using soldiers to rebuild Afghanistan is working.
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Hungary's Caesarean debate

Saturday 29th of September 2007, 11:45
related countries: Hungary

Civic groups in Hungary call for a debate over the country's rising rates of Caesarean births.
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Rugby: All Blacks thrash Romania

Saturday 29th of September 2007, 12:46
related countries: Romania

Joe Rokocoko scores a hat-trick of tries as the All Blacks overwhelm Romania.
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Georgia president scorns accusers

Saturday 29th of September 2007, 13:55
related countries: Georgia

Georgia's president rejects allegations of conspiracy to murder and corruption levelled at him by a former minister.
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Kabul bus blast kills 27 troops

Saturday 29th of September 2007, 15:00
related countries: Afghanistan
related places: Kabul

A suicide bomb attack on a bus in the Afghan capital kills at least 27 members of the country's armed forces.
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Australian football makes history

Saturday 29th of September 2007, 15:09
related countries: Aruba

Favourites Geelong thrash Port Adelaide by more than 100 points at the AFL grand final in Melbourne.
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Taleban free Red Cross workers

Saturday 29th of September 2007, 15:12
related countries: Afghanistan

Four Red Cross workers seized by the Afghan Taleban are freed unconditionally, the Red Cross says.
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Germany's CSU elects new leader

Saturday 29th of September 2007, 16:34
related countries: Germany

The CSU, one of Germany's governing parties, elects a successor to Edmund Stoiber who resigns after 14 years.
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Fiji dump Wales out of World Cup

Saturday 29th of September 2007, 16:45
related countries: Fiji, United Kingdom

Fiji dump Wales out of the World Cup and set up a quarter-final clash with South Africa.
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Football: Terry blow for England

Saturday 29th of September 2007, 17:12
related countries: United Kingdom

Chelsea defender John Terry is a major doubt for England's upcoming Euro 2008 qualifiers after suffering a depressed fracture of the cheekbone.
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Iraqi sacred site to be rebuilt

Saturday 29th of September 2007, 18:27
related countries: Iraq

An Iraqi shrine whose destruction led to a wave of sectarian violence is to be rebuilt, Unesco says.
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Tourists injured in Maldives blast

Saturday 29th of September 2007, 19:01
related countries: Maldives
related places: Male

Twelve tourists are injured in a suspected bomb explosion in the capital of the Maldives islands, Male.
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Polish opposition campaigns in UK

Saturday 29th of September 2007, 20:33
related countries: Ireland, Poland, United Kingdom
related places: Poles

The leader of Poland's opposition party, Donald Tusk, is seeking support among Poles in the UK and Irish Republic.
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Rugby: Scotland knock out Italy

Saturday 29th of September 2007, 20:45
related countries: Italy, United Kingdom

Chris Paterson kicks all the points as Scotland edge into the quarter-finals of the World Cup.
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New protests on Rangoon streets

Saturday 29th of September 2007, 21:45
related countries: Burma
related places: Rangoon

Protesters again brave a government crackdown in Burma's Rangoon, as a UN envoy arrives for talks.
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Huge Japan protest over textbook

Saturday 29th of September 2007, 21:49
related countries: Japan

More than 100,000 people in Japan rally in protest at changes to textbook accounts of a wartime episode.
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Nations target Lat Am drug routes

Saturday 29th of September 2007, 23:04
related countries: United Kingdom

The UK and six other nations launch a new bid to intercept drug smuggling runs from Latin America to Europe.
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