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Human brain, dating back over 2,000 years, unearthed in Britain

Friday 12th of December 2008, 0:43
related countries: United Kingdom

Archaeologists find what could be the oldest surviving brain unearthed in Britain, dating back more than 2,000 years.
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Belgium detains al-Qaeda suspects

Friday 12th of December 2008, 1:48
related countries: Belgium

Belgian police seize 14 al-Qaeda suspects hours before an EU summit is due to open in Brussels, officials say.
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US 'willing to lead climate push'

Friday 12th of December 2008, 2:23
related countries: United States

The US is set to lead the world towards a new climate deal, John Kerry says, as Mexico says it will halve its emissions by 2050.
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US car bail-out fails in Senate

Friday 12th of December 2008, 5:24
related countries: United States
related places: Republican

A $14bn (£9.4bn) US car industry bail-out package dies in the Senate after failing to get enough support in a procedural vote.
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Charges against Chavez opponent

Friday 12th of December 2008, 6:29
related countries: Venezuela

Prosecutors in Venezuela charged one of the main opposition leaders with alleged corruption and misappropriation of funds.
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Children die in Nepal bus crash

Friday 12th of December 2008, 7:02
related countries: Nepal

A crowded bus veers off a road in southern Nepal, killing at least 22, mostly children returning from a picnic, police say.
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Reverting to type

Friday 12th of December 2008, 7:43
related countries: Thailand

Thailand looks set to return to old-style politics
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Hamilton opposes engines plan

Friday 12th of December 2008, 8:02
related countries: Bermuda

Lewis Hamilton says he does not expect teams to back proposals to introduce a standard engine to cut costs in Formula One.
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Scrapping borders

Friday 12th of December 2008, 8:19
related countries: Switzerland

Switzerland joins Europe's border-free Schengen zone
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Live text - India v England

Friday 12th of December 2008, 8:45
related countries: India, United Kingdom

England's bowlers take six wickets to put the tourists in charge of the first Test against India in Chennai.
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Bangladesh poll campaign begins

Friday 12th of December 2008, 9:39
related countries: Bangladesh

Campaigning begins in Bangladesh's general elections with the government lifting restrictions on political rallies.
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50s pin-up queen Bettie Page dies

Friday 12th of December 2008, 10:06
related countries: United States
related places: Los Angeles

Bettie Page, one of the most famous US pin-up models of the 1950s, has died in Los Angeles at the age of 85.
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Minister opposes tour of Pakistan

Friday 12th of December 2008, 10:15
related countries: Pakistan, India
related places: Mumbai

India's cricket tour of Pakistan should not go ahead in the wake of the Mumbai attacks, India's sports minister says.
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US car bail-out fails in Senate

Friday 12th of December 2008, 10:20
related countries: United States
related places: Senate

A $14bn (£9.4bn) bail-out for the US car industry fails to get Senate support, raising fears of a possible industry collapse.
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High scorers

Friday 12th of December 2008, 10:27
related countries: South Africa

South Africa football revels in new riches ahead of 2010
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Chinese car sales hit by slowdown

Friday 12th of December 2008, 10:47
related countries: China

Chinese car sales plunge and retail sales slow as the global economic slowdown catches up with the country's economy.
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Growth fall jolts Indian economy

Friday 12th of December 2008, 11:01
related countries: India

India's industrial growth shrinks for the first time in more than a decade as it feels the fallout of the global credit crunch.
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Mugabe is a 'modern-day Hitler'

Friday 12th of December 2008, 11:24
related countries: South Africa

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe is a "21st Century Hitler", a senior South African Anglican bishop says.
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Nigeria poll challenge dismissed

Friday 12th of December 2008, 11:32
related countries: Nigeria

Nigeria's Supreme Court rejects the final challenge to last year's controversial election of President Umaru Yar'Adua.
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ANC rebels win name change ruling

Friday 12th of December 2008, 11:41
related countries: South Africa

A breakaway group of South Africa's governing party wins the right to use the name Congress of the People.
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Iran cuts support for Iraq groups

Friday 12th of December 2008, 11:43
related countries: Iraq, Iran, United States

US and Iraqi officials say there are signs that Iran has reduced its support for militant Shia groups in Iraq.
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Swann on song as England prosper

Friday 12th of December 2008, 11:45
related countries: India, United Kingdom

England seize control of the first Test against India after Graeme Swann takes two wickets in his first over as a Test bowler.
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Kenya pressed on Rwanda suspect

Friday 12th of December 2008, 11:50
related countries: Kenya, Rwanda

Kenya is not doing enough to arrest a Rwandan genocide suspect, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda says.
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Shares fall after bail-out fails

Friday 12th of December 2008, 11:54
related countries: United States

Asian and European stock markets slide after the US Senate fails to agree a $14bn bail-out package for the US car industry.
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Japan doubles size of rescue plan

Friday 12th of December 2008, 11:59
related countries: Japan

The Japanese government dramatically increases the size of its stimulus plan aimed at re-launching the country's economy.
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California adopts emissions plan

Friday 12th of December 2008, 12:09
related countries: United States
related places: California

Regulators in the US state of California adopt plans to help implement a law to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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Turbulent times

Friday 12th of December 2008, 12:11
related countries: Bolivia

Push for change deepens Bolivia's split society
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Belgium charges al-Qaeda suspects

Friday 12th of December 2008, 12:17
related countries: Belgium

Belgium charges six people suspected of links to al-Qaeda with membership of a terrorist group.
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Chinese city plans to shorten buildings for world heritage status

Friday 12th of December 2008, 12:23
related countries: China
related places: Hangzhou

The Chinese city of Hangzhou plans to lop off the top floors of several buildings to help the city's world heritage status bid, officials say.
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Cause or effect

Friday 12th of December 2008, 12:38
related countries: Syria

Syria grapples with an emerging internal threat
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Champions League postponed

Friday 12th of December 2008, 12:45
related countries: India

The inaugural Champions League Twenty20 competition in India has been cancelled.
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Spanish fake kidnap mother jailed

Friday 12th of December 2008, 12:46
related countries: Spain

A Spanish woman is jailed for faking kidnaps of her children seven times to obtain ransom money from her husband.
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Russia's mine blast toll grows

Friday 12th of December 2008, 12:58
related countries: Russia

At least 12 people are now known to have died in an explosion at a mine in north-west Russia, officials say.
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'Thousands' desert Somalia forces

Friday 12th of December 2008, 13:17
related countries: Somalia

More than 80% of Somalia's soldiers and police have deserted, some taking weapons, uniforms and vehicles, the UN says.
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Japan extends Afghan mission

Friday 12th of December 2008, 13:23
related countries: Afghanistan, Japan, United States

Japan's parliament has extended the country's controversial naval support for the US-led military operation in Afghanistan.
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Livni sparks Arab 'transfer' row

Friday 12th of December 2008, 14:04
related countries: Israel

Israeli FM Tzipi Livni sparks a row by saying a Palestinian state would provide 'a national solution' for Israel's Arabs.
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Swann revels in dream Test debut

Friday 12th of December 2008, 14:11
related countries: India, United Kingdom

England's Test debutant Graeme Swann is delighted with his two wickets against India on the second day of the opening Test.
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Dozens held in Pakistan crackdown

Friday 12th of December 2008, 14:29
related countries: Pakistan, United States
related places: Islamabad, Delhi

Police in Pakistan arrest dozens of members of an Islamic charity the UN has blacklisted after the Mumbai attacks.
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Ireland PM confirms EU vote plan

Friday 12th of December 2008, 14:55
related countries: Ireland

Irish PM Brian Cowen confirms he will hold a second referendum on the EU reform treaty after winning concessions from leaders.
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Kenya protests end Kibaki speech

Friday 12th of December 2008, 16:10
related countries: Kenya

Police arrest more than 20 protesters as the Kenyan president's Independence Day speech is cut short by heckling.
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Sarkozy scorned for Dalai meeting

Friday 12th of December 2008, 16:31
related countries: France, China
related places: Dalai

China's state media launches a co-ordinated attack on French President Nicolas Sarkozy, after he meets the Dalai Lama.
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Open verdict at Menezes inquest

Friday 12th of December 2008, 16:56
related countries: Botswana

The jury at the inquest into the death of a Brazilian rejects the police account he was lawfully killed.
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Greek PM rejects election calls

Friday 12th of December 2008, 16:58
related countries: Greece

Greek PM Costas Karamanlis rejects calls for early elections after a week of riots over a fatal police shooting.
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Abu Ghraib blame for US officials

Friday 12th of December 2008, 17:28
related countries: United States
related places: Bush

A US Senate report says Bush administration officials must share the blame for abuses at military detention camps.
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Fraud charge for hedge fund boss

Friday 12th of December 2008, 17:46
related countries: United States

A US hedge fund manager is arrested and charged with securities fraud, in one of the biggest fraud cases yet.
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Southern US hit by rare snowfall

Friday 12th of December 2008, 18:30
related countries: United States
related places: Louisiana

The US states of Louisiana and Mississippi are hit by snow, as winter weather leaves thousands without power further north.
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Tajik alarm after Moscow murder

Friday 12th of December 2008, 19:01
related countries: Russia
related places: Moscow

The Tajik government protests after the murder of one its citizens in Russia, in an attack which nationalists say they carried out.
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UK caused cholera, says Zimbabwe

Friday 12th of December 2008, 21:28
related countries: Zimbabwe, United Kingdom

A Zimbabwean minister accuses the UK of using biological "terrorism" to spark the cholera outbreak in his country.
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Forties heart-throb Johnson dies

Friday 12th of December 2008, 21:51
related countries: United States
related places: Johnson, Hollywood, New York

US actor Van Johnson, a Hollywood heart-throb of the 1940s and 50s, dies at the age of 92 in a New York nursing home.
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Former Taiwan president indicted

Friday 12th of December 2008, 22:05
related countries: Taiwan

Prosecutors in Taiwan formally charge ex-President Chen Shui-bian with forgery and money laundering.
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Colombia hands 'drug lord' to US

Friday 12th of December 2008, 22:23
related countries: United States

Colombia extradites Diego Montoya, allegedly one of the country's most powerful drugs lords, to the US to face trial.
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Rwandan aide 'backs Congo rebels'

Friday 12th of December 2008, 22:45
related countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda

An advisor to Rwandan President Paul Kagame plays a role in financing Tutsi rebels in eastern DR Congo, says a UN report.
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