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Former Thai PM Thaksin flies home

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 0:09
related countries: Thailand, Hong Kong

Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra leaves Hong Kong to return home, 17 months after being ousted in a coup.
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US conservative Buckley dies

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 1:07
related countries: United States
related places: Buckley

A leading US conservative thinker and prolific author, William F Buckley, dies at the age of 82.
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Cameroon head hits back

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 3:54
related countries: Cameroon

Cameroon's President Biya says the opposition is to blame for violence arising from fuel price protests.
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F1: Alonso tips Hamilton for title

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 6:29
related countries: Bermuda
related places: Hamilton

Fernando Alonso tells the BBC that his former McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton could win the title in 2008.
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Cricket: England stumble

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 6:38
related countries: New Zealand, United Kingdom

England are bowled out for 131 on the opening day of the three-day tour match with a New Zealand XI.
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Indian train hits crowd on tracks

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 8:26
related countries: India

A high-speed train hits people walking on the tracks in western Gujarat state, killing at least 16.
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Fisherman in 10-hour swim

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 9:35
related countries: Australia

A fisherman swims for more than 10 hours to seek help for his crew mates after their trawler sank off Australia.
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Israel steps up Gaza air strikes

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 9:55
related countries: Israel, Gaza Strip

More Israeli air strikes hit the Gaza Strip, killing four militants, bringing the death toll there to 17 in 24 hours.
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Crisis summit to save Kenya talks

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 10:02
related countries: Kenya

Kofi Annan and the African Union head hold talks with Kenya's rival leaders to save peace talks.
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US presses for end to Turkey raid

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 10:05
related countries: Iraq, Turkey, United States

Turkey's incursion into northern Iraq to fight Kurdish rebels should be as short as possible, the US says.
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Colombian hostages freed by Farc

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 10:09
related countries: Colombia, Venezuela

Four hostages are set free by Colombian Farc rebels, in a deal brokered by the Venezuelan president.
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Uganda rejects key peace demand

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 10:10
related countries: Uganda

Uganda rejects a rebel demand that it try to get war crimes indictments lifted - threatening a peace deal.
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Deadly missile strike in Pakistan

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 10:50
related countries: Afghanistan, Pakistan

At least 12 people, including suspected militants, die in a missile attack in Pakistan, officials say.
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Suharto son civil charges dropped

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 11:04
related countries: Indonesia
related places: Jakarta

Tommy Suharto, son of the former Indonesia leader, has civil corruption charges against him dropped.
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US patrol shoots Iraqi civilian

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 11:09
related countries: Iraq, United States
related places: Baghdad

The US troops in Iraq kill a civilian wearing a bulky jacket who approached their patrol north of Baghdad.
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Iran 'targeting' women activists

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 11:22
related countries: Iran

Amnesty International criticised what it calls a backlash against women's rights campaigners in Iran.
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Third room found at Jersey home

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 11:51
related countries: Jersey

Jersey police are to examine a third underground room at a former children's home in an abuse inquiry.
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EU probes German bank help

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 12:19
related countries: Belgium, Germany
related places: Brussels

Brussels investigates whether a German bail-out of two banks hit by the credit crunch constituted illegal state aid.
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Emotional return for ex-Thai PM

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 12:51
related countries: Thailand

Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra returns home, 17 months after being deposed in a military coup.
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Taleban 'run 10% of Afghanistan'

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 12:53
related countries: Afghanistan, United States

The Taleban have retaken about 10% of Afghanistan, US intelligence chief Mike McConnell says.
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S Africa video was 'play-acting'

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 13:10
related countries: South Africa

A video showing white South African students bullying black staff members was "play-acting", lawyers say.
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Helmand clash 'kills 25 Taleban'

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 13:15
related countries: Afghanistan

Afghan police say that they have killed 25 Taleban insurgents on Wednesday in the province of Helmand.
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Witness changes story on Fujimori

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 13:24
related countries: Peru

A witness at the trial of Peru's ex-President Fujimori says he never gave orders to violate human rights, reversing earlier statements.
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Fears grow for Farc sick hostage

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 13:38
related countries: Colombia

Concern for the health of kidnapped Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt prompts fresh calls for her release.
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Cuba's aid programme in Bolivia

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 14:11
related countries: Bolivia

Hugh O'Shaughnessy reports on the humanitarian work being carried out by Cubans working abroad.
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Six held in Nordic 'terror raids'

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 15:03
related countries: Sweden, Norway

Police in Sweden and Norway make six arrests in a co-ordinated operation targeting terror suspects.
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Sadr anger over Iraq law setback

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 15:06
related countries: Iraq

The faction loyal to Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr reacts angrily to the rejection of a law on regional powers.
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One dead in French gas explosion

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 15:27
related countries: France
related places: Lyon

A gas blast in the southern French city of Lyon kills a fireman and injures at least 26 people.
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German rescue from honour killing

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 16:15
related countries: Germany

Alexa Dvorson hears how the machismo attitudes leave some Muslim women fearing they will be killed for "honour".
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France 'to change African links'

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 16:46
related countries: France

France will renegotiate its defence deals with African countries, President Nicolas Sarkozy says.
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Bush urges wiretap immunity law

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 17:24
related countries: United States
related places: Congress

US President George W Bush urges Congress to pass a law to allow warrantless wiretaps of suspected terrorists.
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Nepalese ethnic group ends strike

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 17:51
related countries: Nepal

The Nepalese government reaches agreement with a southern ethnic group that ends a general strike.
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Kenya rivals agree to share power

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 17:56
related countries: Kenya

Kenya's rival leaders sign a power-sharing deal mediated by Kofi Annan to end the country's post-election crisis.
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Hepatitis C warning for US clinic

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 18:55
related countries: United States
related places: Nevada

As many as 40,000 people who used a Las Vegas clinic are urged to be tested for HIV and hepatitis C, officials say.
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Four children die in Gaza strike

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 19:05
related countries: Israel, Gaza Strip

Four Palestinian children are killed in an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip, medics say.
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Czechs defiant on US visa accord

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 20:00
related countries: United States, Czech Republic

The Czech Republic rejects claims that its agreement on visa-free travel to the US may be against EU law.
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Woman conducts Egypt marriages

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 20:43
related countries: Egypt
related places: Cairo

Egypt appoints its first female notary to assist at the weddings of Muslim couples, in Qinayat east of Cairo.
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Cricket: England stars 'eye India'

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 21:25
related countries: India, United Kingdom

The chairman of the Indian Premier League says he has been contacted by some of England's leading players.
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Explosion at US shopping centre

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 21:58
related countries: United States

An explosion tears through a shopping centre in the US state of Illinois, officials say.
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Kosovo partition scheme opposed

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 22:40
related countries: United States

The EU and US are adamant Kosovo will not be split in two because of the divide between ethnic groups
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Cuba signs human rights pledges

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 22:44
related countries: Cuba

As communist Cuba signs legally binding UN covenants on human rights, critics call for dissidents to be freed.
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Baseball star faces FBI inquiry

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 23:15
related countries: United States

The FBI is to investigate whether baseball star Roger Clemens lied to the US Congress about his drug use.
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US warship sails towards Lebanon

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 23:36
related countries: Lebanon, United States

The US orders a warship into position off the coast of Lebanon as a "show of support for regional stability".
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Prince Harry on Afghan front line

Thursday 28th of February 2008, 23:49
related countries: Afghanistan

Prince Harry has been on the front line in Afghanistan for 10 weeks, the Ministry of Defence says.
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