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Nicaragua's Farc offer rebuffed

Friday 18th of July 2008, 0:51
related countries: Nicaragua, Colombia
related places: Bogota

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's offer to talk to Colombia's Farc rebels is rejected by Bogota.
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Pakistan polio case despite truce

Friday 18th of July 2008, 5:12
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Swat

Pakistani health officials record a new case of polio in Swat district despite local militants pledging to not resist vaccinations.
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China steps up tourism to Taiwan

Friday 18th of July 2008, 6:28
related countries: Taiwan, China

Large groups of Chinese tourists are set to begin arriving in Taiwan, as restrictions further ease amid improving relations.
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Pope urges unity against terror

Friday 18th of July 2008, 7:15
related countries: Australia

Pope Benedict XVI calls for all religions to unite against terrorism and resolve conflicts peacefully as he continues his visit to Australia.
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'Agreement' over Nepal president

Friday 18th of July 2008, 7:41
related countries: Nepal

Former Maoist rebels look set to back a 73-year-old leader from southern Nepal in presidential elections due on Saturday.
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Airline Qantas to cut 1,500 jobs

Friday 18th of July 2008, 7:55
related countries: Aruba

Australian airline Qantas says it is shedding 1,500 of its 36,000 staff as it seeks to cope with soaring fuel costs.
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Gore challenges US to ditch oil

Friday 18th of July 2008, 8:24
related countries: United States

US ex-vice-president Al Gore tells Americans to abandon electricity generated by fossil fuels in 10 years - an idea critics dismiss.
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Live text - England v South Africa

Friday 18th of July 2008, 9:31
related countries: South Africa, United Kingdom

South Africa put England in trouble as the fifth wicket falls in the 34th over on day one of the second Test.
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'Medal lust'

Friday 18th of July 2008, 10:02
related countries: China

China criticised for putting winning above all else
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Amnesty criticises S Korea police

Friday 18th of July 2008, 10:10
related countries: North Korea

Amnesty International says South Korean police were, at times, excessively forceful in handling recent protests.
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Kenya sued over biofuel project

Friday 18th of July 2008, 10:45
related countries: Kenya

Environmental groups take Kenya's government to court over a sugar plantation.
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Mexico remains 'are US soldiers'

Friday 18th of July 2008, 11:14
related countries: Mexico, United States

The remains of what appear to be four US soldiers who died in 1846 in the Mexican-American war have been found, officials say.
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Iran hopeful about US 'approach'

Friday 18th of July 2008, 11:43
related countries: Iran, United States

Iran's top nuclear negotiator voices guarded optimism about talks attended by the US this weekend.
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EU plans to block aid to Bulgaria

Friday 18th of July 2008, 11:48
related countries: Bulgaria

The European Commission plans to block almost $1bn in funds for Bulgaria as penalty for failing to beat corruption.
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Defiant Beijing family loses home

Friday 18th of July 2008, 12:06
related countries: China
related places: Beijing

A Beijing family who fought to save their home from redevelopment lose the battle, as the house is demolished.
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Where is mother?

Friday 18th of July 2008, 12:30
related countries: Afghanistan
related places: Kabul

The family which lost five members in Kabul suicide blast
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Nigerian 'blood oil' crew paraded

Friday 18th of July 2008, 13:01
related countries: Nigeria

A crew of Filipino sailors accused of stealing crude oil in Nigeria is shown to reporters.
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Taiwan hit by Typhoon Kalmaegi

Friday 18th of July 2008, 14:09
related countries: Taiwan

At least six people are dead in Taiwan, with six more missing, after Typhoon Kalmaegi brings high winds and flooding.
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Pakistan shares end 15-day slump

Friday 18th of July 2008, 14:10
related countries: Pakistan

Pakistan's main share index closes higher on Friday after 15 days of falls, a slide that led to violent protests on Thursday.
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Ferguson says Ronaldo is staying

Friday 18th of July 2008, 14:10
related countries: Spain

Sir Alex Ferguson says Cristiano Ronaldo will remain at Manchester United next season and will not be joining Real Madrid.
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Malaysian Anwar in 'sodomy alibi'

Friday 18th of July 2008, 14:14
related countries: Malaysia

Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim tells the BBC he has an alibi to prove sodomy claims against him are false.
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Mandela at 90 makes call for poor

Friday 18th of July 2008, 14:16
related countries: South Africa

Nelson Mandela, a key figure in bringing down South Africa's apartheid, turns 90 and calls for the nation's rich to help the poor.
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Somalis shot as they hand out aid

Friday 18th of July 2008, 14:32
related countries: Somalia
related places: Mogadishu

Somali gunmen shoot dead three elders distributing aid in a refugee camp near Mogadishu.
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Israel accuses six of terror link

Friday 18th of July 2008, 14:49
related countries: Israel, United States

Israel arrests six Arabs accused of trying to form an al-Qaeda cell and of a plot to attack US President George Bush.
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Chinese reporters get shot at police gun briefing

Friday 18th of July 2008, 15:26
related countries: China

Reporters called to a Chinese police briefing on the success of an anti-gun drive are accidentally shot.
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US seeks 'time horizon' on Iraq

Friday 18th of July 2008, 15:32
related countries: Iraq, United States

Iraq and the US call for an agreement on a "general time horizon" for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq.
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Funerals for Hezbollah militants

Friday 18th of July 2008, 15:58
related countries: Israel, Lebanon

Thousands in Lebanon attend the funerals of eight Hezbollah militants, returned by Israel as part of a prisoner exchange.
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US seeks 'time horizon' on Iraq

Friday 18th of July 2008, 15:59
related countries: Iraq, United States

Iraq and the US call for an agreement on a "general time horizon" for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq.
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Big cut in Ethiopian food rations

Friday 18th of July 2008, 16:02
related countries: Ethiopia

Food rations for hungry Ethiopians are cut by a third because there is not enough to go round.
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India lobbies on nuclear safety

Friday 18th of July 2008, 16:29
related countries: India

Indian officials brief the world nuclear regulatory body on plans to safeguard the country's civilian nuclear facilities.
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Kenyans reject circumcision plan

Friday 18th of July 2008, 16:44
related countries: Kenya

Elders from Kenya's Luo group reject a plan to promote circumcision to stem Aids.
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Bengal farmers in potato protest

Friday 18th of July 2008, 17:00
related countries: India

Angry farmers in the Indian state of West Bengal dump potatoes crop on roads in protest against poor prices.
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Cuba reforms turn to state land

Friday 18th of July 2008, 17:07
related countries: Cuba

Cuba puts more state-owned farm land into private hands, in a move designed to increase lacklustre food production.
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SA on top after England collapse

Friday 18th of July 2008, 17:40
related countries: South Africa, United Kingdom

South Africa take the upper hand on day one of the second Test, bowling England out for 203 before replying with 101-3.
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Argentina drops disputed farm tax

Friday 18th of July 2008, 18:19
related countries: Argentina

Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner cancels tax rises on farm exports, after months of protests.
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Argentina drops disputed farm tax

Friday 18th of July 2008, 18:19
related countries: Argentina

Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner cancels tax rises on farm exports, after months of protests.
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Live text - Open day two

Friday 18th of July 2008, 18:54
related countries: United Kingdom

Korea's KJ Choi leads two-time champion Greg Norman by one shot in the second round at the 137th Open.
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Cern lab goes 'colder than space'

Friday 18th of July 2008, 19:07
related countries: Switzerland, France

A giant physics lab on the Swiss-French border is being cooled to a temperature lower than that of outer space.
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Aid workers seized in Afghanistan

Friday 18th of July 2008, 21:02
related countries: Afghanistan, France

A French aid organisation says two of its workers have been abducted in central Afghanistan.
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Colombia's Uribe calls off vote

Friday 18th of July 2008, 21:59
related countries: Colombia
related places: Uribe

Colombia's leader Alvaro Uribe decides not to call a referendum to determine if there should be a new presidential poll.
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French search for stolen Semtex

Friday 18th of July 2008, 22:21
related countries: France

Anti-terrorist police are called in after 28kg (61lb) of plastic explosive Semtex and detonators vanish from a site in France.
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Diplomats aid Mbeki with Zimbabwe

Friday 18th of July 2008, 23:00
related countries: South Africa, Zimbabwe

South Africa's Thabo Mbeki agrees to work with a group of diplomats in an effort to solve Zimbabwe's political crisis.
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Mexican navy seizes cocaine sub

Friday 18th of July 2008, 23:33
related countries: United States, Mexico

Mexico's navy seizes nearly six tonnes of cocaine from inside a makeshift submarine, after the US shares key intelligence.
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