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Guantanamo Uighur release blocked

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 0:23
related countries: China, United States

A US court puts a temporary halt on a judge's decision to allow the release of 17 Chinese Muslims being held at Guantanamo Bay.
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Brazil foresees population slump

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 2:16
related countries: Brazil

Brazil is facing a shrinking and ageing population, says a new report, pointing to reduced fertility rates.
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US debt clock runs out of digits as growing deficit needs extra zeros

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 2:21
related countries: United States
related places: New York

The national debt clock in New York runs out of digits to record the spiralling figure.
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Live text - India v Australia

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 3:54
related countries: India, Australia
related places: Bangalore

Ricky Ponting scores his first hundred in India in the first Test in Bangalore.
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Live text - India v Australia

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 3:54
related countries: India, Australia
related places: Bangalore

Australia win the toss and bat first against India in the first Test in Bangalore.
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N Korea 'to launch 10 missiles'

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 4:55
related countries: North Korea

South Korean media say North Korea is preparing to launch up to 10 short-range missiles, after reports of a test this week.
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US warns of further bank failures

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 5:54
related countries: United States

The US treasury secretary warns some banks will still fail despite a $700bn rescue package, as Asian markets enjoy calmer trading.
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Thai court drops treason charges

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 6:30
related countries: Thailand

A Thai court drops the most serious charges against protest leaders, opening the way for their possible surrender to police.
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Australian tourist killed in Goa

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 8:08
related countries: India, Aruba
related places: Goa

An Australian tourist dies in hospital in Goa, India, after he is assaulted at a beach bar, police say.
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China rulers discuss land reform

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 8:53
related countries: China

China's top leadership opens four-day meeting focused on reforming land rights for vast rural population.
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Stanford game 'only about money'

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 8:58
related countries: United Kingdom

England's Alastair Cook admits the cricket is "unimportant" compared to the money on offer in the Stanford Twenty20 game.
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ANC split is 'good for democracy'

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 9:01
related countries: South Africa

The leader of South Africa's official opposition says she welcomes a split in the ruling party as good for democracy.
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'Win-win' deal

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 9:15
related countries: United States

How Bush nuclear deal transformed US India relations
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Land battle looms

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 9:23
related countries: Uganda

Uganda king on collision course with tenant farmers
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Mexico unveils crisis spending plan

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 9:39
related countries: Mexico

Mexican President Felipe Calderon announces plans to spend $4.3bn on infrastructure projects amid the world economic slowdown.
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Finns yearn for snow in Tampere

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 9:42
related countries: Finland
related places: Tampere

James Luckhurst visits a city in southern Finland, where residents are holding their breath for a heavy snowfall this winter.
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Stanford deal 'has been brokered'

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 9:52
related countries: United Kingdom

A compromise is reached in the dispute over England's $20m Stanford Twenty20 game, BBC Sport understands.
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Islamabad police complex attacked

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 10:04
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Islamabad

At least eight people are hurt after a suicide bomb attack inside the main police complex in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, police say.
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Colony abuse victims cash ruling

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 10:07
related countries: United Kingdom

Victims of child sex abuse on Pitcairn Island can apply for compensation, the British government says.
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Zimbabwe inflation hits new high

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 10:25
related countries: Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's annual inflation rate soars to a record 231,000,000% as measured in July, newly released official figures show.
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Sri Lanka minister survives blast

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 11:06
related countries: Sri Lanka

A suspected suicide bomber in Sri Lanka kills at least one person in an attack targeting a government minister, officials say.
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Gritty Ponting ton holds up India

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 11:25
related countries: India
related places: Bangalore

Australia captain Ricky Ponting scores his first century in India as the tourists reach 254-4 on day one of the first Test in Bangalore.
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Changing America

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 11:38
related countries: United States

Historian Simon Schama on the US's shifting self-image
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Author Le Clezio wins Nobel prize

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 11:55
related countries: France

Distinguished French novelist Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio is awarded this year's Nobel Prize for Literature.
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Woman dies in Egypt police raid

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 11:56
related countries: Egypt
related places: Cairo

Crowds of Egyptians attack police with clubs and stones in a town south of Cairo after a pregnant woman dies in a police raid.
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'Yom Kippur riot' in Israeli city

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 12:37
related countries: Israel

Riots break out in Acre after an Israeli-Arab drives his car during the religious holiday of Yom Kippur, Israeli reports say.
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Dissidents' day?

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 13:47
related countries: China

Chinese activists tipped for Nobel peace prize
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Prosperity driven from Detroit

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 14:31
related countries: United States
related places: Detroit

Andrew Whitehead discovers how a US city once famous for its car industry is facing difficult times.
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Ginseng jabs kill three in Yunnan

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 14:40
related countries: China

The Chinese government says three people have died after receiving herbal ginseng injections in Yunnan province.
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Why does Beethoven's Ode to Joy upset some Euro MPs?

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 14:52
related countries: United Kingdom

A decision to make the EU flag and motto more prominent and play the EU anthem more often angers some British Euro MPs.
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Bombed writer fears for democracy

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 15:05
related countries: Israel

An Israeli academic whose home was bombed last month warns in a BBC interview of a "climate of violence" in the country.
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Iraqi MP killed by roadside bomb

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 15:10
related countries: Iraq
related places: Baghdad

An Iraqi politician loyal to the Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is seriously injured in a roadside bomb blast in Baghdad.
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Fight for future

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 15:17
related countries: East Timor

Life still hard for 'hero' of East Timor struggle
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DR Congo rebels capture army base

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 15:32
related countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda
related places: Goma

The rebel forces of Laurent Nkunda have taken a major army base in eastern DR Congo, the UN confirms.
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Bomb hits school bus in Pakistan

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 15:42
related countries: Pakistan

Four schoolgirls are among 10 killed by a bomb in Pakistan hours after militants attack Islamabad's main police base.
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Broken home: Cambodian couple cut house in half

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 15:50
related countries: Cambodia

A rowing couple in Cambodia give new meaning to "broken home" by sawing their home in half to avoid the divorce courts.
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Gayoom faces run-off in Maldives

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 15:50
related countries: Maldives

Voting in the Maldives first multi-party presidential election goes to a second round after President Gayoom fails to win outright.
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IAEA 'barred from Yongbyon plant'

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 16:12
related countries: North Korea

The UN's nuclear watchdog says its inspectors no longer have any access to North Korea's main nuclear complex at Yongbyon.
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End to war?

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 16:37
related countries: Afghanistan

The chances of Afghan Taleban joining peace talks
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Nato to target Somalia's pirates

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 16:47
related countries: Somalia

Defence ministers from the Nato military alliance agree to send warships to help combat piracy off the coast of Somalia.
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Iraq PM vows to find MP's killers

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 17:47
related countries: Iraq

Iraq's prime minister says he will find those behind the assassination of an MP loyal to the Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.
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Pledge to protect Sumatran forest

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 18:04
related countries: Indonesia

Indonesia pledges to stop the loss of forests and species in Sumatra, one of the world's most ecologically important islands.
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Iceland nationalises biggest bank

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 18:09
related countries: Iceland

Iceland nationalises its biggest bank and suspended trade on its stock exchange in an attempt to prevent further panic in the country.
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Stanford game is given go-ahead

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 18:56
related countries: United Kingdom

England's $20m Stanford Twenty20 game will go ahead as planned, the tournament organisers confirm.
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Syria releases American reporters

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 20:33
related countries: Syria, United States

Two US journalists arrested for entering Syria illegally are released in Damascus, the state department says.
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Peru's government poised to quit

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 21:15
related countries: Peru

Peruvian cabinet ministers are poised to tender their resignation to the president over an oil corruption scandal.
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'US missile' hits Pakistani house

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 21:28
related countries: Pakistan, United States

A missile from a suspected unmanned US aircraft kills at least eight in a Pakistani tribal area close to Afghanistan, reports say.
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Libya blocks Swiss oil deliveries

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 21:56
related countries: Switzerland

Libya halts oil shipments to Switzerland months after the brief arrest of Muammar Gaddafi's youngest son for assault.
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US stocks slide to five-year low

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 22:06
related countries: United Kingdom

US stocks fall for a seventh straight session as investors remain fearful the financial crisis will lead to a deep recession.
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McCain ad says Obama 'too risky'

Thursday 9th of October 2008, 23:27
related countries: United States

US Republican John McCain launches a new campaign advert accusing his Democratic rival of being "too risky" to be president.
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