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Genocide ghosts
Monday 6th of April 2009, 0:43related countries:
RwandaLegacy of killings haunts Rwanda 15 years on
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Troubled waters
Monday 6th of April 2009, 1:09related countries:
Hong KongHow global trade slowdown is hitting Hong Kong shipping
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Troubled waters
Monday 6th of April 2009, 1:09related countries:
Hong KongHow global trade slowdown is hitting Hong Kong shipping
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End Cuba isolation, Castro urges
Monday 6th of April 2009, 1:29related countries:
Cuba, 
United StatesFidel Castro urges Latin American states to support an end to Cuba's isolation when they meet Barack Obama at a summit.
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Foreign tourists return to Tibet
Monday 6th of April 2009, 3:24related countries:
ChinaForeign tourists begin arriving in Tibet, which has been re-opened by China after closure to travellers over security fears.
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No accord at UN talks on N Korea
Monday 6th of April 2009, 4:52related countries:
North KoreaAn emergency UN Security Council meeting on North Korea's rocket launch ends without agreement, officials say.
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Sri Lankan troops 'not in hurry'
Monday 6th of April 2009, 6:21related countries:
Sri LankaSri Lankan troops are in no hurry to storm a "safe zone" to pursue Tamil rebels in the north-east, the defence secretary says.
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Dravid breaks world catch record
Monday 6th of April 2009, 6:23related countries:
IndiaIndian cricketer and former captain Rahul Dravid breaks the world record for the number of catches in Test matches.
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Decision on Zuma graft charge due
Monday 6th of April 2009, 7:52related countries:
South Africarelated places: Zuma
South African prosecutors are set to announce whether they will drop charges against ANC leader Jacob Zuma.
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Indonesian crash pilot sentenced
Monday 6th of April 2009, 7:57related countries:
IndonesiaThe pilot of an Indonesian Garuda airliner that crashed in 2007 killing 21 people, is jailed for two years for negligence.
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North Korea accuses the South of poisoning its football players
Monday 6th of April 2009, 8:33related countries:
South Korea, North KoreaNorth Korea accuses South Korea of poisoning its football players before last week's World Cup qualifier match.
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Idol winner tops country awards
Monday 6th of April 2009, 9:08related countries:
United States2005's American Idol winner Carrie Underwood takes top entertainer prize at the country music awards.
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Army plane crashes in West Java
Monday 6th of April 2009, 9:30related countries:
IndonesiaMore than 20 people are feared dead in Indonesia, after a military training plane crashes in West Java.
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Sri Lanka honours cricket driver
Monday 6th of April 2009, 9:34related countries:
Pakistanrelated places: Lahore
The Pakistani bus driver, praised for his role in the Lahore cricket attack, is honoured at a ceremony in Colombo.
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Top Chechen 'behind Gulf murder'
Monday 6th of April 2009, 9:36related countries:
Russiarelated places: Chechen
Dubai police say a senior Chechen official was behind the apparent killing of a rival of the Russian region's president.
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Schindler's List found in Sydney
Monday 6th of April 2009, 10:04related countries:
Australiarelated places: Sydney
A list by Oskar Schindler which helped hundreds of Jewish workers escape death during WWII is found in Australia.
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Somali pirates seize more vessels
Monday 6th of April 2009, 11:23related countries:
Somalia, 
United KingdomSomali pirates seize a British-owned ship and a Taiwanese vessel, officials say, after taking other vessels over the weekend.
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Deadly bomb attacks hit Baghdad
Monday 6th of April 2009, 11:25related countries:
Iraqrelated places: Baghdad
Several car bombs kill more than 34 people and injure dozens in Baghdad, as the US suffers its first combat death in weeks.
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Reburial for Rwanda genocide dead
Monday 6th of April 2009, 11:25related countries:
Uganda, RwandaThe remains of 11,000 Rwandan genocide victims are to be reburied in Uganda, 15 years after the killings began.
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Charity chief held in arms probe
Monday 6th of April 2009, 11:36related countries:
United Kingdom, 
BangladeshThe head of a UK-based charity is arrested in Bangladesh as part of a probe into weapons found at a school it funded.
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Japan in 10 trillion yen stimulus
Monday 6th of April 2009, 11:47related countries:
JapanThe Japanese government announces another major stimulus plan as it tackles its worst recession since World War II.
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Putin says Russia can beat crisis
Monday 6th of April 2009, 12:20related countries:
RussiaRussian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says Russia will survive the current economic crisis if everyone works 'as one team'.
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Flogging probe begins in Pakistan
Monday 6th of April 2009, 12:26related countries:
Pakistanrelated places: Swat
Pakistan's chief justice orders a police committee to investigate the controversial flogging of a teenage girl.
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Kenya coalition minister resigns
Monday 6th of April 2009, 12:42related countries:
KenyaKenya's justice minister resigns from the coalition government, a year after it was formed, saying she is being undermined.
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Powerful Italian quake kills many
Monday 6th of April 2009, 13:20related countries:
Italy, United Statesrelated places: Rome
At least 90 people are believed dead and tens of thousands homeless after an earthquake strikes L'Aquila in central Italy.
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Egyptian police stifle protests
Monday 6th of April 2009, 13:51related countries:
EgyptPolice in Egypt are deployed in large numbers to prevent a national strike by pro-democracy activists.
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Peru U-turn on war museum funds
Monday 6th of April 2009, 15:35related countries:
PeruPeruvian President Alan Garcia accepts a $2m donation for a museum to victims of Peru's civil conflict, weeks after rejecting it.
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Nigeria oil militants kidnap Scot
Monday 6th of April 2009, 15:44related countries:
Nigeria, United KingdomNigerian militants have kidnapped a Scottish oil worker and killed his armed police guard, security sources confirm.
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Ronaldo rejects new Real rumours
Monday 6th of April 2009, 15:49related countries:
Spainrelated places: Real
Cristiano Ronaldo plays down renewed speculation that he is poised to leave Manchester United for Real Madrid in the summer.
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In pictures
Monday 6th of April 2009, 15:58related countries:
IndiaParties and stars - India's election campaign
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US war dead media blackout lifted
Monday 6th of April 2009, 15:59related countries:
United StatesThe media are given access to the return of a dead US soldier for the first time since an 18-year ban on coverage was lifted.
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Obama reaches out to Muslim world
Monday 6th of April 2009, 16:08related countries:
Turkey, United Statesrelated places: Ankara
Barack Obama says the US "is not at war with Islam", during his first visit as president to a mainly Muslim state.
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Zuma corruption charges dropped
Monday 6th of April 2009, 16:25related countries:
South AfricaSouth Africa prosecutors drop corruption charges against African National Congress (ANC) leader Jacob Zuma.
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France finds 'Eta bomb factory'
Monday 6th of April 2009, 17:10related countries:
FranceFrench police find hundreds of kilos of bomb-making ingredients, suspected to belong to Basque separatists Eta, officials say.
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Italy hunts for quake survivors
Monday 6th of April 2009, 17:59related countries:
Italyrelated places: L'Aquila
Rescuers search the rubble from the Italian quake which flattened buildings in the L'Aquila area, reportedly killing 150 people.
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Gates unveils US defence budget
Monday 6th of April 2009, 19:02related countries:
United StatesUS Defence Secretary Robert Gates announces an overall US defence budget increase, even as he calls for cuts in some areas.
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Kazakhstan in nuclear bank offer
Monday 6th of April 2009, 21:20related countries:
Kazakhstan, Russia, United StatesKazakhstan's president offers to build a nuclear fuel bank on its territory, a plan backed by the US and Russia.
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Saudi call to ban film screenings
Monday 6th of April 2009, 21:38related countries:
Saudi ArabiaHundreds in Saudi Arabia have signed a petition demanding a stop to what they say is a trend of films being shown in public.
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'Death camp Nazi' can be deported
Monday 6th of April 2009, 22:08related countries:
United StatesA US judge revokes the stay of deportation for John Demjanjuk, accused of being an accessory to the murder of 29,000 Jews in a Nazi camp.
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Australian canine castaway survives on remote island
Monday 6th of April 2009, 22:12related countries:
ArubaA pet dog washed overboard and believed drowned is found four months later - as a castaway on a remote island.
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Caught on camera
Monday 6th of April 2009, 23:13related countries:
BurmaTeam who risked everything to film Burma's uprising
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