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Bolivarian decade

Monday 2nd of February 2009, 0:13
related countries: Venezuela
related places: Chavez

Rival views on Venezuela after 10 years of Chavez
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No quick fix

Monday 2nd of February 2009, 0:38
related countries: Indonesia

Indonesia squares up to its HIV challenge
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Week of mourning for Kenya fires

Monday 2nd of February 2009, 2:11
related countries: Kenya

Kenya declares a week of national mourning after two large fires in a week claim more than 135 lives.
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Brown and Chinese PM hold talks

Monday 2nd of February 2009, 3:39
related countries: United Kingdom, China

Gordon Brown is to meet Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao on the last day of the leader's three-day visit to the UK.
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In pictures

Monday 2nd of February 2009, 4:10
related countries: United States

Records fall at US Superbowl thriller
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Arson blamed for Australia fires

Monday 2nd of February 2009, 6:18
related countries: Australia

Police in Australia blame arsonists for some of the fires that have caused destruction in the south-east of the country.
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Volcano erupts close to Tokyo

Monday 2nd of February 2009, 6:52
related countries: Japan
related places: Tokyo

Mount Asama volcano erupts, spewing ash over parts of the Japanese capital, Tokyo.
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Colombia Farc hostages released

Monday 2nd of February 2009, 7:05
related countries: Colombia

Colombia's Farc rebels set free four members of the security forces they had been holding hostage in the jungle.
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India police die in Maoist clash

Monday 2nd of February 2009, 7:37
related countries: India

Fifteen policemen die in a clash with Maoist rebels in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, a senior police official says.
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India poll chief row intensifies

Monday 2nd of February 2009, 9:23
related countries: India

India's law minister criticises the head of the election commission for behaving like a "political boss".
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Dashed hopes?

Monday 2nd of February 2009, 9:26
related countries: Italy

A lost year at the World Economic Forum in Davos?
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Abbas to attend Gaza truce talks

Monday 2nd of February 2009, 9:29
related countries: Egypt

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas goes to Egypt to try to secure a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, following fresh strikes.
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Time of revolution

Monday 2nd of February 2009, 9:33
related countries: Iran

The 1979 Iranian revolution in sound and images
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Deadly strike on S Lanka hospital

Monday 2nd of February 2009, 9:47
related countries: Sri Lanka

Nine people are killed by shells which hit a hospital in a rebel-held area of north-east Sri Lanka, the international Red Cross says.
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Moving target

Monday 2nd of February 2009, 10:17
related countries: Russia

Russia revamps armed forces for new global realities
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Suu Kyi demands prisoner release

Monday 2nd of February 2009, 10:20
related countries: Burma

Burma's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi tells a UN envoy all political prisoners in her country must be freed.
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Brown calls for China trade boost

Monday 2nd of February 2009, 10:48
related countries: United Kingdom, China

Prime Minister Gordon Brown urges greater collaboration to increase trade between the UK and China.
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ANC members shot after SA rally

Monday 2nd of February 2009, 10:52
related countries: South Africa

Three ANC members are shot leaving a rally in South Africa, reportedly after clashes with opposition supporters.
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England disrupted by heavy snow

Monday 2nd of February 2009, 11:21
related countries: United Kingdom

Rail, road and air travellers suffer long delays and cancellations as thick snow falls across large swathes of England.
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Israeli air strike on Gaza Strip

Monday 2nd of February 2009, 11:22
related countries: Israel

An Israeli air strike on a car in southern Gaza kills a Palestinian and wounds at least three others, reports from Gaza say.
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Fumble at the Super Bowl as porn interrupts TV coverage

Monday 2nd of February 2009, 11:25
related countries: United States
related places: Arizona

US sports fans in Arizona got a surprise when their TV coverage of American football's Super Bowl was interrupted by a pornographic film.
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Chinese migrant job losses mount

Monday 2nd of February 2009, 11:33
related countries: China

China says 20 million migrant workers have lost their jobs during the economic downturn.
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Iceland cabinet 'to end protests'

Monday 2nd of February 2009, 12:00
related countries: Iceland

Iceland's finance minister says a priority of the new government is to end the protests sparked by the collapse of the economy.
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Cholera diary

Monday 2nd of February 2009, 12:03
related countries: Zimbabwe

Aid worker's frustrating battle in Zimbabwe
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UN official seized in Pakistan

Monday 2nd of February 2009, 12:43
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Quetta

Gunmen kidnap an official of the UN refugee agency in the western Pakistani city of Quetta, police say.
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Dalai Lama is taken to hospital

Monday 2nd of February 2009, 12:46
related countries: India
related places: Delhi

The Dalai Lama is taken to hospital in the Indian capital Delhi after complaining of pain in his arms, his spokesman says.
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Pakistan army 'advances in Swat'

Monday 2nd of February 2009, 13:12
related countries: Pakistan

Pakistan's army says it has retaken high ground from Taleban militants in a district of the north-west where many civilians died in weekend fighting.
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France unveils stimulus package

Monday 2nd of February 2009, 14:04
related countries: France

France's Prime Minister Francois Fillon announces a series of measures designed to "revitalise" the French economy.
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Riddle of Liberian insect plague

Monday 2nd of February 2009, 15:38
related countries: Liberia

A plague of caterpillars ravaging part of West Africa is not armyworms, as previously believed, an expert says.
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IOC backs Phelps over 'pot pipe'

Monday 2nd of February 2009, 15:45
related countries: United States
related places: Phelps

The International Olympic Committee supports Michael Phelps, despite a photo which seems to show the US swimmer using an illegal drug.
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Three deny SA reggae icon murder

Monday 2nd of February 2009, 16:02
related countries: South Africa

Three men deny murdering the internationally-acclaimed South African reggae singer Lucky Dube as their trial begins.
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Keane poised for Tottenham return

Monday 2nd of February 2009, 16:05
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Tottenham, London

Liverpool reach agreement with Tottenham to sell striker Robbie Keane back to the north London club.
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S Lanka tells civilians to leave war zone

Monday 2nd of February 2009, 16:21
related countries: Sri Lanka

The Sri Lankan government tells civilians to leave an area where it is fighting Tamil rebels, saying it cannot guarantee their safety.
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Four get life for 'mafia' killing

Monday 2nd of February 2009, 16:42
related countries: Italy

A court in Italy sentences four alleged mafia members to life in prison for the murder of a Calabrian politician in 2005.
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UN forces not to quit Darfur town

Monday 2nd of February 2009, 16:51
related countries: Sudan

UN peacekeepers refuse to leave a rebel-held town in Darfur, despite warnings that the government is about to try to retake it.
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Live - transfer deadline day

Monday 2nd of February 2009, 17:15
related countries: United Kingdom

Robbie Keane has signed for Spurs but Andrei Arshavin's move to Arsenal is yet to be announced as the transfer window closes.
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Afghan bomber kills 21 policemen

Monday 2nd of February 2009, 17:34
related countries: Afghanistan

A suicide bomber in police uniform blows himself up inside a police station in south Afghanistan, killing 21 officers, police say.
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Obama predicts more bank failures

Monday 2nd of February 2009, 18:37
related countries: United States

President Barack Obama warns more US banks are likely to fold, as the extent of their losses in the current crisis becomes clear.
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Gaddafi vows to push Africa unity

Monday 2nd of February 2009, 19:17
related countries: Libya

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi vows to pursue his vision of a United States of Africa, as he is elected chairman of the African Union at a summit Ethiopia.
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AU troops 'shot Somali civilians'

Monday 2nd of February 2009, 20:30
related countries: Somalia

Officials in Somalia say African Union peacekeepers have killed 18 civilians, but the AU denies the claims.
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