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China launches Arabic TV channel

Saturday 25th of July 2009, 0:07
related countries: China

China's state broadcaster, China Central TV, launches an Arabic-language channel, in order to present the "real" China.
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IMF grants Sri Lanka $2.6bn loan

Saturday 25th of July 2009, 3:38
related countries: Sri Lanka

The International Monetary Fund approves a $2.6bn (£1.6bn) loan to help Sri Lanka weather the global economic crisis.
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Ousted Honduran leader in brief return

Saturday 25th of July 2009, 3:58
related countries: Nicaragua, Honduras

Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya briefly makes a symbolic crossing over the country's border with Nicaragua.
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Outcry over disowned rape girl

Saturday 25th of July 2009, 4:40
related countries: Liberia, United States
related places: Arizona

Offers of help pour in for an eight-year-old Liberian girl disowned by her family in the US, after being raped.
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Iranian vice-president 'sacked'

Saturday 25th of July 2009, 5:36
related countries: Iran

Iran's president dismisses his most senior deputy on the orders of the Supreme Leader, says state agency Irna.
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Carter makes return from injury

Saturday 25th of July 2009, 8:01
related countries: New Zealand

New Zealand fly-half Dan Carter makes his comeback from a ruptured Achilles tendon on Saturday.
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Live - Hungary Grand Prix qualifying

Saturday 25th of July 2009, 8:29
related countries: Bermuda, Hong Kong

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton looks to translate practice pace into a strong qualifying display at the Hungaroring, where Jenson Button is also looking for a front row place.
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Indonesia poll result challenged

Saturday 25th of July 2009, 9:13
related countries: Indonesia

One of the defeated candidates in Indonesia's presidential election is to challenge the result, a spokesman says.
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Live text - Tour de France

Saturday 25th of July 2009, 9:42
related countries: France

Bradley Wiggins stays in fourth place overall after stage 20, which ended at the top of the legendary Mont Ventoux.
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Two toddlers shoot siblings in US

Saturday 25th of July 2009, 9:52
related countries: United States
related places: Las Vegas

Two young children have been shot by their toddler siblings in the space of 24 hours in the United States, police say.
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Greenland comes in from the cold

Saturday 25th of July 2009, 10:21
related countries: Greenland

Hardtalk presenter Stephen Sackur reports from Greenland where global warming could bring new prosperity.
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Gods, monkeys and beguiling Bali

Saturday 25th of July 2009, 10:26
related countries: Bermuda

Hamilton Wende examines what Bali has to offer for visitors and delights in how animals, gods and humans co-exist in the island.
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Meeting Bulgaria's new Mr Big

Saturday 25th of July 2009, 10:32
related countries: Bulgaria

In Sofia, Nick Higham meets Bulgaria's new prime minister, Boiko Borisov who is promising to stop the corruption in his country.
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Pakistan court delays Mumbai case

Saturday 25th of July 2009, 12:08
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Rawalpindi

A brief hearing is held in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi for five men accused of a role in last year's Mumbai attacks.
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Alonso grabs shock Hungary pole

Saturday 25th of July 2009, 13:42
related countries: Bermuda, Hong Kong

Fernando Alonso is on pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix as a crash involving Ferrari's Felipe Massa delays qualifying.
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Brave Wiggins holds on to fourth

Saturday 25th of July 2009, 15:02
related countries: France

Briton Bradley Wiggins delivers a heroic ride on Mont Ventoux to cling on to fourth place in the Tour de France as Alberto Contador all but seals overall victory.
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Deadly blast hits Iraqi party HQ

Saturday 25th of July 2009, 15:32
related countries: Iraq

A car bomb attack on the offices of a leading Sunni party in Iraq kills at least one and wounds 27 in the central city of Falluja.
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Journey's end

Saturday 25th of July 2009, 15:34
related countries: United Kingdom

Obituary of the last British survivor of the trenches
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Darfuris 'face election hurdles'

Saturday 25th of July 2009, 16:09
related countries: Sudan

The UN peacekeeping chief warns that people in the conflict-hit Darfur region may be left out of next year's elections in Sudan.
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Six die in China bridge landslide

Saturday 25th of July 2009, 16:25
related countries: China
related places: Wenchuan

Six people are killed as a rockfall hits a key bridge in Wenchuan county, the epicentre of last year's Sichuan earthquake.
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Pilot recreates Channel crossing

Saturday 25th of July 2009, 17:38
related countries: France

A French pilot follows in the footsteps of Louis Bleriot, who made the first flight over the English Channel 100 years ago.
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Iraq awaits Kurdistan poll result

Saturday 25th of July 2009, 18:59
related countries: Iraq

Polls close in Iraqi Kurdistan elections, where the ruling coalition faces a stiff challenge from reformists.
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WWI veteran Patch dies aged 111

Saturday 25th of July 2009, 19:07
related countries: United Kingdom

The last British survivor to have fought in the World War I trenches, Harry Patch, has died at the age of 111.
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Suicide bombers hit Afghan city

Saturday 25th of July 2009, 19:10
related countries: Afghanistan

Taliban suicide bombers strike government targets in Khost, eastern Afghanistan, the latest attack ahead of August polls.
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Lumley setting off on Nepal trip

Saturday 25th of July 2009, 20:20
related countries: Nepal

Actress Joanna Lumley is flying to Nepal, where she is expected to be welcomed as a heroine by thousands of Gurkhas.
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Colombia 'bombs Farc jungle camp'

Saturday 25th of July 2009, 21:10
related countries: Colombia
related places: Bogota

Colombian forces bomb a rebel camp in the jungle south of Bogota, killing at least 16 guerrillas, officials say.
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Iran accused of 'Zionist' tactics

Saturday 25th of July 2009, 21:25
related countries: Israel, Iran
related places: Tehran

A top Iranian moderate says police are using worse methods than Israel, as global protests are held against Tehran's crackdown.
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Brazil and Paraguay in power deal

Saturday 25th of July 2009, 21:45
related countries: Paraguay, Brazil

Brazil will triple payments to Paraguay for energy from a border hydro-electric dam, ending a long-running dispute.
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Pakistani held over Polish death

Saturday 25th of July 2009, 22:05
related countries: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Poland
related places: Taliban

Pakistani police arrest a former right-wing MP accused of ordering the Taliban murder of an abducted Polish engineer.
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Over the border

Saturday 25th of July 2009, 23:21
related countries: Honduras

Manuel Zelaya makes his presence felt in Honduras
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Sceptical voters

Saturday 25th of July 2009, 23:51
related countries: Afghanistan

Testing the popular mood on an Afghan bus journey
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