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France ends four-decade Nato rift

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 0:36
related countries: France

President Sarkozy announces France's return to Nato's military command, reversing decades of self-imposed exile.
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Spy charges for Gambia politician

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 0:44
related countries: The Gambia

A court in Gambia charges opposition leader Halifa Sallah with spying, sedition and holding an illegal assembly.
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EU needs 'brutal' science advice

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 2:30
related countries: United Kingdom

The UK government's chief scientist says Europe's lawmakers need independent and sometimes uncomfortable scientific advice.
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China factory output growth slows

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 7:10
related countries: China

Industrial production growth in China slowed in January and February, as the world economic downturn hit demand for exports.
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In pictures

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 7:30
related countries: China

China looks to rural areas to boost the economy
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Mexico's most wanted man makes it onto the Forbes rich list

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 7:35
related countries: Mexico

Mexico's most wanted man Joaquin Guzman makes it to Forbes' latest list of the world's billionaires.
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Gap in the market

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 8:28
related countries: Egypt
related places: Cairo

How to turn Cairo's congested streets into cash flow
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NI police discuss dissident threat

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 8:31
related countries: United Kingdom

Police chiefs are to assess the security threat posed by dissident republicans following three murders in Northern Ireland.
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German probe into school shooting

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 9:38
related countries: Germany

Flags are flown at half-mast across Germany after a teenage gunman killed 15 people, including nine pupils at his former school.
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Stanford will not talk to inquiry

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 9:41
related countries: United States

Billionaire American financer Sir Allen Stanford refuses to talk to US regulators investigating his alleged $8bn (£5.6bn) fraud.
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Liechtenstein eases bank secrecy

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 9:50
related countries: Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein is to conform with OECD rules on tax co-operation and swap data with governments to combat tax fraud.
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S Lanka medical base 'captured'

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 10:08
related countries: Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's army says it has captured a makeshift hospital in rebel-held territory amid reports of civilian casualties.
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Roche seals $47bn Genentech deal

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 10:11
related countries: Switzerland, United States
related places: Roche

Swiss drugs company Roche agrees to merge with Genentech, buying the remaining shares in the US firm for $46.8bn.
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US men 'joined Somali Islamists'

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 10:20
related countries: Somalia, United States

US officials say they are investigating cases of US citizens of Somali origin joining a group linked to al-Qaeda.
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Thaksin urges end to Thai splits

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 11:00
related countries: Thailand

Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra says he wants to bury the hatchet with political foes and jokes about his assets.
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Australian coast hit by oil spill

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 11:16
related countries: Aruba, Australia

An oil slick coats beaches and wildlife along Australia's east coast, after a cargo ships spills its load in stormy seas.
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Nigeria election reform 'U-turn'

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 11:31
related countries: Nigeria

Nigeria's government rejects reforms that would have empowered the judiciary to choose the leader of the electoral commission.
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Testing times for China's economy

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 11:34
related countries: China

Travelling around China, Robert Peston investigates how the country is dealing with the global financial crisis.
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Guantanamo inmate joins Taleban

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 11:46
related countries: Afghanistan

A former Guantanamo detainee is now a key Taleban commander in southern Afghanistan, the Taleban confirms.
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UK MP given Palestinian passport

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 11:59
related countries: United Kingdom

George Galloway is awarded a Palestinian passport by a Hamas leader in Gaza for his support for their cause.
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'Third front' launched in India

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 12:03
related countries: India

India's communists and several other regional parties come together to launch a "third force" ahead of general elections.
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South African expats vote upheld

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 12:25
related countries: South Africa

South Africa's highest court upholds a decision giving voters living abroad the right to cast their ballot.
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Sharia law begins in Swat valley

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 12:26
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Swat

Sharia courts reopen in four administrative areas of the Swat valley in north-western Pakistan, officials say.
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Funeral diplomacy

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 12:47
related countries: Zimbabwe

Can tragic death unite Zimbabwe's bitter rivals?
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Palin daughter splits from fiance, complaining about media intrusion

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 12:48
related countries: United States

Bristol Palin, daughter of former US presidential running mate Sarah Palin, splits from her fiance complaining of media intrusion.
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Iraqi jailed for Bush shoe attack

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 13:04
related countries: Iraq, United States
related places: Baghdad

An Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at US President Bush tells the judge his action was natural but is jailed for three years.
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N Korea sets rocket launch date

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 13:11
related countries: North Korea

North Korea tells an international shipping body it plans to carry out a controversial rocket launch in early April.
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Clashes mark protest in Pakistan

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 13:17
related countries: Pakistan

Police in Pakistan beat protesters in a bid to stop lawyers and opposition activists launching an anti-government march.
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German industrial output plunges

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 13:35
related countries: Germany

Factory output in the world's largest exporter fell by a record 7.5% in January, its biggest drop since reunification in 1990.
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EU red tape 'blocks drug trials'

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 13:47
related countries: United Kingdom

Red tape is severely hampering clinical research in the UK and inadvertently "killing people", leading researchers have warned.
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Hot topic

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 14:36
related countries: Venezuela

Venezuela's arepa producers fear price fixing moves
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Putin eases off 'broke' Ukraine

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 15:00
related countries: Ukraine

Russia's PM waives fines he says Ukraine owes for breaking gas contracts because he does not want to "finish off" the country.
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Canadian jailed over UK bomb plot

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 16:11
related countries: Canada, United Kingdom

A Canadian convicted of involvement in a foiled fertiliser bomb plot in Britain is sentenced to 10 years and six months in jail.
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Zimbabwe cabinet nominee is freed

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 16:24
related countries: Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe authorities free MDC official Roy Bennett from jail, a day after the country's Supreme Court ordered his release on bail.
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Madagascar police defy government

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 17:36
related countries: Madagascar

The head of the military police in Madagascar says his force has stopped taking orders from the government.
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Key ministers replaced in Chile

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 17:39
related countries: Chile

Chile's foreign and defence ministers are replaced, President Bachelet announces, ahead of presidential elections later this year.
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Hamas threatens rocket militants

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 18:06
related countries: Israel

Hamas says it will act to stop rocket attacks by militants from Gaza into Israel, which it describes as ill-timed.
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Sudan kidnappers 'demand ransom'

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 20:33
related countries: Sudan

The kidnappers of three aid workers in Sudan's Darfur region have demanded a ransom, local officials say.
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Serbs jailed for Croatia massacre

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 21:01
related countries: Serbia and Montenegro, Croatia
related places: Vukovar, Belgrade

Thirteen Serbs are jailed by a Belgrade court over the 1991 massacre of some 200 Croats at a pig farm near Vukovar.
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Swiss pardon Spain war veterans

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 22:19
related countries: Switzerland, Spain

Switzerland votes to pardon its citizens who fought in the Spanish Civil War, the last European country to do so.
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US and China try to resolve row

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 22:32
related countries: United States, China

The US president urges more contact with China's military, but tensions remain over last weekend's naval confrontation.
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Doubt over German gunman warning

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 23:25
related countries: Germany

German police say a message apparently warning of a school shooting which left 16 people dead may have been faked.
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Madoff admits $50bn fraud scheme

Thursday 12th of March 2009, 23:47
related countries: United States

Financier Bernard Madoff is jailed after pleading guilty to all 11 charges in a $50bn (£35bn) fraud and apologising to investors.
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