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Saturday 7th of March 2009, 0:31
related countries: Russia Russia

Warmer winters worry those in Russia's far north
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Colombia releases ex-Farc rebels

Saturday 7th of March 2009, 1:46
related countries: Colombia Colombia

Colombian is to free two former leftist guerrillas who have renounced violence and intend to work for peace.
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Callers flock to pray as Dutch artist sets up 'God hotline'

Saturday 7th of March 2009, 2:48
related countries: Netherlands Netherlands

An artist in the Netherlands sets up a telephone number to allow people to call God - but they will have to leave a message.
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UN fails to agree on Sudan action

Saturday 7th of March 2009, 3:14
related countries: Sudan Sudan

The UN Security Council reaches no agreement on a call for Sudan to reverse a decision to expel aid agencies from Darfur.
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Strauss confident of Trinidad win

Saturday 7th of March 2009, 8:34
related countries: Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom United Kingdom

England skipper Andrew Strauss remains confident of bowling the West Indies out twice, despite an attritional first day of the fifth Test in Trinidad.
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Afghan operation is 'worthless'

Saturday 7th of March 2009, 9:54
related countries: Afghanistan Afghanistan, Vietnam Vietnam, United Kingdom United Kingdom

The UK military situation in Afghanistan is 'worthless' and similar to the Vietnam war, an ex-SAS commander claims.
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Iran to mull US Afghan invitation

Saturday 7th of March 2009, 10:21
related countries: Afghanistan Afghanistan, Iran Iran, United States United States

Iran would consider a US invitation to a conference on Afghanistan later this month, a government spokesman says.
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On the frontline

Saturday 7th of March 2009, 10:57
related countries: Italy Italy

Italy's hardline immigration policies under fire
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Karzai agrees to delay elections

Saturday 7th of March 2009, 11:36
related countries: Afghanistan Afghanistan

Afghanistan's president says he now accepts polls must be delayed to August, but insists he will remain in office until then.
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The day guns stopped play

Saturday 7th of March 2009, 11:43
related countries: Pakistan Pakistan

Mohammed Hanif reflects on the attack carried out on Pakistan's "religion above religion".
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Tsvangirai recovers in hospital

Saturday 7th of March 2009, 11:47
related countries: Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai remains in hospital after a car crash on Friday in which his wife Susan was killed.
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The mechanics of tipping US-style

Saturday 7th of March 2009, 11:50
related countries: United States United States

In Washington, Kevin Connolly tries to navigate the minefield of leaving a tip.
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Old sensitivities resurface in Sudan

Saturday 7th of March 2009, 11:52
related countries: Sudan Sudan

Owen Bennett-Jones finds that the antagonism between Sudan's rulers and the outside world is nothing new.
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DR Congo lift African trophy

Saturday 7th of March 2009, 12:01
related countries: Ghana Ghana, Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo

DR Congo beat Ghana 2-0 to win the inaugural African Nations Championship - their first continental title for 35 years.
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Hillary Clinton left red-faced by Moscow gift translation gaffe

Saturday 7th of March 2009, 12:17
related countries: Russia Russia, United States United States
related places: Moscow

Russian media pokes fun at the US secretary of state over a translation error on a gift she presented to the Russian foreign minister.
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Hillary Clinton left red-faced by Moscow gift translation gaffe

Saturday 7th of March 2009, 12:17
related countries: Russia Russia, United States United States
related places: Moscow

Russian media pokes fun at the US secretary of state over a translation error on a gift she presented to the Russian foreign minister.
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MDC to examine Tsvangirai crash

Saturday 7th of March 2009, 12:38
related countries: Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's MDC party says it will carry out its own investigation into the cause of the crash which killed PM Tsvangirai's wife Susan.
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US and Russia seek 2009 arms deal

Saturday 7th of March 2009, 12:52
related countries: Russia Russia, United States United States

The US and Russia say they will seek to agree a new strategic arms reduction treaty by the end of 2009.
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Bishop in Ireland 'stands aside'

Saturday 7th of March 2009, 12:59
related countries: Ireland Ireland
related places: Cloyne

The Bishop of Cloyne 'stands aside' to aid an investigation into the handling of allegations of clerical sex abuse in his diocese.
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Live text - West Indies v England

Saturday 7th of March 2009, 13:32
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

England post 546-6 declared on day two of fifth Test against West Indies.
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Obama trip to Turkey within weeks

Saturday 7th of March 2009, 14:01
related countries: Turkey Turkey, United States United States

President Barack Obama will visit Turkey "in a month or so", says US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on a visit to Ankara.
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Police break up Malaysia protest

Saturday 7th of March 2009, 14:44
related countries: Malaysia Malaysia
related places: Kuala Lumpur

Police in Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur fire tear gas to disperse a rally against the use of English in the country's schools.
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Car bomb kills eight in Pakistan

Saturday 7th of March 2009, 15:57
related countries: Pakistan Pakistan

Eight people, mostly police and soldiers, are dead after reportedly being lured to a booby-trapped car in north-western Pakistan.
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Vatican backs abortion row bishop

Saturday 7th of March 2009, 16:19
related countries: Botswana Botswana

A senior Vatican cleric defends a Brazilian archbishop's excommunication of people who helped a child have an abortion.
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New US-Syria talks 'constructive'

Saturday 7th of March 2009, 18:39
related countries: Syria Syria, United States United States
related places: Damascus

A senior US envoy in Damascus says the first high-level contact with Syria in four years has been 'very constructive'.
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MI5 telegrams 'fed interrogation'

Saturday 7th of March 2009, 20:28
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

A UK resident held at Guantanamo releases memos he says show UK intelligence colluded in his interrogation.
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Centurions give England advantage

Saturday 7th of March 2009, 21:23
related countries: Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom United Kingdom

Paul Collingwood and Matt Prior make centuries as England take a lead of 454 over West Indies in Trinidad.
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Dutch recover missing paintings

Saturday 7th of March 2009, 21:40
related countries: Netherlands Netherlands

Dutch officials find 17th and 19th Century paintings by Renoir and other artists that have been missing since 1987.
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Zimbabwe PM 'seeks Botswana care'

Saturday 7th of March 2009, 21:45
related countries: Zimbabwe Zimbabwe, Botswana Botswana

Zimbabwe PM Morgan Tsvangirai has flown to Botswana to recover after the car crash that killed his wife, his party says.
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Collingwood targets Trinidad win

Saturday 7th of March 2009, 23:16
related countries: Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom United Kingdom

Paul Collingwood says England will look to utilise a deteriorating pitch to win the fifth Test against West Indies.
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