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Taliban blamed for Lahore attack

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 0:05
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Taliban, Lahore

Pakistan blames Taliban militants for a bomb attack in Lahore which killed 23 people and injured hundreds more.
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US call to Israel on settlements

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 6:44
related countries: Israel, United States

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton makes an unusually strongly-worded call to Israel to stop all settlement expansion.
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Grateful dead: Australia admits cash handouts for late citizens

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 7:02
related countries: Aruba

The Australian government admits cash hand-outs aimed at stimulating the economy have been sent to thousands of dead people.
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Australia swine flu ship isolated

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 7:23
related countries: Australia

A cruise ship carrying 2,000 people is ordered to remain at anchor off Australia after three crew test positive for swine flu.
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Thais cheer surprise panda birth

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 7:58
related countries: Thailand

A healthy panda cub is born at a zoo in Thailand, surprising carers who said the mother had shown no signs of being pregnant.
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Israel rebuffs US settlement call

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 8:46
related countries: Israel, United States, West Bank

Israel says construction work in the West Bank settlements will go on, despite unusually strong words from the US on the issue.
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Live - French Open

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 8:55
related countries: France

Gael Monfils is in action after Roger Federer and Venus Williams battle through on day five at Roland Garros.
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Circumcised die in South Africa

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 9:05
related countries: South Africa

Eight South African boys die and three are in hospital after botched circumcisions at an initiation school, officials say.
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Bulgaria bus crash leaves 13 dead

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 9:34
related countries: Bulgaria

A bus ploughs into a crowd of pedestrians in south-east Bulgaria, killing at least 13 people and injuring 20.
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Moldova delays presidential vote

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 9:45
related countries: Moldova

Moldova's parliament votes to postpone the second and final round of the presidential election until next week.
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US toddler shoots younger brother

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 9:51
related countries: United States

A three-year-old US girl shoots her younger brother dead with a semi-automatic gun found under her parents' bed.
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Alert level raised on North Korea

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 10:25
related countries: North Korea, United States

The US and South Korea raise their alert levels after North Korea says it is scrapping its truce with the South.
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Nigerian militant leader killed

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 10:28
related countries: Nigeria, Niger

A militant leader in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta is killed in police custody 24 hours after his arrest.
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Colombo hails UN 'diplomatic win'

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 10:33
related countries: Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's government hails a "diplomatic victory" after heading off moves to investigate alleged war crimes in the country.
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Turkish soldiers killed in blast

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 10:57
related countries: Turkey

Six Turkish soldiers are killed and eight wounded in by a landmine blast in a mainly Kurdish province of south-east Turkey.
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New Indian ministers sworn in

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 11:02
related countries: India
related places: Delhi

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh finalises his new cabinet after days of political manoeuvring.
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Burma rejects foreign criticism

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 11:02
related countries: Burma

Burma's government rejects foreign criticism of the charges against opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi as interference.
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UN cultural hopeful in book burning row

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 12:06
related countries: Egypt, Israel

Egypt's candidate to head the UN cultural organisation, Farouk Hosny, apologises for anti-Israeli remarks in May 2008.
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Falling down Indonesia's social ladder

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 12:27
related countries: Indonesia
related places: Jakarta

Former BBC Indonesia correspondent Claire Bolderson ponders Jakarta's wealth gap, encapsulated in the fate of her one-time domestic help, Ani.
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Violence mars party in Barcelona

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 12:30
related countries: Spain
related places: Barcelona

Police in Barcelona say 80 officers were hurt in clashes with fans celebrating its football team's Champions League victory.
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Israel kills Hamas commander

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 13:04
related countries: Israel, West Bank
related places: Hebron

The Palestinian militant Hamas movement says Israeli forces shot dead a leader of its military wing near Hebron in the West Bank.
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Time Warner and AOL to separate

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 13:06
related countries: United States

US media giant Time Warner announces that it is to completely separate itself from AOL around the end of the year.
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Pakistani Taliban claim bombing

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 13:13
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Lahore

The Pakistani Taliban claim responsibility for a bomb attack in Lahore which killed at least 24 people and injured about 200.
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Indian air force gets Awacs plane

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 14:15
related countries: Israel, India, Russia

India boosts its defence capability with the delivery of an Awacs plane under a deal with Israel and Russia.
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Bulgaria bus crash leaves 16 dead

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 14:22
related countries: Bulgaria

A bus ploughs into a crowd of pedestrians in south-east Bulgaria, killing at least 16 people and injuring 20.
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Audio slideshow

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 14:28
related countries: United States

The freeways that fed US suburban sprawl
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Tamil Tiger chief's parents found

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 14:42
related countries: Sri Lanka

Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran's parents have been found in a camp in northern Sri Lanka, the army says.
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Nigeria United fan kills rivals

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 15:20
related countries: Nigeria

A Manchester United supporter in Nigeria drives a minibus into Barcelona fans after his team's defeat, killing four, police say.
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Opel talks break down in Berlin

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 15:36
related countries: Germany
related places: Berlin

Talks about the future of Opel and Vauxhall break down after more details emerge of the amount of extra cash it needs.
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High stakes

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 15:47
related countries: United States

The key issues behind US-Palestinian talks
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Hussey expects close Ashes series

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 15:47
related countries: Australia, United Kingdom

Michael Hussey says this summer's Ashes will be a "huge challenge" as he lands in England with the rest of the Australia squad.
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Fresh blasts hit Pakistani city

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 16:29
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Peshawar

A series of blasts in the Pakistani city of Peshawar kills at least 10 people, a day after a massive attack by the Taliban in Lahore.
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Berlusconi denies 'spicy' affair

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 17:10
related countries: Italy

Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi denies having a "spicy" affair with a minor and says he would resign if he was caught lying about it.
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Witnesses testify in albino trial

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 17:29
related countries: Burundi

Witnesses testify in the trial of 11 men in Burundi accused of the attempted murder of albinos and selling of their body parts.
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Tribal divide on Kenyan campus

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 17:49
related countries: Kenya

Will Ross finds echoes of Kenya's tribal violence at the polling for student leaders at Nairobi University.
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French police in hunt for UK man

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 18:05
related countries: France, United Kingdom
related places: Paris

A British businessman is hunted by French police after his girlfriend is found dead at a Paris hotel.
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US to host next G20 world meeting

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 18:17
related countries: United States
related places: White House

The White House confirms that the US will host the next G20 summit of world leaders in September.
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Tiananmen past

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 18:26
related countries: China

Key people recall events in Beijing 20 years ago
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Blonde women hope to brighten Latvia's economic blues

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 20:05
related countries: Latvia

An association of blonde women in Latvia hopes to dispel some of the economic gloom with a parade and ball.
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South Iran mosque blast 'kills 19'

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 21:17
related countries: Iran

A bomb in a mosque in the south-east Iranian city of Zahedan kills at least 19 people and injures 60, officials say.
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Desmond Tutu backs Zimbabwe

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 21:40
related countries: Zimbabwe

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, speaking at the Hay Festival, calls for support for Zimbabwe's national unity government.
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Dignitary defends eating raw seal

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 21:52
related countries: Canada

Canada's governor general defends eating the heart of a seal as an act of solidarity with seal hunters.
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Expenses scandal claims more MPs

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 21:59
related countries: United Kingdom

Two more British MPs say they will not be standing at the next general election as the furore over expenses claims continues.
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US begins GM bankruptcy planning

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 22:01
related countries: United States

General Motors and the US Treasury improve an offer to GM's bondholders, as they prepare for bankruptcy protection.
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Major quake strikes off Honduras

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 22:09
related countries: Honduras, United States

A powerful earthquake strikes off the coast of Honduras, killing at least five people and sending shock waves across the region.
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Venezuelan president begins four-day TV marathon

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 23:05
related countries: Venezuela

Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez begins a marathon four-day version of his TV programme "Alo Presidente".
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Malaria warning

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 23:15
related countries: Cambodia

Cambodia scientists fear a global health disaster
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Kohistan nerves

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 23:19
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Swat

Pakistani district fears Swat conflict will spill over
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President weeps over dead son

Thursday 28th of May 2009, 23:30
related countries: El Salvador, France
related places: Paris

El Salvador's president-elect makes an emotional appeal in court for answers about the death of his son in Paris.
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