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'Black clinics'

Thursday 19th of November 2009, 1:47
related countries: China
related places: Beijing

Beijing's poor rely on illegal medical centres for care
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'Complacency' led to US sub crash

Thursday 19th of November 2009, 2:14
related countries: United States
related places: Gulf

The crew of a submarine made 'dozens of errors' before a collision in the Gulf, according to a US Navy report.
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Canada hears of Afghan 'torture'

Thursday 19th of November 2009, 4:48
related countries: Afghanistan, Canada

A Canadian diplomat says many Afghan detainees captured by Canadian forces in 2006 and 2007 are likely to have been tortured.
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Pakistan drone raid 'kills three'

Thursday 19th of November 2009, 5:31
related countries: Pakistan, United States

At least three suspected militants have been killed in a US drone attack in Pakistan's North Waziristan region, officials say.
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Nine imprisoned for India riots

Thursday 19th of November 2009, 5:32
related countries: India

Nine people are convicted and sent to prison in connection with the anti-Christian riots in the eastern Indian state of Orissa last year.
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Obama urges North Korea to change

Thursday 19th of November 2009, 6:30
related countries: South Korea, North Korea, United States

US President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak urge North Korea to return to nuclear talks.
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Uruguay take last World Cup spot

Thursday 19th of November 2009, 7:33
related countries: Costa Rica, Uruguay
related places: Montevideo

Uruguay secure the final place at the 2010 World Cup by drawing 1-1 with Costa Rica in Montevideo to seal a 2-1 aggregate win
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Irish 'cheated' by Henry handball

Thursday 19th of November 2009, 7:44
related countries: Ireland, France

Republic of Ireland defender Richard Dunne says he felt "cheated" after Thierry Henry's handball helped France deny Ireland of a place at the World Cup.
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In pictures

Thursday 19th of November 2009, 8:06
related countries: Sierra Leone

Rebuilding wrecked lives after Sierra Leone's civil war
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India leader charged with rioting

Thursday 19th of November 2009, 8:35
related countries: India
related places: Mumbai

Police in the western Indian city of Mumbai charge the leader of a right-wing regional party with rioting during violence in the city last year.
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US backs Guinea mercenary claims

Thursday 19th of November 2009, 9:32
related countries: South Africa, Guinea

The US says its has evidence that South African "military trainers" are in Guinea helping the much-criticised ruling junta.
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Russia confirms death penalty ban

Thursday 19th of November 2009, 10:40
related countries: Russia

Russia's ban on the death penalty will remain when a current legal suspension expires next year, the country's top court rules.
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Live - Reaction to Republic of Ireland's exit

Thursday 19th of November 2009, 10:46
related countries: Ireland, France

All the reaction to the Republic of Ireland's controversial World Cup play-off defeat to France thanks to Thierry Henry's handball.
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Pakistan court blast kills many

Thursday 19th of November 2009, 10:55
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Peshawar

A bomb blast outside a court building in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar kills at least 19 people, medics say.
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Sage, onion... or gold? SA thief tries new chicken stuffing

Thursday 19th of November 2009, 11:24
related countries: South Africa

A South African jewellery firm worker is caught trying to steal gold from his employer by stuffing it in a cooked chicken.
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Air spat widens Thai-Cambodia row

Thursday 19th of November 2009, 11:43
related countries: Cambodia, Thailand

Cambodia takes over the running of the country's Thai-owned air traffic operation, amid a deepening diplomatic row.
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Bangladesh officers lose appeal

Thursday 19th of November 2009, 11:54
related countries: Bangladesh

Five ex-army officers face the death penalty after losing a final appeal over the murder of Bangladesh's first president.
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Hitting the wall

Thursday 19th of November 2009, 12:19
related countries: China

Barack Obama leaves China with little to show for it
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Mugabe army 'quits diamond field'

Thursday 19th of November 2009, 12:31
related countries: Zimbabwe

Soldiers have started to leave Zimbabwe's diamond fields, a minister says, after warnings from the global trade watchdog.
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UK's Labour denies expenses 'omission'

Thursday 19th of November 2009, 12:36
related countries: United Kingdom

The UK government defends its decision not to include legislation in the Queen's Speech on the reform of MPs' expenses.
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UK 'finds Lebanon hostage body'

Thursday 19th of November 2009, 12:56
related countries: Lebanon, United Kingdom

Human remains have been found by a team searching for a British journalist, Alec Collett, who was kidnapped in Lebanon in 1985.
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Nigeria chamber row delays budget

Thursday 19th of November 2009, 13:59
related countries: Nigeria

Nigeria's president postpones his budget - because senators and representatives disagree on which chamber should host it.
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US ponders response to Iran snub

Thursday 19th of November 2009, 15:13
related countries: Iran, United States

President Barack Obama says the US and its partners are discussing steps they could take if Iran snubs a uranium enrichment deal.
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Serbian Orthodox patriarch buried

Thursday 19th of November 2009, 15:14
related countries: Serbia and Montenegro
related places: Belgrade

Half a million people line the streets of Belgrade for the funeral of the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Pavle.
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Corps blamed for Katrina floods

Thursday 19th of November 2009, 15:44
related countries: United States
related places: New Orleans

A US judge rules that negligence by army engineers led to massive flooding in part of New Orleans as Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005.
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Computer glitch hits US flights

Thursday 19th of November 2009, 16:03
related countries: United States

A computer glitch affecting aircraft flight plans causes cancellations and delays across the eastern US.
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In pictures

Thursday 19th of November 2009, 16:20
related countries: Serbia and Montenegro

Serbia buries Orthodox Patriarch Pavle
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US war crime envoy appears at ICC

Thursday 19th of November 2009, 16:46
related countries: United States

The US envoy for war crimes appears at the International Criminal Court for the first time.
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Karzai sets Afghan forces target

Thursday 19th of November 2009, 17:24
related countries: Afghanistan, United States

President Karzai says he wants Afghan forces in charge within five years, as he is sworn in for a second term amid fresh violence.
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Egypt recalls envoy from Algeria

Thursday 19th of November 2009, 18:04
related countries: Egypt, Algeria
related places: Cairo

Sudan joins a diplomatic row between Egypt and Algeria over violence at a World Cup qualifier in Khartoum.
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UN confirms Tamil camps exodus

Thursday 19th of November 2009, 18:15
related countries: Sri Lanka

A senior UN official confirms Sri Lankan government claims that more than half the displaced Tamils in camps have left.
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Barghouti urges unity from jail

Thursday 19th of November 2009, 18:43
related countries: France

Palestinian factions must unite and start campaigning for statehood, says jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti.
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Afghan leader 'must show results'

Thursday 19th of November 2009, 18:59
related countries: Afghanistan

Western leaders urge Hamid Karzai to make concrete gains, as he is sworn in for a second term as Afghanistan's president.
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Killings prompt US Army inquiry

Thursday 19th of November 2009, 21:57
related countries: United States

A review of US Army and Pentagon policies is ordered by the defence secretary in the wake of the Fort Hood shootings.
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Hamilton challenge excites Button

Thursday 19th of November 2009, 22:33
related countries: Bermuda

World champion Jenson Button says he is excited by the prospect of going head-to-head with former champion Lewis Hamilton at McLaren.
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Two lions at a Czech zoo kill a rare white tigress

Thursday 19th of November 2009, 22:54
related countries: Czech Republic

Two lions at a zoo in the northern Czech Republic have killed a rare white tigress after getting into her enclosure
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Venezuela accused over bridges

Thursday 19th of November 2009, 22:56
related countries: Venezuela, Colombia

Colombia accuses neighbouring Venezuela of blowing up two pedestrian bridges on its shared border.
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Obama engages with Cuba blogger

Thursday 19th of November 2009, 23:45
related countries: Cuba, United States

US President Barack Obama replies to a dissident Cuban blogger who asked him about future US-Cuba relations.
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