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'Double disaster' Niger warning

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 0:52
related countries: Niger Niger, United Kingdom United Kingdom

Niger is being hit by a "second emergency" as recent floods compound an existing food crisis, UK aid agency Oxfam warns.
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Zuma drums up trade on China trip

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 1:32
related countries: South Africa South Africa, China China

South African President Jacob Zuma flies into China for a trade-boosting trip to his country's largest trading partner.
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Al-Qaeda frees Spanish hostages

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 2:42
related countries: Spain Spain

Two Spanish aid workers kidnapped nine months ago by al-Qaeda's North African offshoot arrive home after being freed.
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Report on Claudy bomb attack due

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 3:01
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom
related places: Claudy

Northern Ireland's Police Ombudsman is due to publish his report into the alleged involvement of a priest in an IRA bombing in 1972.
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Male whale seeks female to take plunge

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 3:40
related countries: Maldives Maldives

A humpback whale has put on a spectacular show in what is believed to be a way of attracting female attention
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Canada continues to detain Tamils

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 3:57
related countries: Canada Canada, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka

Hundreds of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who arrived in Canada aboard a cargo ship 11 days ago are kept in jail.
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Pakistan seeks IMF help on floods

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 4:07
related countries: Pakistan Pakistan

Officials from Pakistan hold talks with the International Monetary Fund to discuss its $11bn loan package in the wake of the devastating floods.
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Hong Kong issues Philippine alert

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 4:55
related countries: Philippines Philippines, China China, Hong Kong Hong Kong

Hong Kong warns against travel to the Philippines and China demands a full investigation after eight tourists were shot and killed in a bus hijack.
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Hamilton fined for driving stunts

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 5:56
related countries: Bermuda Bermuda, United Kingdom United Kingdom
related places: Melbourne

British driver Lewis Hamilton is fined A$500 (£288) for performing car stunts for fans outside Melbourne's motor racing circuit.
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In pictures

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 7:24
related countries: Niger Niger

Food crisis as Niger battles floods
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Making poisonous darts in a rainforest

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 8:04
related countries: Malaysia Malaysia

Carmen Roberts learns how to make fire and poisonous darts in one of the world's oldest rainforests, the Taman Negara National Park in Malaysia.
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Fulham snap up defender Halliche

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 9:09
related countries: Algeria Algeria

Fulham sign Benfica's Algerian international defender Rafik Halliche for an undisclosed fee.
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US troops in Iraq 'below 50,000'

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 9:34
related countries: Iraq Iraq, United States United States

The US military says the number of its troops in Iraq is already below the 31 August target of 50,000, when US combat operations are due to end.
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Race to protect city from Pakistan's floods

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 10:09
related countries: Pakistan Pakistan

Emergency teams are working frantically to protect a city in southern Pakistan from flood waters which have already devastated neighbouring areas.
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Police want ex-Israeli PM charged

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 10:25
related countries: Israel Israel

Israeli police recommend that former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert stand trial on corruption charges over his alleged role in the Holyland real estate scandal.
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India rejects Vedanta mine plans

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 11:18
related countries: India India

India refuses permission for the mining group Vedanta to extract bauxite in the eastern state of Orissa amid concerns for local tribes.
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Mountain man

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 11:28
related countries: Ecuador Ecuador

Ecuador's oldest mountaineer aims to pass on his love of nature
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Trapped miners speak to rescuers

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 11:59
related countries: Chile Chile

The Chilean miners who've been discovered alive after 18 days trapped below ground have been singing their national anthem in delight at being discovered.
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Philippines hit by HK bus anger

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 11:59
related countries: Philippines Philippines, Hong Kong Hong Kong
related places: Manila

The Philippines is to send a top delegation to Hong Kong amid increasing public anger there over the death of eight citizens in a bus hijack in Manila.
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Four hard months

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 12:03
related countries: Chile Chile

Six steps to survival for trapped miners in Chile
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Equatorial Guinea execution anger

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 12:27
related countries: Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea

The execution of four men in Equatorial Guinea for an attempted presidential assassination is condemned by rights activists.
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Malik left out of one-day squad

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 12:49
related countries: Pakistan Pakistan, United Kingdom United Kingdom

Pakistan drop former captain Shoaib Malik for September's Twenty20 and one-day internationals against England.
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GCSE pupils score record results

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 12:53
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom
related places: More

Teenagers score another record year for GCSEs with almost seven out of 10 entries being awarded a C grade or above.
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How did it end in such carnage?

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 13:28
related countries: Philippines Philippines, Hong Kong Hong Kong
related places: Manila

The Philippine government is to send a high-level delegation to Hong Kong amid increasing public anger there over the deaths of eight citizens in the hijacking of a tourist bus in Manila.
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Third German hospital baby death

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 13:45
related countries: Germany Germany

A third baby dies at a university hospital in Germany, after being fed by a drip infected with bacteria.
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Signs of oil found off Greenland

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 14:03
related countries: Greenland Greenland

Gas has been discovered off the coast of Greenland after the first drilling for a decade, a sign of a possible oil discovery.
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Canine 'Baywatch' patrols beach

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 14:19
related countries: Italy Italy

Hundreds of specially trained dogs have been recruited to rescue swimmers who get into trouble on Italian beaches.
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Israeli children to study Arabic

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 14:51
related countries: Israel Israel

The authorities in Israel are introducing a new scheme to make Arabic-language classes compulsory in state schools.
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Zimbabwe's MDC co-founder dies

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 14:57
related countries: Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

Gibson Sibanda, co-founder of Zimbabwe's former opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change, dies aged 66.
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Talks held over Kyrgyz deployment

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 15:07
related countries: Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan
related places: Bishkek

The head of an international police mission due to deploy in violence-hit southern Kyrgyzstan holds talks in Bishkek, amid mounting opposition to the move.
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Trapped Chile miners get supplies

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 15:18
related countries: Chile Chile

Rescue workers in Chile send supplies to 33 miners trapped underground for 17 days and facing weeks to be freed.
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Fatal mistakes

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 15:28
related countries: Philippines Philippines
related places: Manila

Ten things the Manila bus siege police got wrong
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India politician held for fraud

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 15:32
related countries: India India

The former chief minister of the north-east Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh is arrested on corruption charges.
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Private defence firm fined $42m

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 15:33
related countries: United States United States
related places: Blackwater

Private defence company Blackwater, now known as XE Services, is fined $42m for violating US export and arms traffic laws.
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Claudy bomb conspiracy revealed

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 15:46
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

The police, the Catholic Church and the government conspired to cover up a priest's suspected role in one of the worst atrocities of the Northern Ireland Troubles, an investigation has found.
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Kenya seizes two tonnes of ivory

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 15:59
related countries: Kenya Kenya

Kenyan authorities have seized nearly two tonnes of ivory and five rhinoceros horns at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
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Headscarf ban sparks Kosovo debate

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 16:15
related countries: Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro

Kosovan government has been trying to build a secular state since independence from Serbia in 2008 and in this cause they have attempted to ban the Islamic headscarf in public schools.
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Japanese mayor defends dolphin hunts

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 16:22
related countries: Japan Japan

The mayor of a Japanese seaside village made famous in an Oscar-winning documentary for its dolphin hunt has said he is determined to continue the ancient local tradition.
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Passengers rescued from sinking plane

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 16:40
related countries: The Bahamas The Bahamas

The passengers of a small plane that ditched into the sea off the Bahamas waited for rescue by sitting on top of the sinking plane.
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Inquiry into Indian beggar deaths

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 16:50
related countries: India India
related places: Bangalore

Officials in the Indian city of Bangalore investigate dozens of unexplained deaths at a government-run camp for beggars.
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Pakistan disease threat 'serious'

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 17:25
related countries: Pakistan Pakistan

Pakistan is in danger from epidemic diseases, PM Yousuf Raza Gilani warns, as 17 million people struggle to cope with flood devastation.
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Moldova seizes smuggled uranium

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 17:28
related countries: Federated States of Micronesia Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova Moldova
related places: Chisinau

Moldovan police have seized 1.8kg of uranium-238 in the capital, Chisinau, interior ministry officials say.
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Bullet found in Polish man's head

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 18:04
related countries: Poland Poland, Germany Germany

A Polish man living in Germany spends five years with a bullet in his head after forgetting he was shot because he was drunk.
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Miners die in Venezuela cave-in

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 18:37
related countries: Venezuela Venezuela

A cave-in at a mine in Venezuela has killed seven miners and left a number of others trapped, emergency workers say.
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Somali MPs killed in hotel raid

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 19:32
related countries: Somalia Somalia

Islamist gunmen have stormed a hotel close to Somalia's presidential palace and killed at least 32 people, including six MPs.
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North China plane crash kills 42

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 19:36
related countries: China China

At least 42 people have been killed after a passenger plane crashes in the north-eastern Chinese province of Heilongjiang, state media report.
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U2 for tea: Medvedev greets Bono

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 20:28
related countries: Russia Russia
related places: Medvedev

Pop star Bono meets Russian President Dmitri Medvedev ahead of U2's first Russia gig.
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Somali MPs killed in hotel raid

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 20:37
related countries: Somalia Somalia

Islamist gunmen storm a hotel near Somalia's presidential palace and kill at least 32 people, including six MPs in a suicide attack.
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China plane 'overshot' runway

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 20:56
related countries: China China

At least 42 people have been killed after a passenger plane crash-landed in the north-eastern Chinese province of Heilongjiang, state media report.
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US home sales drop to 10-year low

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 21:01
related countries: United States United States

Sales of existing homes in the US plunged 27% in July to their lowest level in more than 10 years, figures suggest.
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Fourteen die in Nepal plane crash

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 21:06
related countries: Nepal Nepal

A tourist plane crashes into hills outside Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, killing all 14 people on board.
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South Sudan plans mass return

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 21:09
related countries: Egypt Egypt

South Sudan's government prepares to repatriate some 1.5 million people from the north and Egypt ahead of the 2011 referendum on independence.
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'Double disaster' for Niger warning

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 21:29
related countries: Niger Niger, United Kingdom United Kingdom

Niger has been hit by a double disaster as recent floods compound an existing food crisis, a UK aid agency warned.
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Manila police admit siege bungle

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 21:48
related countries: Philippines Philippines, Hong Kong Hong Kong

Philippine police admit incompetence in their handling of Monday's bus hijacking in which eight Hong Kong tourists were shot dead.
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Defoe poised for groin operation

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 21:55
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom
related places: Tottenham

Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe is to have an operation on a groin injury next week that will keep him out of England's Euro 2012 qualifiers in September.
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DR Congo 'mass rape' investigated

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 22:34
related countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo

Claims that rebel fighters raped more that 150 women and baby boys in DR Congo are to be investigated, the UN says.
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'Mystery campaign'

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 22:51
related countries: Egypt Egypt

Who's promoting Hosni Mubarak's son as Egypt's next leader?
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General warns on Afghan deadline

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 22:56
related countries: Afghanistan Afghanistan, United States United States

A senior US general warns that President Barack Obama's deadline to begin pulling troops out of Afghanistan is encouraging the Taliban.
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Swiss death penalty drive begins

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 22:59
related countries: Switzerland Switzerland

Swiss death penalty campaigners can begin collecting signatures to force a referendum on its return, the government says.
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Two killed in Beirut gun battle

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 23:05
related countries: Lebanon Lebanon
related places: Beirut

Two men are killed in clashes in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, between supporters of the Shia Islamist group Hezbollah and a rival Sunni faction.
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Appeal on US stem cell decision

Tuesday 24th of August 2010, 23:49
related countries: United States United States

The US Justice Department will appeal after a US district court ruled against Obama's stem cell research plans.
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