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Peru indigenous leader given bail

Friday 28th of May 2010, 1:22
related countries: Peru

Peruvian indigenous leader Alberto Pizango is freed on bail pending trial a day after he was detained upon his returns home from almost a year in exile.
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Obama defends oil spill response

Friday 28th of May 2010, 2:36
related countries: Mexico

President Obama defends his handling of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico as BP takes stock of its work to plug the well.
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Foxconn factory death toll rises

Friday 28th of May 2010, 5:47
related countries: Taiwan

Another apparent suicide occurs at Taiwan iPhone-maker Foxconn, hours after journalists are shown round the Shenzhen factory.
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Live - Turkish GP practice

Friday 28th of May 2010, 6:28
related countries: Turkey

Second practice in under way after McLaren's Lewis Hamilton sets the fastest time in first practice for this weekend's Turkish Grand Prix.
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Togo opposition in coalition deal

Friday 28th of May 2010, 7:11
related countries: Togo

Togo's veteran opposition leader tells the BBC he will enter into a power-sharing deal with the government after disputed polls.
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Obama strategy stresses diplomacy

Friday 28th of May 2010, 7:12
related countries: United States

The US president's national security strategy says armed conflict should be a last resort when diplomacy is exhausted.
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Libya hails return of artefacts

Friday 28th of May 2010, 7:15
related countries: Libya, United Kingdom

Libyan artefacts taken to Britain in the 1950s have been returned to home and go on display in Tripoli Museum.
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Australia to act on Japan whaling

Friday 28th of May 2010, 7:28
related countries: Australia, Japan

Australia says it will mount a legal bid at the International Court of Justice in the Hague, against Japan's whaling programme.
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Testing times

Friday 28th of May 2010, 7:58
related countries: Zambia

Should people in Zambia be forced to have HIV tests?
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What do you think of the oil spill response?

Friday 28th of May 2010, 8:38
related countries: Mexico

The latest attempt to stop the oil leak has failed. What is your reaction to the response to the environmental disaster?
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Hamilton heads Button in practice

Friday 28th of May 2010, 8:48
related countries: Turkey, Bermuda

The McLarens of Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button set the pace in the first practice of the Turkish Grand Prix.
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China joins talks on Korea crisis

Friday 28th of May 2010, 8:58
related countries: South Korea, North Korea, China
related places: Seoul, Beijing

China's premier visits South Korea as Seoul urges stronger action by Beijing against North Korea over the sinking of a warship.
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Live - French Open

Friday 28th of May 2010, 8:59
related countries: France

Robin Soderling and Caroline Wozniacki are on court at the French Open as Andy Murray beats Marcos Baghdatis to reach last 16.
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Creative buzz

Friday 28th of May 2010, 9:19
related countries: Brazil

The high-energy urban arts scene in Brazil's biggest city
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UN says N Korea in nuclear trade

Friday 28th of May 2010, 9:26
related countries: Burma, Iran, North Korea

North Korea is contravening a UN ban by trading in nuclear material and technology with Iran, Syria and Burma, a UN panel has found.
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Live - England v Bangladesh

Friday 28th of May 2010, 9:36
related countries: Bangladesh

England struggle to take wickets after being dismissed for 505 on day two of the first Test against Bangladesh at Lord's.
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Obama's Katrina?

Friday 28th of May 2010, 9:52
related countries: United States

Has US president been too slow to react to oil spill?
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Rough justice

Friday 28th of May 2010, 10:15
related countries: Turkey

Military coup 50 years ago still haunts Turkey
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Uganda mudslide victims missing

Friday 28th of May 2010, 10:16
related countries: Uganda

Hundreds of bodies buried in a mudslide in Uganda three months ago have yet to be recovered, the rescue team says.
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US terror warning for World Cup

Friday 28th of May 2010, 10:23
related countries: South Africa, United States

The US issues an alert about a terrorism risk at the World Cup as President Barack Obama sees off the US team to South Africa.
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France chosen to host Euro 2016

Friday 28th of May 2010, 11:19
related countries: Turkey, Italy

France beat Turkey and Italy for the right to stage the European Championship in 2016.
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Four policemen killed in Pakistan

Friday 28th of May 2010, 11:26
related countries: Pakistan

Gunmen riding a motorcycle fire a vehicle carrying four police officers in south-west Pakistan, killing all of them, police say.
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After the bullets

Friday 28th of May 2010, 11:54
related countries: Jamaica
related places: Kingston

Anger smoulders as Kingston's Tivoli counts its dead
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Deal struck over US Okinawa base

Friday 28th of May 2010, 12:23
related countries: Japan, United States
related places: Okinawa

Japan and the US say they have reached an agreement to relocate a controversial US military base in Okinawa.
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US moves to end military gay ban

Friday 28th of May 2010, 13:17
related countries: United States

The US Congress moves towards overturning the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on openly gay people serving in the military.
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Porn ban mulled by South Africa

Friday 28th of May 2010, 13:19
related countries: South Africa

A South African government official proposes a complete ban on pornography across the internet, mobiles and television.
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W Bank road open to Palestinians

Friday 28th of May 2010, 13:50
related countries: Israel, West Bank

The Israeli army partially opens a motorway that runs through the West Bank to Palestinian drivers, to comply with a court ruling.
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Suicide-hit Foxconn boosts wages

Friday 28th of May 2010, 15:28
related countries: China

The Taiwanese owners of a China electronics factory hit by a string of worker suicides say they will increase wages to boost morale.
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UN to reduce DR Congo peace force

Friday 28th of May 2010, 15:48
related countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo

The UN Security Council authorises the withdrawal of up to 2,000 peacekeepers from the African state by 30 June.
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Jamaica death toll climbs past 70

Friday 28th of May 2010, 15:57
related countries: Jamaica

At least 73 people are now known to have died in clashes this week as Jamaican security forces hunt an alleged drug lord.
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Foxconn voices

Friday 28th of May 2010, 16:02
related countries: China

Stories from China's suicide-hit electronics factory
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Bremer quizzed by UK Iraq inquiry

Friday 28th of May 2010, 16:27
related countries: Iraq, United Kingdom, United States
related places: Saddam

British officials backed the post war purge of Saddam-era officials, former US administrator Paul Bremer tells the Iraq inquiry.
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I spy

Friday 28th of May 2010, 16:54
related countries: United States

Can one person control every bit of US intelligence?
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Swiss naked hiker wins court battle

Friday 28th of May 2010, 17:18
related countries: Switzerland

A Swiss man who had been fined for naked rambling in Switzerland's Appenzell canton wins his appeal.
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Bangladesh make England struggle

Friday 28th of May 2010, 17:29
related countries: United Kingdom, Bangladesh

Bangladesh's batsmen defy England to reach 172-2, 333 runs behind, after day two of the first Test at Lord's.
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India train crash deaths pass 100

Friday 28th of May 2010, 17:54
related countries: India

More than 100 people die and scores are injured as two trains crash in eastern India in an act of suspected Maoist sabotage.
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US genocide lawyer held in Rwanda

Friday 28th of May 2010, 18:47
related countries: United States, Rwanda

A US lawyer who planned to defend an opposition leader in Rwanda is arrested on allegations of genocide denial.
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Nepal deal ends political impasse

Friday 28th of May 2010, 20:58
related countries: Nepal

Nepal's three main parties reach a deal to avoid a political crisis, amid reports the prime minister is to resign.
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Bolivia negotiates over lynching

Friday 28th of May 2010, 22:54
related countries: Bolivia

The Bolivian government says it will negotiate with the indigenous group which lynched four policemen
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Pakistan mosque raids kill scores

Friday 28th of May 2010, 23:22
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Lahore

More than 80 people die in gun and grenade attacks at two mosques of the Ahmadi Islamic sect in Pakistan's city of Lahore.
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