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IMF reform agreed at G20 summit

Sunday 24th of October 2010, 2:24
related countries: South Korea

Finance ministers from the G20 leading economies have agreed on reforms to the International Monetary Fund during a meeting in South Korea.
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Cholera reaches Haitian capital

Sunday 24th of October 2010, 2:26
related countries: Haiti
related places: Port-au-Prince

Officials in Haiti say the first cases of cholera have been detected in the capital, Port-au-Prince, accroding to news agency Reuters.
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Live - Korean Grand Prix

Sunday 24th of October 2010, 4:34
related countries: North Korea

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso wins the Korean Grand Prix to take over the championship lead from Mark Webber, who failed to finish the race along with Red Bull team-mate Sebastian Vettel.
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Wikileaks' timing angers Iraqi PM

Sunday 24th of October 2010, 6:33
related countries: Iraq, United States

Iraq's prime minister criticises the timing of the release by Wikileaks of almost 400,000 secret US military documents about the conflict there.
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Australia 42-0 Papua New Guinea

Sunday 24th of October 2010, 7:07
related countries: Papua New Guinea

Australia run in eight tries as they crush Papua New Guinea in their opening Four Nations game in Sydney.
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Jesus statue headache for builders

Sunday 24th of October 2010, 7:28
related countries: Poland

Engineers in Poland are having difficulty completing a giant statue of Christ in time for its planned consecration in November.
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Spain holds first siesta contest

Sunday 24th of October 2010, 7:43
related countries: Spain
related places: Madrid

Unemployed security guard Pedro Lopez has won Spain's first siesta championship, having managed to sleep for 17 minutes in a busy Madrid shopping centre.
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Burundi albino boy 'dismembered'

Sunday 24th of October 2010, 7:51
related countries: Burundi

The dismembered body of a young albino boy is found in a river on the Burundi-Tanzania border, reports say.
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Cholera reported in Haiti capital

Sunday 24th of October 2010, 8:02
related countries: Haiti

The first cases of cholera have been detected in the Haitian capital, raising concerns that an epidemic in another part of the country is spreading.
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Charities chief warns over cuts

Sunday 24th of October 2010, 8:02
related countries: United Kingdom

The government's spending cuts could cost voluntary organisations billions of pounds, the charities' regulator in England and Wales warns.
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The woman who inspired love songs

Sunday 24th of October 2010, 8:29
related countries: United States

The American singer and political activist, Peggy Seeger shared much of her life with folk singer Ewan McColl who wrote the song First time Ever I Saw Your Face for her.
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Aussies lose series after washout

Sunday 24th of October 2010, 8:49
related countries: India, Australia

The final one-day international in Margao is washed out giving India a 1-0 series victory against Australia.
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Alonso wins as Red Bull implode

Sunday 24th of October 2010, 9:09
related countries: North Korea

Fernando Alonso wins a dramatic rain-affected Korean Grand Prix as Red Bull's Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel fail to finish.
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Kenya football crush kills seven

Sunday 24th of October 2010, 9:18
related countries: Kenya
related places: Nairobi

Seven people have been killed in a stampede at a football stadium in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, officials say.
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Athens building felled in planned blast

Sunday 24th of October 2010, 9:28
related countries: Greece
related places: Athens

A building in downtown Athens has been demolished in a controlled explosion, to make way for a new square in a deprived area facing major problems.
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Facebook friendship turned into film

Sunday 24th of October 2010, 9:38
related countries: United Kingdom

An unlikely online friendship with an unexpected turn is the subject of Catfish, a documentary filmed by a group of friends, showing at the London Film Festival.
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French prince sues over manga art

Sunday 24th of October 2010, 10:41
related countries: France, Japan
related places: Versailles

A French aristocrat descended from Louis XIV is seeking a court order against a Japanese artist being exhibited at the Palace of Versailles.
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TV titans

Sunday 24th of October 2010, 11:43
related countries: United States

Can these people change the way the US votes?
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Alonso cautious over title hopes

Sunday 24th of October 2010, 11:45
related countries: North Korea

Fernando Alonso insists the drivers' championship is still wide open after his win in the Korean Grand Prix saw him take the lead with two races to go.
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Shia hold ground in Bahrain polls

Sunday 24th of October 2010, 11:52
related countries: Bahrain

Bahrain's Shia opposition has won 18 of 40 seats in the country's lower house of parliament, the electoral commission says, amid complaints of irregularities.
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UN to start Benin floods airlift

Sunday 24th of October 2010, 11:55
related countries: Benin

The UN refugee agency is to start an emergency airlift of tents to the West African nation of Benin, amid the worst flooding there in decades.
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Iraq parliament ordered to meet

Sunday 24th of October 2010, 11:59
related countries: Iraq

Iraq's Supreme Court orders the country's parliament to meet for only the second time since inconclusive elections some seven months ago.
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US finance chief 'upbeat on yuan'

Sunday 24th of October 2010, 12:12
related countries: United States, China

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says he believes China is now "committed" to allowing the yuan to go up in value.
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Phoenician ship ends Africa trip

Sunday 24th of October 2010, 12:51
related countries: Syria

The replica of a Phoenician ship from 600BC has arrived home in western Syria after a two-year voyage circumnavigating the coast of Africa.
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Celtic 1-3 Rangers

Sunday 24th of October 2010, 13:39
related countries: United Kingdom

Rangers come from behind to win the season's first Old Firm derby at Celtic Park and move three points clear at the top of the Scottish Premier League.
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Sri Lankan Muslims returning home

Sunday 24th of October 2010, 13:39
related countries: Sri Lanka

In October 1990, the Tamil Tigers expelled the Muslim minority from north Sri Lanka - and 20 years on, some are making the journey back again.
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Cholera found in Haitian capital

Sunday 24th of October 2010, 13:51
related countries: Haiti
related places: Port-au-Prince

The first cases of cholera are detected and isolated in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, the UN says, raising fears over an outbreak that has killed more than 200 people.
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Celtic v Rangers as it happened

Sunday 24th of October 2010, 13:58
related countries: United Kingdom

Rangers come storming back from 1-0 down to take control of the first Old Firm derby of the season.
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Clegg: Tuition fees to be capped

Sunday 24th of October 2010, 14:15
related countries: United Kingdom

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg appears to rule out allowing universities to set unlimited tuition fees in England.
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Guinea candidates call for calm

Sunday 24th of October 2010, 14:34
related countries: Guinea

Guinea's presidential candidates appeal for calm as its capital recovers from clashes over a third postponement of the run-off election vote.
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Federer equals Sampras title haul

Sunday 24th of October 2010, 15:12
related countries: Sweden, Germany

Roger Federer beats Germany's Florian Mayer 6-4 6-3 to win the Stockholm Open and equal Pete Sampras's haul of 64 ATP titles.
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Pope in new Mid-East peace call

Sunday 24th of October 2010, 15:17
related countries: Israel

The Pope calls for an end to conflict in the Middle East, as Israel's PM warns the Palestinians not to seek independence without peace talks.
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Quaids request asylum in Canada

Sunday 24th of October 2010, 15:31
related countries: Canada, United States

Actor Randy Quaid and his wife Evi seek asylum in Canada, claiming they are being persecuted in the US and their lives are danger.
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Leading Sherpa lost on mountain

Sunday 24th of October 2010, 17:02
related countries: Nepal

Nepalese Sherpa Chhewang Nima, who has climbed Mount Everest 19 times, is missing on a Himalayan peak after being hit by an avalanche.
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Italy arrests alleged mafia boss

Sunday 24th of October 2010, 18:04
related countries: Italy
related places: Favara

Italian police have arrested a top mafia boss who has been on the run for more than ten years. Gerlandino Messina was arrested in the Sicilian town of Favara.
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Naples mayors reject dump offer

Sunday 24th of October 2010, 22:33
related countries: Italy
related places: Naples

Naples mayors reject a government offer to indefinitely freeze the opening of a new rubbish dump, saying they want it permanently scrapped.
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Mayor Bossman scores a first in Slovenia

Sunday 24th of October 2010, 23:04
related countries: Ghana, Slovenia

A Ghana-born doctor is elected mayor of a town in Slovenia - apparently breaking new ground for the former Yugoslavia.
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Charles friend dies in air crash

Sunday 24th of October 2010, 23:07
related countries: United Kingdom

One of three people killed in a helicopter crash in County Down was a personal friend of the Prince of Wales, Clarence House confirms.
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Soft power

Sunday 24th of October 2010, 23:32
related countries: Taiwan

Using arts and culture to raise Taiwan's global profile
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