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Under pressure

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 0:16
related countries: Afghanistan

Afghan forces taking over from Nato feel the strain
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Spanish roots

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 0:38
related countries: Spain

Antonio Banderas on returning home after more than 20 years
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VIDEO: Anna Hazare merchandise on sale

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 2:02
related countries: India

As Indian anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare continues his protest, the movement supporting him is growing and branching out into merchandise.
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VIDEO: Rebels target Gaddafi's home town

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 2:39
related countries: Libya

Columns of Libyan rebels are on the road towards the city of Sirte, Col Gaddafi's hometown and the place many believe he could make his last stand.
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VIDEO: Irene strengthens on US approach

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 2:46
related countries: The Bahamas, United States

Hurricane Irene batters several islands in the Caribbean as it grows in strength, with winds of up to 120mph lashing the Bahamas.
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A mayor mourned

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 2:51
related countries: Afghanistan, United States

Murdered Afghan's US family mourns him - and his country
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VIDEO: Violent clashes during Chile strike

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 5:30
related countries: Chile
related places: Santiago

Police in the Chilean capital, Santiago, have arrested around 350 people following violent clashes with demonstrators.
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VIDEO: How Africa drought aid is spent

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 5:35
related countries: United Kingdom

The British government has given some £110m to deal with the East African drought since the start of July, helping provide aid organisations with vital supplies.
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Gold price plunges as fears ease

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 6:29
related countries: United States

The price of gold has dropped sharply as rumours of new measures to help the US economy calm fears about the global recovery.
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Sportsday Live - breaking sports news

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 6:58
related countries: Jamaica

England make six changes to their side for Ireland match, Andy Murray learns US Open fate, plus more.
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Call for Kashmir graves' inquiry

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 7:12
related countries: India

Rights group Human Rights Watch urges India to hold an independent inquiry into the unmarked graves found in Indian-administered Kashmir.
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Rebels appeal for Gaddafi capture

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 7:20
related countries: Libya

Libyan rebels announce an amnesty and million-dollar reward for anyone within Col Muammar Gaddafi's "inner circle" who captures or kills him.
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GCSE students find out results

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 7:27
related countries: United Kingdom

About 750,000 pupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are getting their GCSE results, with another year of record scores likely.
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India protest taken to PM's door

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 7:32
related countries: India

India's fasting activist Anna Hazare calls on his supporters to gather outside the PM's house "to appeal to him to listen to the voice of the common man".
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China military 'closing key gaps'

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 7:59
related countries: China

China is on course to build a modern military by 2020, a move that could threaten stability in the Asia-Pacific region, the Pentagon says.
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Injured Powell to miss World 100m

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 8:01
related countries: Jamaica

Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell withdraws from the World Championships 100m in Daegu after failing to overcome a groin injury.
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Clashes erupt during Chile strike

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 8:24
related countries: Chile

Chile is bracing for a second day of a national strike after more than 300 people were arrested when some protests turned violent.
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Jail for four Thai 'red-shirts'

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 8:40
related countries: Thailand

Four "red-shirt" protesters in Thailand are jailed for 34 years each for their part in anti-government unrest last year.
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Aftershock rattles US east coast

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 8:42
related countries: United States

A 4.5 magnitude aftershock rocks the US east coast, two days after an earthquake left inspectors assessing damage to national monuments.
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Fenerbahce to appeal Europe axe

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 9:01
related countries: Turkey

Fenerbahce plan an appeal against the decision by the Turkish Football Federation to withdraw them from the Champions League because of a match-fixing investigation.
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Back to Black sets chart record

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 9:25
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Back

Amy Winehouse's Back to Black album has become the biggest-selling album in the UK of the 21st Century, the Official Charts Company reveals.
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VIDEO: Libyan writer: Father could be dead or alive

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 9:29
related countries: Libya

Hisham Matar, a Libyan novelist whose father remains one of the disappeared of the Gaddafi regime, on how he deals with not knowing what happened to him.
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Israel raids kill Gaza militants

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 9:55
related countries: Israel

Israeli air strikes kill five people in Gaza, while a barrage of rockets wounds a baby in southern Israel, threatening a fragile ceasefire.
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Australia sex abuse probe swamped

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 10:09
related countries: Aruba

An investigation into sexual abuse within Australia's military receives over 1,000 complaints, forcing Defence Minister Stephen Smith to extend it.
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Confusion over US-Pakistan rescue

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 10:50
related countries: Pakistan, United States

Confusion surrounds the reported release of a US citizen in Pakistan after a senior policeman retracts an earlier statement saying he had been freed.
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Mongolia herder's killer executed

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 10:53
related countries: Mongolia, China

China executes a coal mine worker whose killing of an ethnic Mongolian herder sparked Inner Mongolia's worst unrest in many years.
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Minister defends Swiss tax deal

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 10:58
related countries: Switzerland, United Kingdom

A UK government minister defends a deal with the Swiss that could capture tax of up to £5bn but keep account holders' identities hidden.
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SA 'will host' 2013 Nations Cup

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 11:16
related countries: South Africa, Libya

South Africa and Libya have agreed to swap hosting of the Africa Cup of Nations in 2013 and 2017, according to South Africa's football association.
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Gaddafi regime finished - Hague

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 11:35
related countries: Libya

The foreign secretary says there is "no way back" for the Gaddafi regime, but there is a danger that forces loyal to him will keep fighting for some time.
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Italian reporters freed in Libya

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 12:36
related countries: Italy, Libya
related places: Tripoli

Four Italian journalists kidnapped and held in Tripoli by suspected Gaddafi loyalists have been freed, according to Italy's foreign ministry.
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Aceh lesbians forced to separate

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 13:37
related countries: Indonesia

Islamic Sharia police in the Indonesian province of Aceh force a lesbian couple to separate and have their marriage annulled.
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Sri Lanka 'scraps' emergency laws

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 13:51
related countries: Sri Lanka

President Mahinda Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka announces the imminent lifting of the country's state of emergency in a speech made to parliament on Thursday.
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Cheney wanted Bush to bomb Syria

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 13:54
related countries: Syria, United States
related places: Bush

Former US Vice-President Dick Cheney reveals in his autobiography he urged President George W Bush to bomb a suspected nuclear site in Syria in 2007.
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VIDEO: Hurricane Irene batters Bahamas

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 13:55
related countries: The Bahamas, United States

Hurricane Irene has been hammering the Bahamas as it moves towards the US on a projected track to hug the east coast.
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Record profits for Chinese banks

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 14:19
related countries: China

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and Agricultural Bank of China report record first-half profits helped by rising interest rates.
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Rise of 21% in UK net migration

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 14:37
related countries: United Kingdom

Net migration rose by 21% in 2010, with 239,000 more people arriving in the UK than those leaving, the Office for National Statistics reveals.
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Hurricane Irene churns towards US

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 14:53
related countries: The Bahamas, United States

Authorities on the east coast of the US are preparing for the arrival of Hurricane Irene, as the category three storm bears down on the Bahamas.
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Russia grounds rockets after loss

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 15:17
related countries: Russia
related places: Soyuz

Russia has grounded its fleet of Soyuz rockets after an unmanned spacecraft carrying tonnes of cargo for the space station crashed after lift-off.
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New incest case shocks Austrians

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 15:28
related countries: Austria

Police in Austria arrest a man suspected of imprisoning and sexually abusing his two daughters in his village home over 40 years.
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Famed Syrian cartoonist 'beaten'

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 15:51
related countries: Syria

Ali Ferzat, one of the best-known cartoonists in the Arab world, is in hospital after being beaten by Syrian security forces, reports say.
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Murray faces Devvarman at US Open

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 16:42
related countries: India, United States

Andy Murray will play India's Somdev Devvarman in round one of the US Open, while Heather Watson faces Maria Sharapova.
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Live - Thursday football

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 17:32
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Newcastle, Tottenham, Scunthorpe

Celtic and Rangers crash out of the Europa League as Tottenham complete their one-sided win over Hearts and are joined by Birmingham, Stoke and Fulham in the group stages, while Newcastle beat Scunthorpe in the Carling Cup.
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Nine dead in Pakistan hotel blast

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 17:32
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Nowshera

At least nine people are killed and 12 injured in a bomb blast at a hotel in the north-western Pakistani city of Risalpur, police say.
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VIDEO: Survivors tell of Gaddafi torture

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 17:51
related countries: Libya
related places: Tripoli

Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports from one of Tripoli's main hospitals in the Mitiga District where there is growing evidence that supporters of Col Gaddafi's regime dealt harshly with their opponents.
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Nigeria corruption body 'failing'

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 17:51
related countries: Nigeria, United States

Nigeria's anti-corruption agency is failing to tackle corrupt politicians effectively, a report by the US-based group Human Rights Watch says.
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VIDEO: Irene edges closer to US coast

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 18:30
related countries: United States

Authorities on the east coast of the US, from North Carolina to New York City, are preparing for the arrival of Hurricane Irene this weekend.
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African heads pledge famine aid

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 19:02
related countries: Ethiopia
related places: Addis Ababa

African leaders raise more than $350m in aid for 12 million people facing starvation in the Horn of Africa's worst drought in decades.
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Spain pushes Salvador Jesuit case

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 19:50
related countries: El Salvador, Spain

Spain asks El Salvador to clarify the whereabouts of nine Salvadoran ex-soldiers who were being held in connection with the 1989 murder of six priests.
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Rangers crash out of Europa League

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 20:29
related countries: United Kingdom

On a terrible night for Scottish football, Rangers exit the Europa League after only drawing with Maribor, and are joined in going out of Europe by both Celtic and Hearts.
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Celtic fail to reach Europa group stages

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 20:35
related countries: Switzerland
related places: Sion

Celtic crash out of Europe after a nightmare start leads to a 3-1 defeat against Sion in Switzerland
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Abducted Mexico journalist killed

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 21:20
related countries: Mexico
related places: Sinaloa

Online newspaper editor and local radio host Humberto Millan Salazar is found dead a day after he was abducted by armed men in the northwestern Mexican state of Sinaloa.
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Strauss-Kahn gets passport back

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 21:46
related countries: United States

Former IMF director Dominique Strauss-Kahn gets back his passport after a US sexual assault case against him is dropped.
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Foreign tourists die in US desert

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 21:48
related countries: Netherlands, Germany, United States
related places: Monday, California

A Dutch man and his German girlfriend, whose bodies were found on Monday, died of heat exhaustion in California's Joshua Tree National Park, officials say.
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Libya rebels fight on in Tripoli

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 22:06
related countries: Libya
related places: Tripoli

Heavy fighting erupts in Tripoli as a new audio message from Col Gaddafi is broadcast and reports emerge of alleged summary killings.
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Euro mess can be fixed - SFA boss

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 22:07
related countries: United Kingdom

Scotland's clubs can recover their standing in Europe despite a disastrous night in the Europa League, according to the Scottish Football Association chief executive.
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VIDEO: Is Texas really a model state?

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 22:13
related countries: United States

Debates on the best way forward for the US economy has affected share prices, as investors wait for a statement from the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke.
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VIDEO: Hurricane Irene pictured from space

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 22:27
related countries: United States

As the US braces for the arrival of Hurricane Irene, images showing the extent of the storm have been transmitted from the International Space Station.
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2012 Paralympic schedule revealed

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 23:01
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: London

The schedule of events for the 2012 Paralympic Games in London is revealed, with Great Britain's track cyclists set to star on day one.
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Markets await key Bernanke speech

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 23:04
related countries: United States

The head of the US central bank, Ben Bernanke, prepares to give a high profile speech as markets look for hints of new stimulus.
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Chile probes Gen Bachelet's death

Thursday 25th of August 2011, 23:30
related countries: Chile

Chile will investigate the 1974 death of Gen Alberto Bachelet, who died while serving a prison term for treason imposed by the military government of Gen Augusto Pinochet.
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