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Dam disquiet

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 0:28
related countries: Chile

Protesters mobilise against hydroelectric project in Chile
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Somali pirates plead guilty in US

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 0:40
related countries: Somalia, United States

Three Somali men plead guilty in a US court to piracy charges for their role in a hijacking that ended in the deaths of four Americans.
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Boat sinkings halt Mississippi traffic

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 1:28
related countries: United States

The US Coast Guard closes a five-mile stretch of the flood-swollen Mississippi River after three barges break their tow lines and sink.
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New Haiti prime minister chosen

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 1:58
related countries: Haiti, United States
related places: Daniel

US-educated businessman Daniel-Gerard Rouzier is Haitian President Michel Martelly's choice for prime minister.
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Valley under threat

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 2:07
related countries: Pakistan

Wine, marijuana and dancing women - can this be Pakistan?
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Women in love

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 2:08
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Kalash

Rules are different for those in Pakistan's carefree Kalash valley
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Meet the yam monster

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 2:42
related countries: Nigeria

Sesame Street with Nigerian accents and a puppet with HIV
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'Spanish revolution'

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 3:02
related countries: Spain
related places: Madrid

Young Spaniards at Madrid protest camp plan to defy ban
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Leaders to visit Japan quake zone

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 3:13
related countries: North Korea, Japan, China
related places: Fukushima

Chinese and South Korean leaders will start a visit to Japan by touring Fukushima prefecture, where a nuclear plant was damaged by the March earthquake and tsunami.
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Netanyahu defiant over Obama plan

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 4:13
related countries: Israel

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says there can be no peace "based on illusions", rejecting President Barack Obama's pre-1967 borders proposal.
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VIDEO: Is today the day the world will end?

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 6:19
related countries: United States

US atheists are to hold parties in response to an evangelical broadcaster's prediction that Saturday will be "judgement day".
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VIDEO: Thousands defy Spain rally ban

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 7:03
related countries: Spain
related places: Madrid

Tens of thousands of Spanish protesters have defied a government ban and camped out overnight in a square in the capital, Madrid.
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Deadly Pakistan Nato tanker blast

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 9:46
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Nato

A Nato oil tanker explodes in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 15 people, say officials, and a second convoy is also attacked.
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VIDEO: Spain protest 'unlike any before'

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 9:54
related countries: Spain
related places: Madrid

Some 25,000 Spanish protesters have defied a government ban and camped out overnight in a square in the capital, Madrid.
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Captured in Misrata

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 9:59
related countries: Libya

Fears of Gaddafi soldiers held after Libyan port battle
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Two-way traffic

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 10:40
related countries: Ireland

Irish emigration resumes - as past migrants return to find roots
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Vettel on top in final practice

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 10:42
related countries: Spain

Red Bull dominate final practice for the Spanish Grand Prix, despite an engine problem for Sebastian Vettel.
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Spring? What Spring?

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 10:44
related countries: Saudi Arabia

No instability please, we're Saudi Arabian
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Surprise icons

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 10:48
related countries: Algeria
related places: Algiers

Tarzan and football - Western influences come softly to Algiers
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Leaders meet Japan quake victims

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 10:59
related countries: North Korea, Japan, China
related places: Fukushima

The Chinese and South Korean leaders show support for Japan quake victims in the zone around the Fukushima nuclear plant.
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Tehran 'breaks up US spy network'

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 11:00
related countries: Iran, United States

Iran's intelligence ministry announces the arrest of 30 people after breaking up what it says was a CIA-run espionage operation.
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Live - Spanish GP qualifying

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 11:10
related countries: Spain
related places: Barcelona

Mark Webber will start Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix in pole position, with team-mate and championship leader Sebastian Vettel alongside him in the other Red Bull.
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Poulter defeats Westwood in Spain

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 11:34
related countries: Spain

Ian Poulter beats world number one Lee Westwood, while Luke Donald and Martin Kaymer also go through to the quarter-finals of the World Match Play Championship.
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Greek economic crisis

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 11:35
related countries: Greece

How do you privatise when no-one wants to buy?
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Syria forces 'kill 44 protesters'

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 11:44
related countries: Syria

Syrian security forces have shot dead at least 44 people as mass protests have again swept across the country following Friday prayers, activists say.
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Landslide hits Malaysia orphanage

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 11:52
related countries: Malaysia
related places: Kuala Lumpur

Many children are feared to have been buried after a landslide in Malaysia hit an orphanage outside Kuala Lumpur, as two bodies are recovered.
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VIDEO: Leaders meet Japan quake homeless

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 12:23
related countries: North Korea, Japan, China
related places: Fukushima

Chinese and South Korean leaders have toured the area near Japan's damaged Fukushima nuclear plant, in a show of support for the quake-hit country.
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Live - Scottish Cup final

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 13:01
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Motherwell

Motherwell take on Celtic at Hampden with the Scottish Cup the prize for the winner.
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Webber beats Vettel to Spain pole

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 13:12
related countries: Spain

Red Bull's Mark Webber ends team-mate Sebastian Vettel's run of qualifying success by taking pole position in Spain.
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VIDEO: Desert hideout for Libyan rebels

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 13:29
related countries: Libya

Rebel forces continue to fight against Colonel Gaddafi's troops in the east of Libya, with no sign of an end to the conflict despite Nato strikes.
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Aid shortfall cuts Somali rations

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 13:53
related countries: Somalia

The UN World Food Programme says it has been forced to cut food rations to Somalis in need of aid, due to a funding shortfall.
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Six quit over Turkey sex scandal

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 14:37
related countries: Turkey

Six leaders of Turkey's Nationalist Action Party (MHP) resign amid a sex video scandal that has fanned tensions ahead of elections in June.
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Suicide blast hits Kabul hospital

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 14:51
related countries: Afghanistan
related places: Kabul

At least six people are killed and 23 wounded in a suicide bomb attack on a hospital canteen in the Afghan capital, Kabul.
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Celtic beat Motherwell to win Cup

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 16:02
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Motherwell

Celtic claim their 35th Scottish Cup with comfortable victory against Motherwell at a rain-soaked Hampden.
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'Five shot dead' at Syria funeral

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 17:35
related countries: Syria

Syrian security forces kill at least five people and wound at least 12 when they fired into a crowd a funeral in the city of Homs, activists say.
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Judgment Day: Atheists plan 'rapture' party

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 18:26
related countries: United States

US atheists plan a series of parties in response to a widely publicised broadcaster's prediction that Saturday will be Judgement Day.
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Spain protesters defy rally ban

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 19:25
related countries: Spain
related places: Madrid

Angered by the economic situation, thousands of people have staged demonstrations across Spain's main cities, defying a ban on political protest ahead of local elections.
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Clashes at Chile demonstrations

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 19:34
related countries: Chile
related places: Valparaiso

Police and protesters opposing government policies in Chile clash in the central city of Valparaiso.
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Ronaldo sets new scoring record

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 20:27
related countries: Spain

Cristiano Ronaldo sets a new Primera Liga single-season scoring record with his 39th and 40th of the campaign as Real Madrid beat Almeria 8-1.
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VIDEO: Danish sperm 'in huge demand'

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 20:28
related countries: Denmark, United Kingdom

More British women than ever are going to Denmark to be inseminated, because there is a shortage of available sperm in the UK.
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VIDEO: Thousands continue protest in Madrid

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 20:55
related countries: Spain
related places: Madrid

Thousands of protesters have again taken to the streets of Madrid.
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North Sudan in control of Abyei

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 21:31
related countries: Sudan
related places: Abyei

The Northern Sudanese Army says it is in control of Abyei on the border with southern Sudan, following days of clashes.
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VIDEO: Britain backs Lagarde for IMF job

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 22:56
related countries: United Kingdom

Britain has said it is formally backing Christine Lagarde for the job of new head of the International Monetary Fund.
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Iceland volcano starts erupting

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 23:26
related countries: Iceland

Iceland's most active volcano has started erupting, although scientists say it is unlikely to cause the kind of ash clouds which disrupted air travel in 2010.
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VIDEO: North Sudan forces 'take control' of Abyei

Saturday 21st of May 2011, 23:31
related countries: Sudan
related places: Abyei

A UN official says it appears that northern Sudanese forces have taken control of Abyei, a contested town on the border with South Sudan.
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