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Romario rejects Fifa 2014 demands
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 0:03related countries:
BotswanaFormer Brazil football star Romario says Fifa must not be allowed to dictate changes to Brazilian law ahead of the World Cup in 2014.
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A taste for India in world cinema
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 0:46related countries:
IndiaHow an Indian theme can help drum up cash for new films
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France unchanged for Wales clash
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 0:52related countries:
France, 
United KingdomFrance coach Marc Lievremont names an unchanged side to face Wales in Saturday's World Cup semi-final in Auckland.
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Hezbollah: Terrorist organisation or liberation movement?
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 0:53related countries:
LebanonWhat role will Hezbollah play if conflict returns to Lebanon?
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Chile Mapuches mourn Columbus Day
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 1:22related countries:
Chile, 
SpainIndigenous Mapuche activists march in Chile to demand the return of ancestral lands on a public holiday marking the start of the Spanish conquest.
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Antarctic lake mission gets ready
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 2:48related countries:
United KingdomA pioneering British expedition to sample a lake under the Antarctic ice sheet could find new forms of life and clues to climate change.
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VIDEO: Thailand floods a 'national crisis'
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 3:12related countries:
ThailandFlooding in Thailand is being described as the worst in decades, with the prime minister calling it a national crisis.
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VIDEO: Calligraphy push in China's schools
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 3:19related countries:
ChinaSchools in China are running more classes in calligraphy because computer use and text-messaging are ruining children's writing style.
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China resource tax to go national
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 3:36related countries:
ChinaChina will expand a tax on oil and natural gas sales to the entire country as of 1 November, to try and reduce consumption.
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Chinese bank shares move higher
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 3:59related countries:
Chinarelated places: Beijing
Shares in China's big banks have moved higher, after the country's sovereign wealth fund announced it was increasing its stake in them.
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VIDEO: Will shipwreck yield silver haul?
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 5:35related countries:
United Kingdom, 
United StatesAn American salvage company says it has found the wreck of a British ship which is believed to have been carrying millions of pounds worth of silver when it was torpedoed in World War I.
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VIDEO: Business booming at Paris pawn shop
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 5:50related countries:
Francerelated places: Paris
More and more people in Paris in need of extra cash are turning to the city's famous municipal pawn shop, the Credit Municipal de Paris.
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VIDEO: Search for life under Antarctic ice
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 6:51related countries:
United KingdomA pioneering British expedition to sample a lake under the Antarctic ice hopes to find unknown forms of life and clues to future climate impacts.
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Ugly Betty star set for Chicago
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 7:46related countries:
United Kingdomrelated places: London
Ugly Betty star America Ferrera is to make her London stage debut in the long-running musical Chicago, it has been announced.
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India unveils telecoms proposals
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 7:55related countries:
IndiaIndia unveils a draft telecoms plan which reforms the sector and boosts consumer rights, the first such move since a corruption scandal hit the industry.
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India's Advani in anti-graft push
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 8:58related countries:
IndiaIndia's main opposition leader LK Advani begins a 38-day journey across the country as part of a campaign to protest against corruption.
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VIDEO: Oil spill is N Zealand's 'worst'
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 9:19related countries:
New ZealandThe oil leaking from a stranded cargo ship off New Zealand has become the country's worst maritime environmental disaster, the government says.
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VIDEO: Bangkok braces for more rain
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 9:51related countries:
ThailandFlooding in Thailand is being described as the worst in decades, with the prime minister calling it a national crisis.
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Call for probe of German spyware
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 10:24related countries:
GermanyGermany's justice minister calls for an investigation into the state use of controversial computer software that spies on people.
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Ratko Mladic treated in hospital
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 10:28related countries:
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnian Serb war crimes defendant Ratko Mladic is being treated in hospital, with reports suggesting he is suffering from pneumonia.
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West Ham to continue stadium bid
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 10:31related countries:
United KingdomVice-chairman Karren Brady confirms West Ham still want to move to the Olympic Stadium after current negotiations break down.
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Euro bailout fund faces key vote
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 10:34related countries:
SlovakiaSlovakia is to hold a key vote on the eurozone bailout fund shortly, vital both to efforts to combat the debt crisis and the future of the Slovak government.
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Thais race to stop Bangkok floods
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 10:44related countries:
Thailandrelated places: Bangkok
Workers in Thailand race to finish sandbag walls on the outskirts of Bangkok, to try to stop the country's worst floods in years inundating parts of the capital.
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Afghan opium production 'soars'
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 11:08related countries:
AfghanistanOpium production in Afghanistan rises by 61% this year compared with 2010, says the UN, as farmers expand poppy cultivation because of high prices.
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NZ oil spill 'worst in decades'
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 11:12related countries:
New ZealandThe oil leaking from a grounded cargo ship off the New Zealand coast is the country's worst environmental disaster in decades, a minister says.
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UK seeing 'big rise in poverty'
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 11:20related countries:
United KingdomFalling incomes will mean the biggest drop for middle-income families since the 1970s, says a report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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Gates scheme 'helped prevent HIV'
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 12:03related countries:
IndiaAbout 100,000 people in India may have escaped HIV infection over five years because of a scheme funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a study says.
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West Ham Olympic deal collapses
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 12:09related countries:
United Kingdomrelated places: West Ham
The deal to award West Ham football club the Olympic Stadium after the London 2012 Games has collapsed, the government confirms.
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German police find railway bombs
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 12:19related countries:
Germanyrelated places: Berlin
Police in Germany say they have found another explosive device designed to derail trains in the capital, Berlin - the third in two days.
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VIDEO: Thai flood victims queue for meals
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 12:26related countries:
ThailandThe BBC's Rachel Harvey reports from Ayutthaya in Thailand where people have been moving to evacuation shelters to escape the floods that have killed at least 270 people.
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Chinese workers 'more assertive'
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 12:41related countries:
ChinaChina's new-generation workforce is increasingly staging strikes to improve labour conditions, according to a report by a research group.
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Pakistan PM in Balochistan pledge
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 12:46related countries:
PakistanPakistani PM Yousuf Raza Gilani says that development and reconciliation are the only ways to stop militancy in Balochistan province.
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Burma 'to grant prisoner amnesty'
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 13:00related countries:
BurmaBurma says it will grant amnesty to thousands of prisoners but does not say how many are political detainees, amid calls for "prisoners of conscience" to be freed.
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China urges faster Syria reforms
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 13:14related countries:
Syria, ChinaChina calls on Syria to speed up reforms, in a sign it may be losing patience with Bashar al-Assad's regime.
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Pirates seize tanker in Nigeria
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 13:23related countries:
NigeriaPirates seize a tanker and its crew off the Nigerian coast, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) monitoring group says.
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Egypt minister quits over protest
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 13:49related countries:
EgyptEgypt's Finance Minister Hazem el-Beblawi, appointed after the uprising, resigns over the handling of Sunday's bloody protests, officials say.
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UK recovery 'weakest in century'
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 14:05related countries:
United KingdomThe NIESR think-tank says the UK's recovery from recession is likely to be the weakest of any since the end of World War I.
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Ukraine's ex-PM Tymoshenko jailed
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 14:13related countries:
Ukrainerelated places: Kiev
Ukraine's ex-PM Yulia Tymoshenko is jailed for seven years on charges of abuse of power, at the end of trial widely criticised by Western countries.
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Greece and troika in payout deal
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 14:38related countries:
GreeceInternational financial inspectors reach agreement with Greece on reforms to put the nation's troubled economy back on track.
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Shipwreck salvage work condemned
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 14:39related countries:
United KingdomNaval veterans' associations say that salvage work on three British warships is desecrating war graves.
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Italian author wins courage award
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 14:42related countries:
Italyrelated places: Naples
Italian author Roberto Saviano, who has lived in hiding since writing an expose about the Naples mafia, wins an international writer of courage award.
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Saakashvili foe loses citizenship
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 15:11related countries:
GeorgiaGeorgia's authorities strip businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili of citizenship, barring him from creating a party to oppose President Saakashvili in polls.
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Dutch sued over immigrant courses
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 15:46related countries:
Netherlands, 
TurkeyThe Dutch government is facing a huge compensation claim after forcing Turkish immigrants to pay for integration courses.
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Shelling shuts Mogadishu hospital
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 16:04related countries:
Somaliarelated places: Mogadishu
Heavy fighting between government forces and militant Islamists in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, forces the closure of a hospital, an aid group says.
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Three Darfur peacekeepers killed
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 16:14related countries:
SudanThree peacekeepers have been attacked and killed while patrolling in a refugee camp in the Sudanese region of Darfur, officials say.
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VIDEO: Antelope brings down cyclist
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 16:19related countries:
South AfricaDramatic footage has emerged of a South African mountain biker being knocked off his bike by a charging antelope.
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VIDEO: Pakistani designs hit Karachi catwalk
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 16:35related countries:
Pakistanrelated places: Karachi
Karachi hosts Pakistan's fourth fashion week in three years, as the country's clothing design industry grows.
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Live - Euro 2012 qualifiers
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 16:50related countries:
Ireland, 
Armenia, United Kingdom, SpainScotland miss out on a Euro 2012 play-off place after being beaten by Spain, but the Republic of Ireland beat Russia to seal second place in Group B, while Wales see off Bulgaria and Italy stroll past Northern Ireland.
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Iranian actress 'faces 90 lashes'
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 16:58related countries:
Iran, 
AustraliaAustralia voices concern over reports that an Iranian actress has been sentenced to jail and 90 lashes for starring in a film critical of Iran.
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VIDEO: Afghan opium production rising
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 17:04related countries:
AfghanistanAccording to a United Nations report, opium production in Afghanistan has risen by 61% this year compared with 2010.
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VIDEO: Roadside checks as fighters flee Sirte
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 17:18related countries:
LibyaThe head of Libya's interim authority Mustafa Abdel Jalil has appeared in the embattled city Sirte, according to reports.
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Libya NTC head Jalil visits Sirte
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 17:21related countries:
LibyaThe head of Libya's transitional authority visits the Gaddafi stronghold of Sirte, where NTC troops are battling the few remaining loyalists.
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West condemns Tymoshenko jailing
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 17:21related countries:
UkraineThe EU and US condemn the jailing of former Ukraine leader Yulia Tymoshenko on charges dismissed in the West as politically motivated.
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Naval forces rescue hijacked ship
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 18:04related countries:
Somalia, Italy, United KingdomUK and US naval forces have rescued a ship hijacked by Somali pirates after its crew sent an SOS message in a bottle, Italian officials say.
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'Huge' turnout in Liberian poll
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 18:48related countries:
Liberiarelated places: Monrovia
Liberian voters brave heavy rain in large numbers as President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf seeks to defeat her main challenger, Winston Tubman.
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Underwear bomber 'sought to kill'
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 19:06related countries:
NigeriaA Nigerian accused of trying to bomb a plane as it landed in Detroit on Christmas Day 2009 was on a martyrdom mission for al-Qaeda, his trial hears.
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VIDEO: NZ oil spill 'catastrophic'
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 19:08related countries:
New ZealandAn oil spill from a stranded cargo ship off New Zealand has become the country's worst maritime environmental disaster, the government has said.
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99 Cents Only agrees takeover bid
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 19:12related countries:
Canada, United StatesUS bargain retailer 99 Cents Only Stores agrees a takeover bid by a private equity firm and Canadian pension agency worth $1.6bn.
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Uganda MPs suspend all oil deals
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 19:13related countries:
UgandaUganda's parliament orders President Museveni's government to suspend all oil deals amid claims top officials received multi-million dollar bribes.
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VIDEO: Spy tactics cause concern in Germany
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 19:22related countries:
GermanyGermany's justice minister has called for a national and state level probe into the use of controversial computer software to spy on people.
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Republic of Ireland 2-1 Armenia
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 19:53related countries:
Ireland, ArmeniaThe Republic of Ireland secure a Euro 2012 play-off spot as they hold off Armenia in a tense final qualifier.
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Delays 'could kill off NHS bill'
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 20:26related countries:
United KingdomThe government bill overhauling the NHS in England could be scuppered completely if peers vote to delay it further, a health minister has warned.
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Spain 3-1 Scotland
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 20:33related countries:
SpainScotland miss out on a Euro 2012 play-off spot after losing 3-1 to world champions Spain.
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NZ oil spill ship captain charged
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 21:05related countries:
New ZealandThe captain of a container ship that ran aground off the coast of New Zealand and is leaking fuel oil has been arrested and charged, officials say.
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Spanish bank ratings downgraded
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 21:11related countries:
SpainTwo leading credit rating agencies downgrade some of Spain's largest banks, citing a deteriorating outlook for the Spanish economy.
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Slovakia votes down bailout move
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 21:37related countries:
SlovakiaSlovakia's parliament votes against measures to bolster the powers of the eurozone bailout fund, seen as vital in combating the bloc's debt crisis.
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VIDEO: Release deal for Israeli soldier
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 21:57related countries:
IsraelAn Israeli soldier held by Palestinian militants for the past five years will be released in exchange for the freeing of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
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VIDEO: Uncovering child sacrifice in Uganda
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 22:20related countries:
UgandaA BBC investigation has discovered that many cases of child sacrifice in Uganda are not being followed up by the police and little is being done to protect potential victims.
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US disrupts 'Iranian terror plot'
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 22:27related countries:
Israel, 
Saudi Arabia, Iran, United StatesThe US says it has broken up a plot by agents linked to Iran to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington using explosives.
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Prisoner swap deal to free Shalit
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 23:19related countries:
IsraelIsrael and Hamas agree a deal to free hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in return for the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, held captive for five years.
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Alcoa hit by lower metal prices
Tuesday 11th of October 2011, 23:36related countries:
United Statesrelated places: Alcoa
Despite a sharp rise in profits, US aluminium-maker Alcoa announces quarterly results that fall well short of analysts' expectations.
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