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Bird sings song with heavy wings

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 0:02
related countries: United States

Dense wing bones help a tiny South American bird to sing make its unique “wing violin music”, say scientists.
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A Polish village's forgotten Jewish dead

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 0:15
related countries: Poland

How one Polish village ignores its Jewish history
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Swedish manga cartoon translator cleared of child porn

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 0:46
related countries: Sweden

Swedish court struggles with cartoon images of child porn
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Campaigning ends for Greek poll

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 2:41
related countries: Greece

Campaigning in Greece ends ahead of a crucial election on Sunday which could ultimately decide its future in the eurozone.
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Paraguay land clash turns deadly

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 4:04
related countries: Paraguay

At least 16 people die in eastern Paraguay as evictions of landless farmers turn violent, triggering senior resignations.
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Japan PM orders reactor restart

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 5:31
related countries: Japan
related places: Fukushima

Japan is to restart two nuclear reactors - the first to go back online since plants were shut down after the last year's Fukushima crisis.
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VIDEO: Obama ends young migrant deportations

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 5:43
related countries: United States

US President Barack Obama has announced plans to end the deportation of illegal immigrants who came to the US as children.
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VIDEO: Japan PM Noda orders nuclear restart

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 7:21
related countries: Japan
related places: Fukushima

Japan has announced that it will restart two nuclear reactors - the first to go back online since all the country's plants were closed following last year's Fukushima crisis.
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VIDEO: Syria 'lacks willingness' for peace

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 7:25
related countries: Syria

The head of the UN team of observers in Syria says that escalating violence is limiting the mission's ability to operate.
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Woods grabs share of US Open lead

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 7:28
related countries: United States

Tiger Woods maintains his challenge to join fellow Americans Jim Furyk and David Toms in the halfway lead of the 112th US Open at the Olympic Club.
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VIDEO: Mexico's bullet-proof car business boom

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 7:50
related countries: Mexico

Mexico has seen an explosion of violence in recent years as gangs fight over trafficking routes and territories.
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Hodgson lauds Walcott performance

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 7:52
related countries: Sweden

Manager Roy Hodgson says the impact of substitute Theo Walcott was "enormous" in his side's 3-2 victory over Sweden.
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Blanc admits rain worry after win

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 8:36
related countries: Ukraine, France

Coach Laurent Blanc feared that the weather could have scuppered France's game plan in their 2-0 win over Ukraine.
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VIDEO: UK charity to send dentists to Rwanda

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 8:55
related countries: United Kingdom, Rwanda

A British dental charity is about to start work in Rwanda, a country that has only 11 qualified dentists.
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New Zealand 22-19 Ireland

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 9:48
related countries: Ireland, New Zealand
related places: Christchurch

Dan Carter's last-minute drop-goal gives New Zealand a narrow win over Ireland in the second Test in Christchurch.
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China launches woman into space

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 10:42
related countries: China

China sends its first woman into space as 33-year-old fighter pilot Liu Yang is one of three astronauts travelling to the orbiting Tiangong space lab.
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Deadly bus bombing in Pakistan

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 10:45
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Landi Kotal

A car bomb near a marketplace in the north-western Pakistani town of Landi Kotal leaves at least 22 dead, officials say.
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Murdoch 'called Blair over Iraq'

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 10:54
related countries: Iraq

Rupert Murdoch called Tony Blair urging him not to delay the invasion of Iraq, former Number 10 communications chief Alastair Campbell claims in his diaries.
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Australia 25-23 Wales

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 11:51
related countries: Australia, United Kingdom

Mike Harris's dramatic last-gasp penalty in the second Test denies Wales a first win over Australia in Australia for 43 years.
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Nobel 'ended Suu Kyi isolation'

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 12:22
related countries: Norway, Burma

Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi says the Nobel Peace Prize she received in 1991 had given her hope Burma had not been forgotten.
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Uefa takes action against Croatia

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 12:40
related countries: Italy, Croatia

Uefa opens disciplinary proceedings against the Croatian Football Federation following racist chanting during the Italy game.
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A boxer loyal to Cuba's revolution

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 13:44
related countries: Cuba

The boxer who turned down millions to stay in Cuba
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Baghdad car bombings target Shia

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 14:23
related countries: Iraq
related places: Baghdad

Two separate car bomb attacks targeting Shia Muslim pilgrims in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, have killed at least 32 people, officials say.
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Shock British pole for Bautista

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 15:02
related countries: United Kingdom

Spaniard Alvaro Bautista takes pole position at the British MotoGP as Cal Crutchlow misses the session through injury.
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Suicide bomb in key Somali town

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 16:52
related countries: Somalia

A suicide bomber in Somalia attacks a government base in Afgoye, which was captured by pro-government forces last month, causing some casualties.
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South Africa 36-27 England

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 17:00
related countries: United Kingdom

South Africa withstand a brave second-half fightback from England to clinch a series victory in a thrilling encounter in Johannesburg.
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Bell leads England to opening win

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 18:09
related countries: United Kingdom

Ian Bell answers his doubters with a superb hundred as England crush West Indies in the first one-day international at the Rose Bowl.
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UN mission in Syria at crossroads

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 18:24
related countries: Syria

Can serious diplomacy revive the failing plan for Syria?
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Russell Brand hosts Dalai Lama

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 18:24
related countries: United Kingdom

Comedian Russell Brand comperes for the Dalai Lama at the Manchester Arena, as part of the Tibetan spiritual leader's 10-day tour of Britain.
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Saudi Arabia's crown prince dies

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 18:46
related countries: Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud has died, the royal court says, eight months after he became next-in-line to the throne.
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UN observers suspend Syria work

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 18:52
related countries: Syria

UN observers in Syria suspend their activities because of the escalating violence, the head of the UN Stabilisation Mission in Syria says.
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Bell targets more one-day success

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 19:50
related countries: United Kingdom

England batsman Ian Bell says he hopes his match-winning century against West Indies would mark a turning point in his one-day career.
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Greeks urged to respect austerity

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 20:06
related countries: Greece, Germany

Hours before Greeks go to the polls, German Chancellor Angela Merkel urges voters to elect leaders who will stick to austerity measures.
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Czech Republic 1-0 Poland

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 20:40
related countries: Poland, Czech Republic

Petr Jiracek scores the only goal to break Polish hearts and send Czech Republic into the quarter-finals as group winners.
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Radiohead stage fall 'kills one'

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 21:13
related countries: Canada
related places: Toronto

At least one person dies after a stage collapses in Toronto, Canada, ahead of a Radiohead concert, according to local media.
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Greece 1-0 Russia

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 21:26
related countries: Greece, Russia

Giorgos Karagounis scores as Greece produce one of the shocks of Euro 2012 to knock Russia out of the tournament.
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Charges after Paraguay land clash

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 21:36
related countries: Paraguay

Nine landless farmers in Paraguay are charged with murder after a deadly clash between the landless and police trying to evict them from a private property.
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Egypt row as parliament dissolved

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 21:55
related countries: Egypt

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood denounces the dissolution of parliament as a coup against democracy, as the country votes for a new president.
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IOC launches Olympic ticket probe

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 22:22
related countries: United Kingdom

The International Olympic Committee begins an investigation into claims that Olympics officials and agents breached rules on London 2012 ticket sales.
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Slovakia policeman kills three

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 22:45
related countries: Slovakia

A policeman in Slovakia kills three people and wounds two more, thought to be members of a Roma family, reports say.
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France's war in Algeria explored

Saturday 16th of June 2012, 23:36
related countries: France, Algeria
related places: Paris

Paris exhibition explores France's war in Algeria
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