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2012 » May 2012 » May 2nd 2012
United StatesOccupy Wall Street protesters stage rallies from New York to San Francisco, as they call for a US general strike to mark International Workers' Day.
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BurmaThe Burmese opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, is taking her seat in parliament on Wednesday, just over a month after her party won in by-elections.
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Canada, United StatesDisgraced former media mogul Conrad Black will be allowed to live in Canada after he finishes a prison term in the US, government sources say.
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GreeceA growing number of city dwellers in Greece are moving out to the countryside in search of way out of the economic crisis.
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Greenland, 
DenmarkInuit hunters from Greenland have been protesting in the Danish capital Copenhagen over the decision by a major department store to stop selling seal products.
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United StatesToyota's US sales rise 11.6% in April from a year earlier as it continues to regain market share in the world's biggest economy.
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ChinaHillary Clinton arrives in China for talks set to be overshadowed by the fate of a Chinese activist, as state media mentions the case for the first time.
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China, 
MacauWynn Macau, the Chinese arm of Wynn Resorts, gets approval to build a new casino on Macau's Cotai strip.
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BurmaOpposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is sworn in as a member of Burma's parliament, a month after her party's sweeping victory in by-elections.
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United KingdomRoy Hodgson says he was not surprised to be offered the England manager's job by the Football Association.
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SwitzerlandFirst quarter profits at Swiss bank UBS decline 54% because of losses at its investment bank and charges on company debt.
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IrelandA BBC investigation uncovers new claims about the Catholic primate of all-Ireland, Cardinal Sean Brady, and his role in a 1975 clerical sex abuse inquiry.
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Aruba, United KingdomTwo British tourists from Wales have been fined a thousand Australian dollars for stealing a penguin named Dirk from a theme park in Brisbane.
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Italy, 
IndiaIndia's Supreme Court allows an Italian tanker detained since two Italian marines on board killed two Indian fishermen to leave the country.
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NigeriaThe rising popularity of prophecy-making in Nigeria
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West BankA Palestinian female riots police unit deals with female law-breakers in one of the most conservative cities in the West Bank.
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Italy, United StatesAuditors are investigating Italian prosecutors involved in the murder trial of US student Amanda Knox over the cost of a controversial video re-enactment.
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North KoreaJamming signals thought to be from North Korea have affected GPS navigation on at least 250 flights since Saturday, South Korean officials say.
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United KingdomA writer for British comedy The Thick of It criticises BBC America's decision to censor the award-winning political satire.
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AfghanistanAt least seven people, including children, are killed in a suicide bomb attack on a residential compound in the Afghan capital.
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FranceNicolas Sarkozy faces his last chance to swing the French election when he meets Socialist favourite Francois Hollande in their only debate.
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EthiopiaAn imprisoned journalist, who could face the death penalty for criticising Ethiopia's human rights record, is given a prestigious freedom of expression award.
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United StatesCharles 'Skip' Pitts, the US soul and blues guitarist who played on Isaac Hayes' Theme from Shaft, dies in a Memphis hospital at the age of 65.
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GreeceGreece has its government debt rating raised out of default by the credit rating agency Standard & Poor's.
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AustraliaA new and unusual land speed record has been set in Australia - for the fastest motorised toilet.
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GermanyMotorola Mobility is granted a sales ban against the Xbox 360 and Windows 7 in Germany.
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United KingdomAir Commodore Gary Waterfall tells the BBC's Jonathan Beale the RAF is ''ready to respond'' to any threats to security at the London 2012 Olympics.
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Bolivia, 
SpainSpain and the EU criticise Bolivia's nationalisation of a Spanish-owned electric power company, warning it could deter foreign investors.
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NigeriaNigerian Islamist group Boko Haram posts a video saying it is responsible for last week's bombing of a major newspaper and warns other media attacks.
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IsraelThe Israeli military closes an investigation into the killing of 21 members of an extended Palestinian family during its offensive on Gaza in 2009.
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United KingdomEngland seamer James Anderson is given the all-clear following an X-ray on a thumb injury sustained playing for Lancashire.
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SyriaHuman Rights Watch accuses Syrian government forces of committing war crimes in the province of Idlib as the 12 April ceasefire approached.
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Hungary, 
Hong KongHungarian MPs elect Janos Ader as president after his predecessor, Pal Schmitt, resigned last month in a plagiarism scandal.
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Afghanistan, United StatesUS President Obama pledges to "finish the job" on a surprise trip to Afghanistan a year after Osama Bin Laden's death, as seven die in a Kabul blast
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BurundiBurundi's government bans Human Rights Watch from holding a press conference about its report into the escalation of political assassinations.
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Canada, 
JapanThe owner has been found of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle that drifted to Canada after being swept out to sea in the 2011 Japanese tsunami.
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China, United StatesChinese dissident Chen Guangcheng leaves his refuge in the US embassy in Beijing and will stay in China, amid reports his family had been threatened.
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Canada, JapanThe owner of a Harley Davidson swept away by last year's tsunami in Japan is delighted that the motorbike has been found washed up on the Canadian coast.
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IsraelA UN expert says he is appalled by the "continuing human rights violations in Israeli prisons", as Palestinian inmates continue a mass hunger strike.
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AlbaniaA Kosovo court acquits an ethnic Albanian former guerrilla commander and three aides over the torture and killing of Serbs in 1999.
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ItalyUnemployment in the eurozone reached a record high again in March, as joblessness also rose in Italy and Germany.
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EgyptAt least 20 people are killed in Cairo amid an attack on people protesting over the barring of a candidate from presidential polls.
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United KingdomOfcom will not be "rushed into a knee-jerk reaction" in considering whether BSkyB is "fit and proper" to hold a broadcasting licence, the BBC understands.
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United KingdomThe Football Association says a headline in The Sun about England manager Roy Hodgson's manner of speech was "in poor taste".
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PakistanThe University Town area in the north-west Pakistani city of Peshawar is thought by many to remain a haven for militant groups.
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PakistanThe Pakistani Army was not involved in hiding Bin Laden, according to Pakistan's former ambassador to Washington, Husain Haqqani.
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UkraineAustria's government is to boycott Euro 2012 matches in Ukraine amid concern over the treatment of jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko.
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IndiaIndia's ruling Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi visits the site of the Assam ferry disaster as the death toll rises to 108.
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MaliGunfire is heard in Mali's capital Bamako for a third day as junta patrols hunt down soldiers who tried to stage an counter-coup earlier in the week.
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LibyaLibya's NTC lifts its ban on religious parties as Libyans register to vote in June's congressional elections.
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SudanThe UN Security Council passes a resolution threatening sanctions on Sudan and South Sudan if the two nations fail to halt recent violence.
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GhanaA Ghanaian minister blames private universities for high levels of unemployment by flooding the job market with sub-standard graduates.
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China, United StatesChinese dissident Chen Guangcheng says he gave up his refuge in the US embassy in Beijing after Chinese authorities made threats to family members.
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United StatesProsecutors in the US city of Orlando charge 13 over the hazing death of Florida A&M University student Robert Champion, who died on a university bus.
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United KingdomThe News Corporation board says it has "full confidence" in Rupert Murdoch following a highly critical UK parliamentary committee report.
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MexicoAt least 12 people - including two soldiers - are killed in a gunfight between the Mexican army and suspected drug gang members in Sinaloa state.
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United States, ChinaLeading Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng says he left his refuge in the US embassy in Beijing after Chinese authorities made threats to his family.
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United StatesA man who was locked in a tiny cell for five days without water and food tells of drinking his own urine to survive, as drug agents apologise.
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BahrainA rare interview with Bahrain's most famous protester
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SpainReal Madrid seal the Spanish title with a 3-0 win over Athletic Bilbao, while Lionel Messi scores a record 68th goal this season for Barcelona.
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North KoreaThe UN imposes sanctions on three North Korean state-owned companies in response to Pyongyang's failed rocket launch last month.
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United KingdomThe UK economy will return to growth in the second half of 2012, the CBI says, but it has cut its forecast for the year as a whole.
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