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Fresh exodus from Pakistan floods
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:57:36 GMT
Hundreds of thousands of people flee towns and villages threatened by fresh floods in Pakistan's deluged southern Sindh province.
NZ quake 'damaged 100,000 homes'
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:28:08 GMT
Almost two-thirds of the 160,000 homes in and around Christchurch were damaged by Saturday's earthquake, New Zealand's prime minister says.
SA public sector strike suspended
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:14:38 GMT
South African trade unions suspend a nationwide strike which has paralysed schools and hospitals for 20 days.
Spain brands Eta ceasefire 'insufficient'
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:48:02 GMT
The Spanish government says an Eta ceasefire is "insufficient" and calls on the Basque separatist group to renounce violence forever.
Chinese pilots lied about records
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:55:25 GMT
China is checking the qualifications of all its commercial pilots, after it emerged that more than 200 of them lied about their experience.
US to unveil $50bn building plan
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:03:50 GMT
President Barack Obama is expected to call for a new $50bn infrastructure plan on Monday as he bids to find ways to jump-start the US economy.
Suicide attack on Pakistan police
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:02:58 GMT
At least 17 people, including schoolchildren, are killed in a suicide bombing at a police station in north-west Pakistan - the latest in a spate of attacks.
France support for Iran 'adulterer'
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:39:34 GMT
France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner says he will 'do anything' to help save an Iranian woman sentenced to death on an adultery conviction.
Travolta extortion case dismissed
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:30:31 GMT
Charges against two people accused of trying to extort money from actor John Travolta, following the death of his son in the Bahamas, are dropped.
Lebanon PM retracts Syria charge
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:11:59 GMT
Lebanese PM Saad Hariri says he was wrong to accuse Syria of assassinating his father - former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri.
Red Planet 'may not be lifeless'
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:18:12 GMT
Carbon-rich organic molecules, which serve as the building blocks of life, may be present on Mars after all, say scientists.
Malaysia jails 'Lizard King' snake smuggler
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:29:36 GMT
Malaysian wildlife trafficker Anson Wong, nicknamed the "Lizard King", is jailed for trying to smuggle 95 boa constrictors in his luggage.
Colombian confirmed as world's shortest man
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:11:05 GMT
A 70cm (27-inch) tall Colombian is named the world's shortest living man by Guinness World Records.
BP well 'poses no further risk'
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:27:10 GMT
The official in charge of cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill says the well which caused the damage is no longer a risk to the environment.
Tropical storm Earl hits Canada
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:02:43 GMT
Tropical Storm Earl reaches Nova Scotia, on the eastern Canadian coast, with hundreds of thousands of people experiencing power cuts.
Miners' families mark first month
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:15:19 GMT
Relatives of 33 trapped miners in Chile hold a ceremony to mark their first month underground.
Guatemala sees rescue hopes fade
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:48:38 GMT
Guatemalan officials say they have given up hope for dozens buried by mud as they tried to rescue other trapped people.
Vicar jailed for sham marriages
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:31:23 GMT
A Sussex vicar found guilty of carrying out hundreds of sham marriages is jailed for four years.
SA ex-police chief Selebi appeals
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:56:11 GMT
Jackie Selebi, the former South African police chief convicted of taking bribes from a drug dealer, is allowed to appeal against his 15-year jail sentence.
Japan convicts whaling activists
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:54:39 GMT
A court in Japan gives one-year suspended jail sentences to two anti-whaling activists from Greenpeace for stealing whale meat in 2008.
N Korea to free South Korea crew
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:57:44 GMT
North Korea says it will release the crew of a South Korean fishing boat seized in waters east of the Korean peninsula one month ago.
Germany extends nuclear lifespan
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:16:34 GMT
Germany's government agrees to extend the life span of the country's nuclear power plants by an average of 12 years, officials say.
BA boss reveals takeover ambition
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:01:59 GMT
British Airways and Iberia draw up a shortlist of 12 airlines which the firms hope to buy or merge with.
Israel settlement ban 'will end'
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:19:57 GMT
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman vows his party will block any attempt to extend the partial freeze on settlements in the West Bank.
US troops summoned in Iraq attack
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:25:16 GMT
US troops are called in to help Iraqi forces battle insurgents behind a deadly attack on an Iraqi army base in Baghdad, security officials tell the BBC.
Afghan journalist knifed to death
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:56:48 GMT
The body of a prominent Afghan broadcast journalist is found near his home in the capital, Kabul, police say.
Lessons for Mumbai tiffin workers
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:29:12 GMT
Tiffin carriers in the Indian city of Mumbai learn English and basic computer skills to improve their business prospects.
Labour MPs call for hacking probe
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:06:13 GMT
Labour MPs demand the police investigation into alleged phone-hacking by News of the World reporters is reopened, at an urgent Commons session.
Former head jailed for sex abuse
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:14:02 GMT
A former boarding school head teacher is jailed for 21 years for sexually abusing and beating pupils.
Buzz lawsuit to cost Google $8.5m
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:19:46 GMT
Google proposes paying $8.5m (£5.5m) to settle a class-action lawsuit brought over its Buzz social network, launched earlier this year.
Russia signals end to export ban
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:45:58 GMT
Russia's grain export ban will be lifted as soon as it is clear how much has been harvested, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said.
End UK rebate - EU budget chief
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:31:10 GMT
The EU budget commissioner says he sees no grounds for the UK to keep its budget rebate.
Live text - US Open day eight
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:59:21 GMT
Novak Djokovic and Caroline Wozniacki are in action at the US Open, with Svetlana Kuznetsova up first and Roger Federer playing later.
Capello insists Rooney will play
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:09:40 GMT
England manager Fabio Capello insists striker Wayne Rooney will play in the Euro 2012 qualifier away to Switzerland on Tuesday.
Woods set to learn Ryder Cup fate
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:44:43 GMT
Tiger Woods will find out on Tuesday if he has made the United States Ryder Cup team to play Europe at Celtic Manor.
Clooney slays box office rivals
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:45:39 GMT
George Clooney's The American is top film at the North American box office over a lacklustre Labour Day weekend.
American Pie star gets probation
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:04:05 GMT
American Pie actor Chris Klein pleaded no contest to drink-driving following and will serve four years probation.
Hall works tipped to fetch £1.5m
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:48:08 GMT
Contemporary artwork owned by model Jerry Hall are expected to fetch more than £1.5 million when they are sold in October at Sotheby's in London.
India's illegal betting syndicates
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:31:14 GMT
The role of the gambling syndicates that can make millions from the outcome of a single game has been highlighted by the allegation that three Pakistani cricket players were involved in a betting scam.
Life for Roma expelled from France
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:28:48 GMT
Nick Thorpe has been visiting some of the families in western Romania, who were sent back from France.
Clear up begins in parts of Pakistan
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:24:23 GMT
The BBC's Orla Guerin has returned to the Pakistan town of Nowshera, which was one of the first areas to be hit by the rising waters.
Eta ceasefire 'insufficient'
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:55:50 GMT
The Spanish government says an Eta ceasefire is "insufficient" and calls on the Basque separatist group to renounce violence forever.
Hokey cokey world record bid
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:15:59 GMT
They put their right foots in, they put their right foots out and broke the world hokey cokey record.
Further landslides hit Guatemala
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:47:01 GMT
Emergency services in Guatemala say up to 100 people are feared to have been buried by landslides on the main highway linking it with Mexico.
Trapped miners speak to families
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:54:48 GMT
The group of miners in Chile trapped underground for a month have been talking to their families on a video link.
German nuclear reactors to stay
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:15:40 GMT
Politicians and industrialists in Berlin have agreed to extend the life of Germany's nuclear power stations - some of them until 2030 and beyond.
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Fri, 09 Jul 2010 07:56:06 GMT
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Unswung 60s
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:35:37 GMT
What does Mad Men tell us about this most mythologised decade?
Brilliant ideas
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:23:00 GMT
The secrets behind some of the UK's newest inventions
Zero tolerance?
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:20:39 GMT
US Muslims are free but that's not enough, argues Michael Goldfarb
'Just nationalists'
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:56:35 GMT
Economic discontent fuels rise of far-right groups in Mongolia
Cloak and dagger
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:57:31 GMT
How the BBC learned that Eta was calling a ceasefire
Campaign contenders
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:15:09 GMT
Three of the most unusual candidates in Afghanistan's elections
Hero's welcome?
Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:07:42 GMT
Russia's returning spies will find it difficult to adjust
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