Setback for Nigerian UK hostage
Nigerian militants say a British oil worker held captive since last year whom they were preparing to release will not now be freed.
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Africa | Monday Jun 1
Man held over Paris hotel death
A 39-year-old man is arrested in connection with the death of Kinga Legg, a businesswoman found battered to death in a Paris hotel.
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Europe | Monday Jun 1
Salvador leftist leader sworn in
A left-wing former television journalist, Mauricio Funes, has been sworn-in as president of El Salvador.
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Americas | Monday Jun 1
French plane lost in Atlantic storm
France says it is unlikely anyone on board a plane carrying 228 people which vanished en route from Brazil has survived.
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Europe | Monday Jun 1
Markets up on good economic news
Encouraging economic data from China, the US and the UK sends stock markets rising around the world.
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Americas | Monday Jun 1
French plane lost in ocean storm
France says it is unlikely anyone on board a plane carrying 228 people which vanished en route from Brazil has survived.
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Americas | Monday Jun 1
GM in bankruptcy protection move
Car giant General Motors files for bankruptcy protection, the biggest industrial failure in US corporate history.
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Americas | Monday Jun 1
South Africa announce Lions squad
South Africa name two uncapped players in their 28-man squad to face the British and Irish Lions.
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Africa | Monday Jun 1
South African miners die in blaze
Thirty-six illegal miners are killed in an underground fire at a disused mine in South Africa.
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Africa | Monday Jun 1
Man held over US doctor death
Police in the US state of Kansas continue to question a man held in connection with the killing of a prominent abortion doctor.
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Americas | Monday Jun 1
Man quizzed over US doctor death
Police in the US state of Kansas continue to question a man held in connection with the killing of a prominent abortion doctor.
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Americas | Monday Jun 1
Federer survives five-set battle
Roger Federer keeps alive his dream of a first French Open title by fighting back from two sets down to beat unseeded Tommy Haas and reach the last eight.
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Europe | Monday Jun 1
Nigeria retakes control of Nitel
The Nigerian government takes back control of the country's former telecoms monopoly Nitel, citing a lack of investment and unpaid debts.
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Africa | Monday Jun 1
Finland charges Rwandan suspect
Finland charges a former preacher at a Baptist church in Rwanda with genocide for his alleged role in the 1994 killings.
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Europe | Monday Jun 1
Proud Europeans
Italians want more EU action to tackle illegal immigration
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Europe | Monday Jun 1
Canadian economy in sharp decline
Canada's economy contracted 5.4% in the first three months of this year, the fastest rate of decline since 1991, official data shows.
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Americas | Monday Jun 1
Separatists in S Ossetia poll win
Parties loyal to the leader of South Ossetia win the first election there since last year's war between Georgia and Russia.
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Europe | Monday Jun 1
Talent star Boyle taken to clinic
A woman who shot to fame in a British TV talent show is in a private clinic after being assessed under the Mental Health Act.
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Europe | Monday Jun 1
Suspect held over Croatia killing
A key suspect in the killing of a newspaper editor in Croatia has been arrested in Belgrade, Serbia's interior minister says.
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Europe | Monday Jun 1
Is vegetarianism 'unAfrican'?
Traditionalists claim vegetarianism causes impotence. Would you give up meat?
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Africa | Monday Jun 1
Is vegetarianism unafrican?
Traditionalists claim vegetarianism causes impotence. Would you give up meat?
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Africa | Monday Jun 1
US consumers cut back on spending
US consumer spending falls for the second month in a row in April, despite an increase in personal income levels.
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Americas | Monday Jun 1
Oil prices reach seven month-high
Oil continues its rally, rising above $67 for the first time since November on sustained hopes for a global economic recovery.
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Americas | Monday Jun 1
Death of a doctor
Slain US abortionist was a hero to some a villain to others
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Americas | Monday Jun 1
Vandals daub paint on Rome museum
Vandals splash paint onto a controversial modern museum in Rome housing the 2,000-year-old Ara Pacis altar.
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Europe | Monday Jun 1
Ancelotti appointed Chelsea boss
Former AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti is appointed Chelsea manager on a three-year deal.
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Europe | Monday Jun 1
Roadside bomb kills Somali police
At least five Somali policemen are killed in a roadside bomb blast in Mogadishu, while the government retakes a police station.
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Africa | Monday Jun 1
Fiat to acquire Chrysler assets
US car group Chrysler secures court approval for a consortium led by Italy's Fiat to take over its assets.
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Americas | Monday Jun 1
UK trial over China PM 'shoe attack'
A student accused of throwing a shoe at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at Cambridge University went beyond "lawful" protest, prosecutors say.
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Asia | Monday Jun 1
N Korea 'prepares missile launch'
North Korea is moving closer towards launching another long-range missile, despite international concern.
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Asia | Monday Jun 1
Eurozone sees contraction ease
Factory production in the eurozone contracted more slowly in May than expected, a key survey suggests.
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Europe | Monday Jun 1
HK cardinal criticises Beijing
Hong Kong's Cardinal Zen, an adviser to the Pope, says China should reassess its verdict on the Tiananmen massacre.
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Asia | Monday Jun 1
Bulgaria Survivor contestant dies
A contestant on the Bulgarian version of the Survivor programme has died of a heart attack during filming in the Philippines.
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Europe | Monday Jun 1
US deaths in Iraq rise sharply in May
US military confirms 24 service personnel were killed in Iraq in May, the highest total since September 2008.
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Americas | Monday Jun 1
Nigerians 'to release UK hostage'
Nigerian militants say they will release Matthew Maguire, a British hostage held for almost nine months, as it is his birthday.
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Africa | Monday Jun 1
Drogba to accept punishment
Chelsea's Didier Drogba says he will accept any punishment handed to him by Uefa following his actions after their Champions League exit to Barcelona.
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Africa | Monday Jun 1
Fifa hands Nigeria ultimatum
Fifa sets Nigeria a deadline of 11 June to commit to hosting the under-17 World Cup or face forfeiting the tournament.
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Africa | Monday Jun 1
Snake-bite chicken 'off the menu'
An outcry from China's internet community may force the end of a dish made from chickens killed by poisonous snakes.
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Asia | Monday Jun 1
Cloudspotters
Has a new kind of cloud been spotted in our skies?
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Asia | Monday Jun 1
Geithner assures China investors
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner tells China's government its huge investments in the US are "very safe".
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Americas | Monday Jun 1
Best candidate?
Is Ancelotti right for Chelsea?
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Europe | Monday Jun 1
Minister in Jamaica crime gaffe
Jamaica's security minister withdraws a remark that people killed by police are collateral damage in the war on crime.
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Americas | Monday Jun 1
Niger leader's poll bid condemned
Trade unions urge Niger's President Mamadou Tandja to scrap plans to hold a referendum allowing him to seek a third term.
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Africa | Monday Jun 1
Guinea-Bissau's first leader dies
The first post-independence President of Guinea-Bissau, Luis Cabral, dies in Portugal's capital, Lisbon, aged 78.
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Africa | Monday Jun 1
Aborigine town camp seizure move
The Australian government says it is preparing to seize control of run-down settlements in Alice Springs, known as town camps.
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Asia | Monday Jun 1
Australia swine flu ship cleared
Almost 2,000 passengers disembark in Sydney from a cruise ship at the centre of a swine flu outbreak in Australia.
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Asia | Monday Jun 1
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