Madagascar sentences ex-leader
A Madagascar court sentences ex-leader Marc Ravalomanana in absentia to four years in jail for alleged abuse of office.
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Africa | Wednesday Jun 3
ECB workers in first-ever strike
Staff at the European Central Bank hold their first-ever strike, in a protest over pensions and other benefits.
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Europe | Wednesday Jun 3
Arcandor group needs state aid
The German majority owner of travel firm Thomas Cook warns it could go into administration within weeks until it gets emergency loans from Berlin.
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Europe | Wednesday Jun 3
Obama opens key Mid-East mission
President Barack Obama arrives in the Middle East on a visit aimed at increasing US engagement with the Islamic world.
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Americas | Wednesday Jun 3
Fritzl moved to long-term prison
Josef Fritzl, the Austrian who raped and imprisoned his daughter, is moved to a special prison to serve his life sentence.
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Europe | Wednesday Jun 3
Kuznetsova too strong for Serena
Svetlana Kuznetsova beats second seed Serena Williams and will face Australia's Samantha Stosur in the French Open semi-finals.
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Americas | Wednesday Jun 3
US factory orders increase in May
The number of new orders received by US factories rose in April but March's figure was revised downwards.
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Americas | Wednesday Jun 3
High security on Tiananmen Square
Hong Kong refuses entry to a former leader of the Tiananmen Square movement ahead of the 20th anniversary.
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Asia | Wednesday Jun 3
On the tracks of 'Kim's successor'
Imogen Foulkes reports on the schooling in Switzerland of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's youngest son and possible successor.
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Europe | Wednesday Jun 3
Mystery man
'Future' North Korea leader went to Swiss school
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Europe | Wednesday Jun 3
Bloody Omaha
Memories from the beach that cost thousands of lives
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Europe | Wednesday Jun 3
Al-Qaeda 'kills British hostage'
The British government says it believes a UK citizen has been killed by al-Qaeda in North Africa.
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Africa | Wednesday Jun 3
Should the state limit religion?
A bill in Rwanda is under review. It requires potential religious leaders to be graduates. Is this right?
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Africa | Wednesday Jun 3
Simpson's view
How Tiananmen taboo betrays China nervousness
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Asia | Wednesday Jun 3
Ayegbeni nearing Everton comeback
Everton striker Yakubu Ayegbeni believes he should be fit and ready when the new season starts in August.
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Africa | Wednesday Jun 3
Spirit world
Pictures of Nigeria's secretive festival masquerades
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Africa | Wednesday Jun 3
Washington diary
Matt Frei on why the Obamas are good for business
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Americas | Wednesday Jun 3
New poll in prospect for Moldova
Moldova faces a new general election after the parliament failed to elect a president for a second time.
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Europe | Wednesday Jun 3
Senegal approves new post of VP
Senegalese MPs approved a bill to create the new post of vice-president, leading to speculation the president is grooming his son as a successor.
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Africa | Wednesday Jun 3
Starbucks wins appeal over tips
Starbucks is told it does not need to repay millions of dollars to junior staff who had to share their tips with supervisors.
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Americas | Wednesday Jun 3
Mauritania rivals agree to polls
Rival parties in Mauritania agree to postpone Saturday's presidential election, following August's coup, until July.
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Africa | Wednesday Jun 3
Australia's oldest man dies at 110
Jack Ross, Australia's oldest man - and the country's last surviving veteran of World War I - has died in his sleep at the age of 110.
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Asia | Wednesday Jun 3
US in nuclear disclosure blunder
A document listing confidential US nuclear information is withdrawn after being wrongly posted on a government website.
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Americas | Wednesday Jun 3
Spicing up politics
Colourful characters woo Europe's disgruntled voters
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Europe | Wednesday Jun 3
Australia able to avoid recession
Australia's economy has avoided falling into a recession after its economy grew 0.4% in the first three months of 2009.
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Asia | Wednesday Jun 3
Opposition win Greenland election
The left-wing opposition wins Greenland's landmark elections, ousting the ruling Social Democrats.
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Europe | Wednesday Jun 3
Guantanamo Yemeni 'kills himself'
A Yemeni inmate dies in an apparent suicide at the US Guantanamo Bay detention facility, the US military says.
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Americas | Wednesday Jun 3
Chinese pigs offer stem cell hope
Chinese scientists give cells from adult pigs the ability to turn into any human tissue, just like embryonic stem cells.
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Asia | Wednesday Jun 3
E-mail from hell
Mogadishu resident tells of mayhem devouring capital
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Africa | Tuesday Jun 2
Hummer to be sold to Chinese firm
General Motors is to sell its Hummer brand to China's Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery.
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Americas | Tuesday Jun 2
Nigeria give France the blues
The Super Eagles put their controversial draw with the Republic of Ireland behind them to secure a morale boosting 1-0 win over France in St Etienne.
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Africa | Tuesday Jun 2
Man charged in US doctor killing
A man is charged with the murder of a prominent abortion doctor shot dead during a church service in Kansas in the US.
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Americas | Tuesday Jun 2
US invites Iran to 4 July events
The US is to invite Iranian diplomats to Independence Day events at embassies worldwide for the first time since 1980.
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Americas | Tuesday Jun 2
Hate crime
Venezuelan transsexuals face rising violence
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Americas | Tuesday Jun 2
UK home secretary 'to step down'
Jacqui Smith is to stand down as the UK's home secretary in a cabinet reshuffle expected in the next week, sources say.
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Europe | Tuesday Jun 2
Fake Rockefeller 'wanted custody'
A man accused of posing as a Rockefeller oil heir threatened to take sole custody of his daughter before an alleged kidnap, a court hears.
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Americas | Tuesday Jun 2
Ukraine bank explosion injures 22
An explosion at a bank in southern Ukraine has left at least 22 people injured, officials say.
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Europe | Tuesday Jun 2
Ancient Jerusalem stone returned
An US man returns 21-kg chunk of medieval pillar that he took from Jerusalem's Old City 12 years ago.
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Americas | Tuesday Jun 2
Ford market share grows in the US
Ford, the only big US car makers not to have gone bankrupt, reports its market share in May was the highest since 2006.
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Americas | Tuesday Jun 2
Plane searchers spot ocean debris
Brazilian planes searching the Atlantic for a lost French airliner spot a seat and other debris but they cannot yet be identified.
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Americas | Tuesday Jun 2
Award for jailed Azeri journalist
Jailed Azerbaijani editor Eynulla Fatullayev receives Amnesty International's award for journalism under threat.
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Europe | Tuesday Jun 2
EU 'to back plan to save Gdansk'
The EU's competition commissioner says she is confident it will approve a plan to save Poland's historic Gdansk shipyard.
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Europe | Tuesday Jun 2
Eyes right
Rural appeal of Hungarian nationalism
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Europe | Tuesday Jun 2
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