Major pollution
Peruvian smelter problem nears conclusion
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Americas | Friday Jun 5
Liberia aid workers 'stole $1m'
World Vision in Liberia says only 9% of its food aid reached beneficiaries, as three workers are charged with fraud.
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Africa | Friday Jun 5
N Korea offers talks with South
North Korea offers to reopen talks with the South about a jointly-run industrial zone on the border between the two.
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Asia | Friday Jun 5
Rio Tinto scraps China firm deal
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto scraps a deal with China's Chinalco in favour of a tie-up with rival BHP Billiton.
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Asia | Friday Jun 5
'Utter regret' for French murders
The probation officer whose team supervised killer Dano Sonnex speaks of his "utter regret" at the murders of two French students.
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Europe | Friday Jun 5
Scuba man jailed for wife's death
A US man whose wife died on a scuba honeymoon in Australia is jailed after pleading guilty to manslaughter.
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Asia | Friday Jun 5
US scuba man jailed over death
A US man whose wife died on a scuba honeymoon in Australia is jailed after pleading guilty to manslaughter.
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Americas | Friday Jun 5
US scuba man jailed for bride's death
A US man whose wife died on a scuba honeymoon in Australia is jailed after pleading guilty to manslaughter.
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Americas | Friday Jun 5
Bus fire kills 25 in Chinese city
A bus fire in the central Chinese city of Chengdu kills at least 25 people and wounds 78, state media reports.
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Asia | Friday Jun 5
Red Cross concerned for hostage
A day after a Sri Lankan hostage was freed in the Philippines, the Red Cross expresses concern for its staff member held for five months in Jolo.
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Asia | Friday Jun 5
Deal to end crisis in Mauritania
Mauritania's junta and the opposition sign a deal to end a political crisis following last year's coup.
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Africa | Friday Jun 5
In pictures
Mali women show true colours making clothes to dye for
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Africa | Thursday Jun 4
Media crackdown
How China's press reported the Tiananmen killings
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Asia | Thursday Jun 4
Canada ruled on Sudan 'suspect'
A Canadian court orders the government to allow the return of an al-Qaeda suspect, who has spent the last six years in Sudan.
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Africa | Thursday Jun 4
Canada decides on Sudan 'suspect'
A Canadian court orders the government to allow the return of an al-Qaeda suspect, who has spent the last six years in Sudan.
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Americas | Thursday Jun 4
Chavez to seize chemical projects
Venezuela prepares to nationalise petrochemical projects as part of Hugo Chavez's campaign to reduce the private sector.
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Americas | Thursday Jun 4
Cuba welcomes OAS vote result
Cuba's parliament speaker Ricardo Alarcon praises a decision by the Organisation of American States to lift the 1962 ban on Cuban membership.
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Americas | Thursday Jun 4
Fraud charge for financier
The founder of Countrywide Financial, at the centre of the US sub-prime mortgage crisis, is charged with fraud.
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Americas | Thursday Jun 4
Fraud charge for Countrywide boss
The founder of Countrywide Financial, at the centre of the US sub-prime mortgage crisis, is charged with fraud.
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Americas | Thursday Jun 4
Chilean singer Jara is exhumed
Officials in Chile have exhumed the body of the popular singer, Victor Jara, who was killed shortly after the military coup in 1973.
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Americas | Thursday Jun 4
Liverpool FC owners lose £42.6m
Auditors warn about the amount of refinancing needed by Liverpool's US owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett.
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Americas | Thursday Jun 4
Kill Bill star dead in Thailand
Kill Bill and Kung Fu star David Carradine has been found dead in a Bangkok hotel room at the age of 72.
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Asia | Thursday Jun 4
Actor Carradine found dead
Kill Bill and Kung Fu star David Carradine has been found dead in a Bangkok hotel room at the age of 72.
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Americas | Thursday Jun 4
Hong Kong holds Tiananmen vigil
A vigil commemorating 20 years since the Tiananmen massacre is held in Hong Kong, the only part of China to mark the event.
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Asia | Thursday Jun 4
Air France jet debris recovered
Brazilian ships start recovering debris from the plane lost over the Atlantic three days ago, an official says.
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Americas | Thursday Jun 4
French student murderers get life
Two men are jailed for life for the "sadistic" murder of two French students in London, as a series of probation blunders are revealed.
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Europe | Thursday Jun 4
Outcry as 'sad' Mafia boss freed
An Italian senator demands the government intervene as a convicted Mafia boss is freed from jail because he was suffering from depression.
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Europe | Thursday Jun 4
Obama reaches out to Muslims
President Barack Obama calls for a new beginning in US relations with the Muslim world in a keynote speech in Egypt.
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Asia | Thursday Jun 4
Obama reaches out to Muslim world
President Barack Obama calls for a new beginning in US relations with the Muslim world in a keynote speech in Egypt.
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Asia | Thursday Jun 4
Obama urges end to Islam discord
President Barack Obama calls for a new beginning in US relations with the Muslim world in a keynote speech in Egypt.
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Americas | Thursday Jun 4
Kuznetsova sets up Safina final
Svetlana Kuznetsova overcomes a wobble to see off Sam Stosur and book an all-Russian French Open final against top seed Dinara Safina.
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Europe | Thursday Jun 4
Spain awarded shipwreck treasure
A deep sea treasure-hunting firm is ordered by a US judge to hand a haul of coins to the Spanish government.
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Europe | Thursday Jun 4
US judge awards Spain wreck's treasure
A deep sea treasure-hunting firm is ordered by a US judge to hand a haul of coins to the Spanish government.
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Americas | Thursday Jun 4
Ireland orders 'will pay more' to victims
The representatives of 18 religious orders named in the Ryan report into child abuse say they will make further substantial compensation payments to victims.
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Europe | Thursday Jun 4
Doubt over Rio Tinto China deal
Shares in Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto fall on speculation it is going to walk away from a $19.5bn deal with China's Chinalco.
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Asia | Thursday Jun 4
Ethiopia admits Somalia presence
Ethiopia says it has "reconnaissance missions" in Somalia but denies it is re-deploying its troops there.
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Africa | Thursday Jun 4
Cricket: Symonds axed from squad
Controversial all-rounder Andrew Symonds will miss the ICC World Twenty20 for disciplinary reasons as Australia call up Cameron White to replace him.
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Asia | Thursday Jun 4
Tsvangirai: acrimony over
Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai tells the BBC the "acrimony is over" between him and President Robert Mugabe.
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Africa | Thursday Jun 4
Tsvangirai: Mugabe acrimony over
Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai tells the BBC the "acrimony is over" between him and President Robert Mugabe.
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Africa | Thursday Jun 4
Warning on eurozone economy dip
The European Central Bank says the eurozone economy could shrink by more than 5% in 2009, worse than previously forecast.
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Europe | Thursday Jun 4
Poles remember historic 1989 vote
Poland marks the 20th anniversary of the elections that led to the formation of the first non-communist government in the former Soviet bloc.
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Europe | Thursday Jun 4
Indonesia email case sparks fury
The case of a mother sued by a hospital over her email complaints about her medical treatment arouses anger in Indonesia.
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Asia | Thursday Jun 4
Circus chief to be space tourist
The founder of Cirque du Soleil, the circus performance group, is set to become Canada's first space tourist in September.
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Americas | Thursday Jun 4
Morris left out of Bafana squad
Defender Nasief Morris is dropped from South Africa's Confederations Cup squad because of his 'attitude'.
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Africa | Thursday Jun 4
What Obama said
Paul Reynolds reads Cairo speech point by point
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Americas | Thursday Jun 4
Tiananmen in anniversary lockdown
Hong Kong refuses entry to a former leader of the Tiananmen Square movement ahead of the 20th anniversary.
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Americas | Thursday Jun 4
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