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Pinera sworn in as new quake hits [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:22:41 GMT]
Sebastian Pinera is sworn in as president of quake-hit Chile, as a 6.9-magnitude aftershock strikes the centre of the country.
Iraq results point to tight race [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:38:37 GMT]
First results from Iraq's election suggest a tight contest may be developing between PM Nouri Maliki and main rival Iyad Allawi.
Web censure 'curbs human rights' [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:50:22 GMT]
Freedom of expression on the web has been curtailed in 2009, the US state department says in its annual human rights report.
Turkey and Sweden in genocide row [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:26:20 GMT]
Turkey withdraws its ambassador to Sweden after the parliament votes to describe as genocide the killing of Armenians in WWI.
Russians jailed over race murder [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:01:41 GMT]
Nine members of a Russian white supremacist group are jailed for up to 22 years in connection with the killing of an African man.
Drogba is African Footballer of Year [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:35:16 GMT]
Ivory Coast and Chelsea striker Didier Drogba is named African Footballer of the Year.
Greeks stage fresh general strike [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:32:47 GMT]
Greek public and transport services grind to a halt and clashes break out during a third strike over austerity measures.
Biden tries to ease Mid-East row [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:36:47 GMT]
US Vice-President Joe Biden says Middle East peace talks must resume, despite a row over Israeli settlement plans.
Pink Floyd win EMI court ruling [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:52:45 GMT]
Rock legends Pink Floyd win a court battle with record label EMI over online royalties and how their music is sold online.
US school prom axed as lesbian student asks to bring girlfriend [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:56:24 GMT]
A student at a high school in Mississippi says the school board cancelled her school's prom rather than let her attend it with her lesbian girlfriend
Scientists crack mystery of half-cock chicken [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:08:39 GMT]
Researchers in Edinburgh say they have solved the mystery of why some chickens hatch out half-male and half-female.
Liverpool sunk by late Lille goal [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:10:27 GMT]
Liverpool face an uphill task to progress from the last 16 of the Europa League after Eden Hazard's goal gives a lively Lille side a 1-0 first-leg lead.
England to make late Broad call [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:34:48 GMT]
England will make a last-minute call on the fitness of Stuart Broad for the first Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong.
Can US broker Middle East peace? [Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:24:35 GMT]
Joe Biden is in the region to encourage talks between the Palestinians and Israel. What can be achieved?
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It's quiz time! [Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:11:31 GMT]
What do humans and bonobos have in common?
Bosnian fallout [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:00:21 GMT]
Pressure on UK after arrest of ex-Bosnian president
Between friends [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:59:47 GMT]
US and Israel dodge settlement confrontation
Net billionaires [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:47:43 GMT]
Who has profited from the web's biggest sites?
Parched island [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:22:16 GMT]
Politicians look away as Cyprus dies of drought
'Jihad Jane' [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:06:58 GMT]
Profile of Colleen LaRose, charged with terror offences
New York banking gains on London [Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:01:22 GMT]
New York and London have been ranked as the joint-top global financial centres according to new research.
Obama urges China action on yuan [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:55:09 GMT]
US President Barack Obama has urged China to change its currency strategy to help re-balance the global economy.
HSBC in huge Swiss data theft [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:02:22 GMT]
About 24,000 clients of HSBC's private banking operation in Switzerland had personal details stolen, the bank admits.
'Console killer' launches in June [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:19:37 GMT]
A gaming service that aims to kill off the traditional gaming console will begin streaming games over the net in June this year.
Telegraph poles to take broadband [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:20:25 GMT]
Virgin Media has begun trials of technology to deliver high-speed fibre-optic broadband over telegraph poles in the UK.
Tories pledge 'fastest broadband' [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:34:53 GMT]
The Conservatives say they will make Britain the first country in Europe to have widespread super-fast broadband.
Corey Haim was 'tormented soul' [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:12:00 GMT]
Lost Boys actor Corey Haim was a "tormented soul", his friend and fellow actor Corey Feldman says.
Taio Cruz scales Billboard chart [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:02:55 GMT]
R&B star Taio Cruz sets the record for the biggest jump to the top of US Billboard Hot 100 for an act's first charting single.
Thalidomide effect mystery solved [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:45:27 GMT]
The mechanism by which thalidomide causes malformed limbs is revealed by scientists.
Scientists to review climate body [Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:06:03 GMT]
The UN secretary general asks the world's leading science academies to review the UN's climate science body.
Blood pressure spike 'stroke key' [Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:02:40 GMT]
Fluctuations in blood pressure could be more important than high readings as a warning sign for stroke, say researchers.
Nigeria women protest at killings [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:53:47 GMT]
Hundreds of Nigerian women protest over last week's violence near Jos, where women and children were massacred.
Gambia row over wave of arrests [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:17:44 GMT]
An opposition leader criticises a wave of arrests in The Gambia, saying detainees do not know why they are being held.
Mexican shakes up world rich list [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:39:49 GMT]
Mexican Carlos Slim overtakes Bill Gates as the world's richest man, according to the Forbes "rich list", with a fortune of $53.5bn.
Lula criticised for Cuba comment [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:42:48 GMT]
Brazil's President Lula is criticised for comments that appear to compare Cuban dissidents on hunger strike to common criminals.
Burma annuls 1990 Suu Kyi poll win [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:25:32 GMT]
Burma's leaders formally annul the National League for Democracy's 1990 election win, as more details of new poll laws emerge.
Japan protest over tuna ban plan [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:46:45 GMT]
Japan voices opposition to a proposed ban on international trade in bluefin tuna, after the EU backs the plan.
Ukraine president forms coalition [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:11:16 GMT]
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych secures a coalition in parliament and one of his loyalists is confirmed as PM.
Extradition for Auschwitz suspect [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:26:04 GMT]
A Stockholm court rules a Swedish man can be extradited to Poland for trial over the theft of a sign from Auschwitz.
Hamas releases British journalist [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:41:48 GMT]
Hamas releases a British journalist it had held for a month in Gaza, saying at a news conference that it suspects him of being a spy.
Deadly clashes in southern Yemen [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:12:53 GMT]
At least one person is killed in clashes between police and separatists in southern Yemen.
Afghan plea for 'no proxy wars' [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:47:30 GMT]
Afghanistan does not want other countries' "proxy wars" fought on its soil, President Hamid Karzai says in Islamabad.
Sri Lanka general trial date set [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:45:39 GMT]
Defeated Sri Lankan presidential candidate Gen Sarath Fonseka is to be put on military trial next week, officials say.
Four deny charges over expenses [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:09:09 GMT]
Three MPs and a peer tell a court they are not guilty of charges of false accounting in relation to their expenses claims.
High-speed rail plans announced [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:51:23 GMT]
Plans for a new high-speed rail line between London and Birmingham are announced by Transport Secretary Lord Adonis.
'No giveaway Budget' says Darling [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:05:35 GMT]
The Chancellor Alistair Darling warns not to expect a "giveaway" when the Budget is announced later this month.
Anguish for kidnap boy's family [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:06:02 GMT]
Relatives of kidnapped five-year-old Sahil Saeed speak of their anguish as reports of his release turn out to be false.
Crackdown call over school cheats [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:57:00 GMT]
A report into parents who cheat to get their child into a school calls for whistleblowing hotlines to be set up.
James Bulger's mother meets Straw [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:59:13 GMT]
Justice Secretary Jack Straw meets the mother of murdered toddler James Bulger to discuss the return to prison of one of her son's killers.
