| Japan renews sanctions on N Korea
April 9, 2009 at 10:20 pm
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|  Japan's government decides to renew sanctions against North Korea for another year over its recent rocket launch. |
| Fiji president takes over power
April 9, 2009 at 10:11 pm
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|  Fijian President Ratu Josefa Iloilo takes power and suspends the constitution, a day after judges ruled the government unlawful. |
| Campbell storms into Masters lead
April 9, 2009 at 9:27 pm
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|  Chad Campbell heads the Masters on seven under, but Tiger Woods is lurking in the background after day one at Augusta. |
| Teachers to vote on Sats boycott
April 9, 2009 at 9:00 pm
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|  Teachers are preparing to vote on a proposal to boycott of tests for children aged seven and 11 in England. |
| Bolivian leader on hunger strike
April 9, 2009 at 8:57 pm
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|  Bolivian President Evo Morales says he will refuse to eat until the upper house of parliament passes a new electoral law. |
| US to boost Africa pirate forces
April 9, 2009 at 8:47 pm
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|  The US prepares to increase its military presence off Somalia to tackle pirates holding a US captain for ransom. |
| Banks drive US stocks up sharply
April 9, 2009 at 7:31 pm
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|  Big gains in banking stocks push Wall Street sharply higher after a major US bank said it would make record profits this quarter. |
| Obama seeks extra funds for wars
April 9, 2009 at 7:20 pm
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|  Barack Obama asks Congress for the last planned round of extra funds for Afghanistan and Iraq operations. |
| Georgians protest into the night
April 9, 2009 at 6:35 pm
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|  Hundreds of people sit out in the Georgian capital Tbilisi into the night after a mass rally against President Mikhail Saakashvili. |
| Unhappy Adriano plans sabbatical
April 9, 2009 at 6:33 pm
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|  Brazil and Inter Milan striker Adriano is to take a break from football and "rethink his career". |
| G20 police officer is suspended
April 9, 2009 at 4:13 pm
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|  The officer captured on video apparently pushing a man during the G20 protests in London has been suspended, police say. |
| CIA shuts down its secret prisons
April 9, 2009 at 4:10 pm
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| | The CIA announces that it is no longer operating its network of secret prisons, accused by critics of being used as torture centres. |
| US hijack ship 'sails for Kenya'
April 9, 2009 at 4:02 pm
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| | The hijacked ship freed by its crew reportedly sets sail for Kenya, but its US captain remains a hostage on a lifeboat. |
| UK leader urges Pakistan action
April 9, 2009 at 2:54 pm
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|  Gordon Brown says Pakistan needs to do more to root out terrorism after police thwart a suspected al-Qaeda bomb plot. |
| Live text - Uefa Cup
April 9, 2009 at 2:08 pm
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|  Man City take on Hamburg in the first leg of their Uefa Cup quarter-final. |
| Huge rallies spark Thai shutdown
April 9, 2009 at 1:30 pm
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|  Thailand declares a public holiday to help security forces deal with mass anti-government protests in Bangkok. |
| It's quiz time!
April 9, 2009 at 1:16 pm
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| | McCartney: With love from me - to who? |
| Chad captures rogue legionnaire
April 9, 2009 at 12:29 pm
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|  Security forces in Chad arrest a French Foreign Legion soldier who is accused of killing four people including a UN peacekeeper. |
| 130 years old?
April 9, 2009 at 12:10 pm
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| | Kazakh woman who can remember the tsar and Lenin |
| EU woos young voters through MTV
April 9, 2009 at 10:55 am
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|  Elections can be funky - that appears to be the message of an EU campaign using the MTV channels to stir interest among young Europeans. |
| Tin can conflict
April 9, 2009 at 10:38 am
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|  Congo's rebels and the cans in your cupboard |
| Wells Fargo expects record profit
April 9, 2009 at 10:12 am
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|  US bank Wells Fargo is bucking the recession, announcing it expects a record net profit for the first quarter of 2009. |
| Bank keeps interest rates at 0.5%
April 9, 2009 at 8:46 am
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|  The Bank of England keeps interest rates on hold after cuts in recent months, and continues to pump cash into the economy. |
| Horror revealed
April 9, 2009 at 8:43 am
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|  Regretful Kosovans reveal KLA role in murder and torture |
| Armstrong accused of test breach
April 9, 2009 at 8:28 am
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|  Cycling legend Lance Armstrong could face punishment from the French anti-doping agency (AFLD) over claims he violated its strict drugs testing rules. |
| Albino African seeks Spain asylum
April 9, 2009 at 8:22 am
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|  The Spanish government considers an asylum request from an albino African who fears he might be killed if sent home. |
| Loss of hope
April 9, 2009 at 8:14 am
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| | Little escape or progress in Gaza aftermath |
| Live text - The Masters
April 9, 2009 at 7:50 am
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|  England's Ross Fisher is among the early leaders after the 73rd Masters gets under way amid perfect conditions at Augusta. |
| Day in pictures
April 9, 2009 at 7:40 am
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|  Eye-catching images from around the world |
| A cardboard box cooker wins top prize in an environmental competition
April 9, 2009 at 7:30 am
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|  A solar cooker made from a cardboard bol wins a competition for bright environmental ideas. |
| Good as gold: Signs of a new gold rush in the US
April 9, 2009 at 7:25 am
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|  There are tentative signs of a new gold rush in the US, according to the Gold Prospectors of America Association. |
| Shia crowds decry US role in Iraq
April 9, 2009 at 7:16 am
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|  Supporters of Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr rally in Baghdad against the US presence in Iraq, six years after the fall of Saddam Hussein. |
| Balloon telescope's star vision
April 9, 2009 at 7:07 am
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|  The "baby-boomer Universe" is seen in unprecedented detail by a telescope slung beneath a balloon. |
| Row threatens Khmer Rouge trials
April 9, 2009 at 7:03 am
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|  The UN-backed Khmer Rouge war crimes tribunal in Cambodia is in doubt after deadlocked talks over funding and alleged corruption. |
| Washington diary
April 9, 2009 at 6:50 am
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| | Matt Frei on the emotional anchors of US cable news |
| Gospel father 'Pop' Winans dies
April 9, 2009 at 6:43 am
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|  David 'Pop' Winans Sr, patriarch of the award-winning gospel music family, has died in Tennessee at the age of 74. |
| Conficker begins stealthy update
April 9, 2009 at 6:32 am
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|  The Conficker virus is updating infected machines with a mystery package of data. |
| Kendall's Insight
April 9, 2009 at 6:09 am
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|  The foreign policy faultlines behind Obama's magic |
| Dead mayor is re-elected by voters in a US town
April 9, 2009 at 5:41 am
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|  Voters in the Missouri town of Winfield re-elect their popular mayor to a fourth term, weeks after his death from a heart attack. |
| Italy extends quake rescue effort
April 9, 2009 at 5:34 am
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|  The Italian government extends by two days the search for survivors of Monday's earthquake in the Abruzzo region. |
| 'Good' baby fat keeps adults slim
April 9, 2009 at 5:08 am
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|  Adults who retain their 'good' baby fat may be buffered against obesity and type 2 diabetes, scientists believe. |
| German government in Hypo offer
April 9, 2009 at 4:16 am
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|  The German government launches a takeover offer for troubled lender Hypo Real Estate. |
| UK police chief quits over blunder
April 9, 2009 at 4:12 am
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|  Britain's most senior counter-terrorism officer resigns after inadvertently revealing details of a highly secret police operation. |
| Riots as Baloch chiefs found dead
April 9, 2009 at 4:12 am
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|  A policeman dies in rioting in Pakistan's Balochistan province after three ethnic leaders are found dead. |
| Algerians vote in poll 'charade'
April 9, 2009 at 4:10 am
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|  Algerians are voting in a presidential election which opposition groups have described as a charade. |
| 'Civilians die' in Sri Lanka zone
April 9, 2009 at 3:57 am
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|  At least 60 civilians have been killed by shelling in a no-fire zone in Sri Lanka in the past 24 hours, a senior health official says. | |
US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton has urged the world to act to end the "scourge" of piracy. How can pirates be defeated?
Iranian President Ahmadinejad is due to speak about Iran's nuclear advances, a day after an offer to join fresh nuclear talks.
Japanese shares rise as investors react to details of an economic stimulus plan the government is expected to pass.
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