| 'Anti-gay hell'
April 17, 2009 at 10:06 pm
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|  Iraqi homosexuals face humiliation, abuse and death |
| Mexico granted $47bn IMF credit
April 17, 2009 at 9:47 pm
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|  The International Monetary Fund approves a $47bn line of credit to help Mexico during the global financial crisis. |
| Sri Lanka rejects UN truce appeal
April 17, 2009 at 9:36 pm
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|  Sri Lanka rejects a new UN call to give civilians more time to leave a safe zone in the north-east, the defence secretary says. |
| Philippines rebels free hostage
April 17, 2009 at 9:23 pm
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|  Islamic rebels in the Philippines free a Swiss Red Cross worker who had been held hostage for three months. |
| Obama offers Cuba 'new beginning'
April 17, 2009 at 8:43 pm
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| | President Barack Obama says the US seeks a "new beginning" with Cuba at the opening of the Summit of the Americas. |   |
| G20 officer 'hit me across face'
April 17, 2009 at 8:42 pm
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|  A woman filmed being struck by a police officer at the G20 protests describes his actions as "violent and unnecessary". |
| Tiananmen legacy
April 17, 2009 at 7:23 pm
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|  Hong Kong students debate the 1989 protests |
| Hope for child cancer treatment
April 17, 2009 at 7:01 pm
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|  Scientists believe they may have found a way to treat a type of childhood cancer of the nervous system. |
| Rescued captain returns home
April 17, 2009 at 5:54 pm
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|  US sea captain Richard Phillips thanks the American military for his dramatic rescue from pirates, as he returns home. |
| Citigroup results beat forecasts
April 17, 2009 at 5:07 pm
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|  Citigroup reports its first quarterly net profit in nearly two years, the latest US bank to see an improvement in its performance. |
| Tentative deal in Hollywood row
April 17, 2009 at 4:38 pm
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|  The threat of damaging strike action recedes as negotiators for the Hollywood studios strike a pay deal with actors. |
| Female soldiers
April 17, 2009 at 4:12 pm
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|  Threat of sexual violence for US women in combat |
| Warrant for Madagascar ex-leader
April 17, 2009 at 3:53 pm
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|  The new leader of Madagascar issues an arrest warrant for the president he ousted last month, Marc Ravalomanana. |
| G20 officer quizzed over death
April 17, 2009 at 3:21 pm
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|  A police officer is interviewed on suspicion of manslaughter after fresh tests find Ian Tomlinson died from abdominal bleeding. |
| At loggerheads
April 17, 2009 at 2:41 pm
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|  Soft-spoken Indian leaders in election slanging match |
| Tsvangirai crash cause questioned
April 17, 2009 at 1:53 pm
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|  Zimbabwe PM Morgan Tsvangirai's wife's death in a car crash may not have been accidental, an MDC inquiry suggests. |
| Militant cleric
April 17, 2009 at 1:38 pm
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|  Radicalism returns to Pakistan's Red Mosque |
| Obama to regulate 'pollutant' CO2
April 17, 2009 at 1:29 pm
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|  The US government is to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, having decided they pose a danger to human health and well-being. |
| France charges suspected pirates
April 17, 2009 at 1:16 pm
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|  Three suspected Somali pirates held by France are charged with hijacking and false imprisonment, French prosecutors say. |
| Day in pictures
April 17, 2009 at 1:13 pm
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|  Eye-catching images from around the world |
| Mumbai confession 'was coerced'
April 17, 2009 at 1:00 pm
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| | The leading suspect in the Mumbai attacks trial retracts his confession, saying it was coerced by the authorities. |   |
| Live text - Murray v Davydenko
April 17, 2009 at 12:35 pm
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|  Andy Murray takes on Russia's Nikolay Davydenko for a place in the Monte Carlo Masters semi-finals. |
| Millions for malaria drug scheme
April 17, 2009 at 12:03 pm
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|  The UK government is donating £40m to a new global effort which aims to bring down the price of malaria drugs. |
| Are e-books the new newspapers?
April 17, 2009 at 12:02 pm
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|  David Reid takes a look at some of the latest e-books and asks if the format could be the future for newspapers. |
| Every inch counts for new contender as world's tallest man
April 17, 2009 at 11:56 am
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|  A new contender for world's tallest man has been discovered in China, after the 27-year-old attended hospital for surgery. |
| Freedom fighter
April 17, 2009 at 11:47 am
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| | An ex-Robben Islander on life after apartheid |
| West Bank man killed at protest
April 17, 2009 at 11:34 am
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|  A Palestinian dies after he is hit by a tear gas canister during a demonstration in the West Bank, protesters and medics say. |
| 'Devious' rape of unknown child
April 17, 2009 at 11:06 am
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|  A paedophile is given an indefinite jail term for raping a girl who police have never been able to trace. |
| Netanyahu 'no partner for peace'
April 17, 2009 at 11:05 am
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| | Israel's PM must back Palestinian statehood if peace talks are to resume, the Palestinian Authority says as a US envoy visits. |   |
| Summit star
April 17, 2009 at 10:53 am
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| | World's eyes are on Obama at Americas' conference |
| Pakistan will not host World Cup
April 17, 2009 at 10:39 am
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|  Pakistan is stripped of hosting any matches in the 2011 World Cup because of the uncertain security situation in the country. |
| Court jails Pirate Bay founders
April 17, 2009 at 10:29 am
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|  The founders of Pirate Bay, the world's most famous file-sharing site, are given jail terms in Sweden for copyright offences. |
| Cricket crazy
April 17, 2009 at 10:18 am
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| | South Africans embrace role as Indian league hosts |
| Thai 'yellow shirt' leader shot
April 17, 2009 at 9:44 am
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|  The leader of the movement which helped bring down former Thai PM Thaksin in 2006 is shot and injured in Bangkok. |
| Dollar Bill: Hillary Clinton offers her husband as a lottery prize
April 17, 2009 at 9:09 am
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|  US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton offers the chance to spend a day with her husband Bill in exchange for help to pay off her campaign debt. |
| Nato exercises 'a dangerous move'
April 17, 2009 at 8:42 am
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|  Russia's president condemns Nato's "dangerous decision" to hold military exercises in Georgia next month. |
| A pirate's world
April 17, 2009 at 7:59 am
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| | Mapping the global effects of Somalia's sea-raiders |
| Are champagne corks on the way out?
April 17, 2009 at 7:28 am
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|  A leading champagne producer will unveil the world's first metallic capsule to replace bark corks next month. |
| New pet airline bids passengers a 'bone voyage'
April 17, 2009 at 7:24 am
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|  A new pets-only airline will transport animals in creature comfort between five major US cities. |
| Diamond producer halves output
April 17, 2009 at 7:23 am
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|  Falling demand for precious stones forces Botswana, a major diamond producer, to cut output by more than half this year. |
| Freed Red Mosque cleric defiant
April 17, 2009 at 6:55 am
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| | A hardline cleric delivers a defiant Red Mosque sermon, his first since being freed from detention over the 2007 siege. |
| More Turks in 'coup plot' charges
April 17, 2009 at 6:36 am
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|  Eight people are charged in Turkey over an alleged plot to topple the government - making 150 in total. |
| Chinese woman in $57m fraud trial
April 17, 2009 at 6:33 am
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|  A Chinese entrepreneur faces the death penalty for allegedly running a multi-million dollar pyramid scheme. |
| S Africa prepares to launch IPL
April 17, 2009 at 6:22 am
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|  Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen will be among the main attractions as the second Indian Premier League prepares to get started on Saturday. |
| Togo displays 'coup plot arsenal'
April 17, 2009 at 6:08 am
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|  An arms cache allegedly found at the house of the Togo's president's brother as part of a coup plot is put on display. | |
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