| South Africa votes for parliament
April 22, 2009 at 12:22 am
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|  South Africans are set to vote in an election seen as the most important test of the ANC's hold on power since the end of apartheid. |
| Russians worried by global crisis
April 21, 2009 at 11:06 pm
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|  One-third of Russians polled by the BBC are worried about falling living standards due to the global economic crisis. |
| Korean killer gets death penalty
April 21, 2009 at 10:25 pm
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|  A 38-year-old South Korean man is sentenced to death over the murders of 10 people between 2005 and 2008. |
| Chavez rival seeks asylum in Peru
April 21, 2009 at 9:36 pm
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|  Venezuelan opposition leader Manuel Rosales, who is facing corruption charges in his country, asks for asylum in Peru. |
| UK terror raid men transferred
April 21, 2009 at 9:11 pm
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|  Nine men held in anti-terror raids earlier this month are released into the custody of the UK Border Agency. |
| Sugary drinks 'worsen vomit bug'
April 21, 2009 at 8:46 pm
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|  Parents are making children with vomiting and diarrhoea worse by giving them flat coke and lemonade, experts say. |
| Moscow v Nato
April 21, 2009 at 7:56 pm
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|  Russia's foreign minister decries 'Cold War logic' |
| Botnet 'ensnares government PCs'
April 21, 2009 at 7:34 pm
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|  Almost two million PCs, including machines inside UK and US government agencies, are taken over by hackers. |
| Union chief Jack Jones dies at 96
April 21, 2009 at 7:20 pm
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|  Former trade union boss Jack Jones, who led the Transport and General Workers' Union in the 1970s, has died aged 96. |
| Ancestor of T rex found in China
April 21, 2009 at 7:02 pm
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|  Clues to the evolution of Tyrannosaurus rex have come to light following a fossil find in China. |
| World's major rivers 'drying up'
April 21, 2009 at 7:00 pm
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|  Water levels in some of the world's most important rivers have fallen sharply over the past 50 years, US researchers say. |
| Hill confirmed as US Iraq envoy
April 21, 2009 at 6:45 pm
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|  The US Senate confirms Christopher Hill, the former US chief negotiator with North Korea, as the next American ambassador to Iraq. |
| Mass Tamil exodus from rebel area
April 21, 2009 at 6:17 pm
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|  Sri Lanka says 63,000 Tamil civilians have crossed from the last remaining area held by Tamil Tiger rebels in the last two days. |
| UN 'regrets' Iran leader's speech
April 21, 2009 at 5:38 pm
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|  UN chief Ban Ki-moon says Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad "misused" an anti-racism meeting at which he denounced Israel. |
| Call for concerted cyber-crime fight
April 21, 2009 at 5:18 pm
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|  A greater global effort is needed to thwart the growing menace of cyber-crime, experts warn at a key security forum in the US. |
| Somali 'pirate' appears in US court
April 21, 2009 at 4:30 pm
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|  A Somali teenager captured by the US during the rescue of an American sea captain from pirates appears in court in New York. |
| Meltdown losses of '$4 trillion'
April 21, 2009 at 3:55 pm
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|  The IMF says the worldwide credit crunch will cost $4 trillion and damage the financial system for years to come. |
| Obama invites Middle East heads
April 21, 2009 at 3:50 pm
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|  The US invites Israeli, Palestinian and Egyptian leaders for separate talks in a new push for Middle East peace. |
| CIA interrogation lawsuits possible
April 21, 2009 at 3:00 pm
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|  US President Barack Obama leaves open the possibility of prosecutions over harsh CIA interrogation methods. |
| German star in HIV case released
April 21, 2009 at 2:09 pm
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|  A singer from a German girl band arrested on suspicion of infecting a partner with HIV is released from custody. |
| Live text - Liverpool v Arsenal
April 21, 2009 at 2:00 pm
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|  Liverpool aim to return to the summit of the Premier League as they face an injury-hit Arsenal side which has shown excellent recent form in the league. |
| More US cash for GM and Chrysler
April 21, 2009 at 12:40 pm
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|  General Motors and Chrysler are to get more loans from the US treasury as they develop plans to try and make themselves viable. |
| Right-hand man?
April 21, 2009 at 12:40 pm
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| | Why all eyes are on the North Korean leader's trusted ally |
| Pirates free Filipinos after five months
April 21, 2009 at 12:23 pm
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|  Somali pirates free a ship and its crew of 23 Filipinos after holding them for five months, but it is not known if a ransom was paid. |
| Recreating history
April 21, 2009 at 12:18 pm
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| | The Berlin Wall East Side Gallery gets a fresh lick of paint |
| Day in pictures
April 21, 2009 at 11:43 am
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|  Some eye-catching images from around the world |
| Burundi rebels starting to disarm
April 21, 2009 at 11:30 am
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|  African Union troops begin disarming 21,000 fighters from Burundi's last active rebel group, the FNL. |
| War of words
April 21, 2009 at 11:27 am
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| | The tough task of reporting in Sri Lanka |
| Afghan cricketers back as heroes
April 21, 2009 at 11:25 am
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|  The Afghan national cricket team makes a triumphant return to Kabul after its heroics in South Africa. |
| Pakistan Taleban expand control
April 21, 2009 at 10:20 am
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|  Taleban militants in Pakistan establish an armed presence in an area only 100km from the capital, Islamabad. |
| S Ossetia releases OSCE observers
April 21, 2009 at 9:12 am
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|  The OSCE condemns the brief detention of two observers by separatist forces in Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia. |
| Brown proposes expenses overhaul
April 21, 2009 at 8:59 am
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|  Gordon Brown promises a parliamentary vote as early as next week to overhaul the system of MPs' expenses. |
| O'Connell handed Lions captaincy
April 21, 2009 at 8:56 am
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| | Ireland lock Paul O'Connell is confirmed as British and Irish Lions captain for the three-Test summer tour to South Africa. |   |
| Polo pony deaths baffle US vets
April 21, 2009 at 8:33 am
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|  Tests are being carried out to find why 21 horses died suddenly ahead of a polo tournament in the US state of Florida. |
| When all video all
April 21, 2009 at 8:26 am
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|  Both sides now film protests. Will this change policing? |
| Zuma calls for 'massive' turnout
April 21, 2009 at 8:21 am
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|  ANC leader Jacob Zuma appeals for a "massive" turnout in South African elections on Wednesday. |
| Well eggsecuted
April 21, 2009 at 7:30 am
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|  UK diet changed radically with wave of celebrity chefs |
| Votes for houses
April 21, 2009 at 6:28 am
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| | Has the ANC done enough for South Africa's townships? |
| Chan's remarks 'out of context'
April 21, 2009 at 6:15 am
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|  Hong Kong star Jackie Chan's comments about Chinese freedom were taken out of context, his spokesman says. |
| Lightest exoplanet is discovered
April 21, 2009 at 5:55 am
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|  Astronomers announce the discovery of the lightest planet ever detected outside our Solar System. |
| 'Dozens killed' in Kenya violence
April 21, 2009 at 5:35 am
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|  At least 24 people have died in fighting between residents of a Kenyan town and suspected sect members, police say. |
| Inflation measure turns negative
April 21, 2009 at 5:31 am
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|  The Retail Prices Index was negative in March for the first time since 1960 while the official measure eased to 2.9%. |
| French swoop on Calais migrants
April 21, 2009 at 5:19 am
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|  French police detain 150 people in an operation against undocumented migrants in the port of Calais, officials say. |
| Pirates free ship five months on
April 21, 2009 at 5:16 am
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| | Somali pirates free a ship and its crew of 23 Filipinos after holding them for five months but it is not known if a ransom was paid. |
| Sri Lanka army accused of carnage
April 21, 2009 at 5:13 am
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|  The Tamil Tiger rebels accuse Sri Lanka's army of carnage against civilians but the government says it is saving thousands. |
| Breastfeeding 'protects mother'
April 21, 2009 at 5:00 am
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|  Women who breastfeed may be lowering their own risk of a heart attack, heart disease or stroke, research suggests. | |
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