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Greece: George Papandreou reshuffles his cabinet
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Trapped miners watch Chile football match
It was another morale boost for the 33 miners trapped in Chile - although the result could have been better. While their families watched the…
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Clinton: Burn-the-Koran plan is 'disgraceful'
The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said she is encouraged by the growing condemnation of plans to burn copies of the Koran on the 11th of…
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More transport disruption in Greece
Public transport in Greece is being disrupted today and tomorrow, as unions continue their protest against government austerity measures. The…
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Security Council urged to act over DRC rapes
The UN Security Council has been urged to consider sanctions against rebel leaders suspected of organizing mass rapes in the Democratic Republic of…
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Trapped miners watch Chile football match
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Iran confirms suspension of stoning death sentence
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani has won a stay of execution. The Iranian government has confirmed the suspension of her sentence of death by stoning, a…
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Vodafone sells off China Mobile stake
The world's highest-earning telecoms operator Vodafone has sold its 3.2 percent stake in China Mobile for just over five billion euros. That's nearly…
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Ryanair still in the market for new planes
Low budget airline Ryanair says it might still be interested in buying up to 300 new planes. That's after it pulled out of a deal for 200 aircraft…
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Kazakhstan revives old water solution
The leader of Kazakhstan used a meeting with Russia's President Medvedev this week to revive an old Soviet-era idea to divert Siberian rivers…
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BP fingers contractors in oil-spill report
The oil-giant BP has pointed the finger at its contractors in a report on the worst ever oil-spill the US has seen. Transocean and Halliburton come…
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Iran confirms suspension of stoning death
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani has won a stay of execution. The Iranian government has confirmed that it has suspended her sentence of death by…
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US pastor defiant over plans to burn Koran
The pastor of a tiny church in the US says he is determined to go ahead with plans to burn copies of the Koran to mark the ninth anniversary of the…
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Anglo-Irish Bank to be carved in two
Details of the demise of Anglo-Irish Bank have been announced. It is to be split into two parts: an asset recovery bank and a funding bank. The asset…
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Postal liberalisation moratorium urged by unions
Hold up liberalisation of Europe's postal services. That was the call of demonstrators representing more than 150 trade unions from across Europe.…
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Travellers to US now pay to promote the country
Travellers to the United States now have to pay 14 dollars -- around 11 euros -- even if they are visa-exempt. Most of this is to pay for promoting…
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"Two billion don't have access to good water"
Fifteen years ago, a senior World Bank official predicted that the wars of the 21st century would be fought not over land or oil but over one basic…
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Growing global demand for scarce resource
For many Europeans it is a commodity that is part of everyday life but nearly one billion people worldwide have little or no access to water.…
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British MPs to debate hacking scandal
Britain's opposition is ramping up the pressure on the government over a newspaper phone hacking scandal. MPs will hold an emergency debate in…
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Miracle landing for airliner that blew a fuse
Eighty-one people on board a Russian passenger jet are thanking their lucky stars after the plane suffered multiple systems failures 10,600 metres up…
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