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Hungarian toxic sludge reaches Danube
As the clean up continues in Hungary - toxic red sludge from an aluminium plant spill has now reached the River Danube. Disaster crews are also…
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Kyrgyzstan tense ahead of election
Kyrgyzstan holds an election on Sunday that its leaders hope will unite the country - but which opponents fear could trigger violence and more…
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Relatives of trapped miners sense an end to ordeal
As the mobile medical units arrive at the Chilean mine where 33 miners have been trapped since August the 5th. Anxious relatives camped above…
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Peru's Vargas Llosa wins the Nobel Prize for Literature
The 2010 Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa. He is one of Latin America's most significant…
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Hungary hints at tighter controls after spill
The Hungarian prime minister has described the accident as an "unprecedented environmental catastrophe" in the country. The government is trying…
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EU ministers say US too alarmist on security
Amid warnings of an acutely high terror threat in Europe, some European Union ministers have criticised the United States over its communication…
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Hungary pleas for EU aid
Hungary has officially asked the European Union for help as it takles what its president has described as an "ecological tragedy". All life in the…
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New Soyuz heads for the ISS
A Russian spacecraft carrying two cosmonauts and an American astronaut to the International Space Station blasted off from Russia's launch facility…
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Rescuers close to Chilean miners
Rescue workers in Chile could be just a day away from reaching 33 trapped miners. A drill known as Plan B is said to be less than 100 metres from…
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Vigil held for murdered Russian journalist
A vigil has been held in Moscow to mark the 4th anniversary of the death of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya. Several hundred people gathered…
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Twin suicide attack on Pakistani shrine
Two suspected suicide bombers have struck at a crowded Muslim shrine in the Pakistani city of Karachi, killing at least seven people and wounding…
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Silvio Berlusconi meets Wen Jiabao to promote bilateral ties
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Serbia, Croatia test for Hungarian spill pollution
Serbian and Croatian authorities stepped up testing in the Danube on Friday amid fears the Hungarian toxic spill is spreading. Officials say there…
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Chemical tanker in 'collision' off French coast
French maritime authorities said on Friday that a chemical tanker is in difficulty off France's north-western coast after an apparent collision with…
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Nobel Peace Prize goes to jailed Chinese dissident
The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize has gone to the Chinese political dissident and human rights campaigner Liu Xiabao. The 55-year-old was among the…
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Rescuers braced to free trapped miners
Rescue teams in Chile are making their final preparations to reach the 33 trapped miners. The drill being used to cut their escape tunnel is now…
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China angry over dissident's Nobel prize
There's been angry reactions in China to the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo. Police have been stationed outside his wife's home in…
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Historic election in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan goes to the polls this Sunday in an election that will create Central Asia's first parliamentary democracy. An interim government has…
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hr4O Chemical tanker towed to shore
Rescue ships have saved a chemical tanker adrift France's Atlantic coast after it collided with a freighter, forcing its crew to abandon ship. The…
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