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Markets rally after crisis talks
Asian share markets react positively after efforts by world leaders to end the recent financial turmoil.
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Tsvangirai in threat to quit deal
Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai threatens to pull out of a power-sharing deal with President Robert Mugabe.
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Balesteros has brain tumour
Golf legend Seve Ballesteros is diagnosed with a brain tumour and will undergo a biopsy on Tuesday.
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Haider 'was double speed limit'
Austrian far-right politician Joerg Haider was driving at twice the speed limit when he died in a car crash, officials say.
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Pakistan hit 'kills 27 Taleban'
Pakistan says its forces have killed 27 Taleban, two days after a suicide attack by the militants in Orakzai province.
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India gets its first woman saint
A Catholic nun, Sister Alphonsa, becomes India's first female saint, canonised by Pope Benedict XVI in Rome.
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Iraq PM vows to shield Christians
Iraq's prime minister vows to protect Christians in Mosul as nearly 1,000 police are sent to the northern city after sectarian attacks.
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Turkish jets bomb Kurds in Iraq
Turkey's military says its planes bombed Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, in the seventh cross-border raid in recent days.
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US banking regulation 'outdated'
US banking regulators need a "dramatic overhaul", according to Harvey Pitt who used to run one of them.
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Nun, 106, to back Obama after not voting since 1952
A 106-year-old American nun living in a convent in Rome could well be the oldest person to vote in the 2008 US Presidential election and says she will support Barak Obama.
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Alonso wins as title duo collide
Fernando Alonso wins in Japan as Felipe Massa cuts Lewis Hamilton's lead to five points after a clash between the title rivals.
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FA labels booing fans as 'crazy'
The FA criticises fans who booed Ashley Cole during Saturday's World Cup qualifier against Kazakhstan, labelling the vocal minority as "crazy".
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Surrogate boom
UK couples head to India to solve fertility problems
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Nick Bryant's blog
Crunch time: Is Australia still Lucky, Lucky, Lucky?
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Gold rush
Austria's mint flat out as investors seek safety
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Talking America
Race, the election, and classic cars in the rust belt
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Rebel's return
What role now for Hasan di Tiro in Indonesia's Aceh?
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Ethiopian need 'under-estimated'
Aid agencies dispute the Ethiopian government's estimates of those suffering in the country's drought.
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New rebels attack DR Congo town
A new rebel group threatens the key town of Bunia in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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McCain in 'hatred' war of words
Republican presidential candidate John McCain clashes with a civil rights icon who accuses him of "sowing hatred".
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Japan objects to US N Korea move
Japan criticises as "regrettable" Washington's decision to remove North Korea from its list of state sponsors of terrorism.
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N Korea hails terror list removal
North Korea welcomes a US decision to remove it from a list of sponsors of terrorism and agrees to allow nuclear access.
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China agrees land reform package
China's leaders approve a package of rural reforms that could shape economic policy over coming years.
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European banks rescue plan agreed
European leaders meeting at a crisis summit in Paris announce a plan to save their beleaguered banking industry.
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Russia in fresh missile launches
Russia test-fires three intercontinental ballistic missiles, after claiming a distance record for one fired from a submarine.
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Security tight in riot-torn Acre
Hundreds of Israeli policemen are deployed in the northern city of Acre after four days of violence between Arabs and Jews.
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Iran leader faces poll challenge
A senior Iranian opposition figure announces he will challenge Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in next summer's presidential election.
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Taleban killed in Afghan battles
Dozens of Taleban militants are killed by security forces in fighting in southern Afghanistan, local and British officials say.
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'US missiles' hit Pakistan town
At least four people die in a missile attack on a town in a Pakistani tribal region near Afghanistan, officials say.
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Painfully slow progress in Iraq
Violence continues to cast a shadow over everyday life in Iraq, as Hugh Sykes reports from Baghdad.
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US voters and the adversity effect
In Ohio, the BBC's Justin Webb considers how coping with hard times is a big issue among American voters.
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