| Iraq War Was Right Brown |
| Saturday, 06 March 2010 13:00 |
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said the 2003 war was "right", as he gives evidence to the UK's Iraq inquiry.
He insisted he had not been kept in the dark by his predecessor Tony Blair in the run up to the invasion.
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| Cole Will Flight For Cheryl's Love |
| Saturday, 06 March 2010 13:00 |
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ASHLEY Cole has told his closest pals he WILL win back Cheryl in showdown talks next week. She looked glum yesterday at Heathrow as she caught a flight to Denmark.
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| US vows to return shipment of looted Khmer antiquities |
| Thursday, 04 March 2010 23:00 |
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US officials have promised to continue the repatriation of stolen Cambodian antiquities. Authorities gave examples of items, including this carved sandstone stela (left) and a statue of a female divinity. NATIONAL MUSEUM
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| Britain's Brainiest Family is Black and Has 9-Year-Old High School-Bound Twins |
| Thursday, 04 March 2010 20:15 |
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Paula and Peter Imafidon are just like any other 9-year-olds. They love laughing, playing on the computer and fighting with each other. What sets these twins apart from their peers, though, is that they are, hands down, prodigies who are about to enter high school and make British history as the youngest to do so.
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| Varying tacks are employed to restore lost heritage |
| Thursday, 04 March 2010 08:15 |
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Varying tacks are employed to restore lost heritage
NEWS IN FOCUS Second in a two-part series
March 02, 2010
Tens of thousands of Korean cultural treasures are stored in foreign museums all over the world, and so far the Korean government has taken a decidedly diplomatic approach to negotiating their return.
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| BBC stations face axe in shake-up |
| Tuesday, 02 March 2010 17:15 |
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BBC 6 Music and Asian Network are facing closure, Mark Thompson, director general of the corporation, has said.
Speaking to staff, Mr Thompson also announced that half of the websites on BBC online will close by 2013.
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| Karadzic Calls Serb Cause Holy |
| Tuesday, 02 March 2010 10:45 |
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Former leader Radovan Karadzic has said the Serb cause in the Bosnian war was "just and holy" as he began his defence at his genocide trial at The Hague.
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| Museveni 'wants son to take over' |
| Monday, 01 March 2010 17:00 |
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First family: Mr Museveni (l), his son (c) and his ministerial wife (r)
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| Tsunami Strikes After Huge Quake |
| Monday, 01 March 2010 13:00 |
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TSUNAMI warnings were issued throughout the Pacific after a massive earthquake claimed lives in Chile.
At least 300 people were killed when the 8.8 magnitude quake struck the South American country early yesterday.
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| Chile steps up rescue after quake |
| Monday, 01 March 2010 08:15 |
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Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has announced emergency measures to deal with the destruction caused by Saturday's massive earthquake.
The 8.8 magnitude quake - one of the most powerful recorded - devastated central parts of the country, killing more than 700 people.
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| Chilean quake toll jumps to 708 |
| Sunday, 28 February 2010 23:00 |
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The death toll from Chile's earthquake has more than doubled to 708 and is expected to rise further, President Michelle Bachelet has said.
Previously about 300 people were reported to have been killed in Saturday's 8.8
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| Chile quake kills over 300, affects over two million |
| Sunday, 28 February 2010 07:00 |
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Two million people have been affected by the massive earthquake that struck central Chile on Saturday, President Michelle Bachelet has said.
In a TV address, she said the forces of nature were testing the nation.
So far at least 300 people have been confirmed killed in the earthquake that struck in the early hours of Saturday.
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| Court Seizes $1.4bn Of Thaksin Fortune |
| Saturday, 27 February 2010 15:00 |
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Thailand's Supreme Court has ruled that former PM Thaksin Shinawatra's family should be stripped of more than half a contested $2.3bn fortune.
The court said $1.4bn
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| 80-Year-Old Burglar Gets 3 Years In Calif. Prison |
| Saturday, 27 February 2010 15:00 |
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An 80-year-old woman with a criminal record stretching back to 1955 has been sentenced to three years in state prison for ransacking and stealing cash from a Southern California medical office. Doris Thompson thanked a judge Wednesday for not sending her to Los Angeles County jail, which she doesn't like, and said she deserved a longer sentence.
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| Leak in Shark-Filled Aquarium in Dubai Mall |
| Friday, 26 February 2010 23:00 |
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Dubai's Gulf News reported that witnesses saw water leaking from the mall's massive fish tank, which holds more than 2 million gallons of water and 33,000 captive sea creatures.
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| UN deplores Gaddafi call for anti-Swiss 'jihad' |
| Friday, 26 February 2010 23:00 |
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Mr Gaddafi spoke from behind bullet-proof glass in Benghazi
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| Deadly crush at Timbuktu mosque |
| Friday, 26 February 2010 15:45 |
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The Djinguereber mosque is the largest in Timbuktu
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| UN seeks to cut preventable lifestyle deaths in developing world |
| Friday, 26 February 2010 02:00 |
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24 February - With often preventable, non-communicable diseases such as heart attacks, strokes, diabetes, cancer and chronic respiratory illness accounting for 60 per cent of all global deaths, experts from around the world gathered at a United Nations forum today to draw up plans to reverse the trend.
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| Abuse of date-rape drugs on the rise, UN anti-narcotics panel finds |
| Friday, 26 February 2010 02:00 |
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24 February - Governments need to give greater attention to fighting drug abuse, particularly the so-called date-rape drugs whose use is on the rise, warned the independent United Nations body tasked with monitoring the production and consumption of narcotics worldwide.
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| Legacy of slavery can be used for good, says Secretary-General |
| Friday, 26 February 2010 02:00 |
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24 February - Slavery is an abhorrent practice that still needs to be eradicated in many parts of the world, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed, noting that one way to pursue this goal is by remembering the past and using its lessons to ensure that such crimes never occur again.
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| Senior UN official cites evidence of growing support for abolishing death penalty |
| Friday, 26 February 2010 02:00 |
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24 February - There is evidence of growing global support for the eventual elimination of the death penalty, a senior United Nations official stated today, while acknowledging that abolishing this practice is a difficult and sensitive process for many societies.
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| Same global resolve needed to fight organized crime as with terrorism Ban |
| Friday, 26 February 2010 02:00 |
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24 February - The United Nations today denounced organized crime as a threat to international peace and security, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calling on Member States to confront the scourge with the same unity and determination they have shown in fighting pandemics or terrorism.
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| Palestinian Prez Warns Of War |
| Thursday, 25 February 2010 20:45 |
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The Palestinian president warned Tuesday that the region could plunge into a "religious war" over Israel's plans to recognize a disputed West Bank shrine as one of its own national heritage sites.
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| UN seeks aid of private sector, philanthropies in empowering women |
| Wednesday, 24 February 2010 23:15 |
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22 February - The United Nations launched a new effort today to expand its partnership with the private sector and philanthropies in the battle for complete gender equality and the empowerment of women, not only as a necessary human right but as economic common sense as well.
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| Germany to build low emission houses |
| Wednesday, 24 February 2010 20:15 |
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Germany, Feb. 24, GNA - Germany will begin the construction of low emission houses for single parents in Stuttgart by 2001.
The low emission houses, which forms parts of the Stuttgart redevelopment programme, are aimed at reducing the incidence of global warming, reduce the usage of electricity, promote the use of more underground public trains and also make the houses affordable for single parents to own.
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