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  • Asia markets follow US share drop
    Asian markets plummet after New York's main share index slumps to its lowest level in five years, amid recession fears.More >>>

  • Officials blamed for Brazil crash
    Ten Brazilian government and airline officials are blamed for the country's worst air accident, which left 199 dead.More >>>

  • Fatal blast hits Bangkok protest
    An explosion at the site of an anti-government demonstration in Bangkok kills one protester and wounds more than 20.More >>>

  • IMF approves $2.1bn Iceland loan
    The International Monetary Fund approves a $2.1bn (£1.4bn) loan for Iceland, after its banking system collapsed in October.More >>>

  • California to review gay marriage ban
    California's top court says it will hear challenges to the gay marriage ban, but it will remain in place for now. More >>>

  • Sri Lanka army 'takes rebel area'
    Sri Lankan troops have captured the first line of defence of Tamil Tiger rebels on the Jaffna peninsula, the army says.More >>>

  • Rapid care 'cuts baby's HIV risk'
    Rapid drug treatment of babies with HIV dramatically cuts their risk of death and debilitating disease, research shows.More >>>

  • Colombia seeks 'scam boss' arrest
    Colombia asks Panama to arrest and extradite a man suspected of running a collapsed pyramid finance scheme.More >>>

  • UK returns stolen icon to Greece
    A 14th-Century Greek icon stolen from a monastery 30 years ago is sent back to Greece by the UK. More >>>

  • Row over Pentagon's alterations to female general's photo
    The Pentagon is embroiled in a row after releasing a digitally altered photo of a woman general.More >>>

  • Pied Piper required as rats return to Hamelin
    The Pied Piper's services might be needed again in Hamelin, northern Germany, as the town's famous rats have returned.More >>>

  • Live text - India v England
    England lose their sixth wicket after Ravi Bopara hits 50 in the third one-day international against India in Kanpur.More >>>

  • Terry heads England to win over Germany
    England skipper John Terry heads a late winner to earn Fabio Capello's side a fully-deserved 2-1 victory in Germany.More >>>

  • Gaza voices
    Palestinians describe life under the Israeli blockadeMore >>>

  • Mardell's Europe
    Why fishermen are letting cod slip the netMore >>>

  • Big gamble?
    Peru hitches its wagon to China's economic motor More >>>

  • In pictures
    The challenges faced by returning Afghan refugeesMore >>>

  • Battle for rights
    Writers targeted as violent nationalism grips TurkeyMore >>>

  • Saudi owners 'talking to pirates'
    The owners of a Saudi oil tanker hijacked by Somali pirates are negotiating a possible ransom, the Saudi foreign minister says.More >>>

  • Rwanda aide questioned in Paris
    A Rwandan presidential aide is placed under formal investigation in France over the killing of a former president.More >>>

  • Bush 'seeks to ease wildlife law'
    US environmentalists accuse President Bush of trying to rush through changes to the Endangered Species Act.More >>>

  • Mammoth's genome pieced together
    A US-Russian team announces that it has sequenced most of the genome of a woolly mammoth found in Siberia.More >>>

  • China and Peru agree trade deal
    Peru and China sign a free trade agreement during the visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao to Lima.More >>>

  • Hicks pleads for greater freedom
    Australian David Hicks, the only Guantanamo Bay inmate convicted of terror offences, speaks out for first time.More >>>

  • Politkovskaya trial doors closed
    The trial of three men over the murder of Russian reporter and Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya is closed to the public.More >>>

  • European online library launches
    The British Library is among more than 1,000 cultural groups contributing to a European online library.More >>>

  • Syrian site 'resembled reactor'
    A Syrian site bombed by Israel last year had features resembling those of a nuclear reactor site, a UN atomic watchdog report says.More >>>

  • UN head fears over Gaza blockade
    UN chief Ban Ki-moon tells Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert he is deeply concerned over conditions in the blockaded Gaza Strip.More >>>

  • Abuse of India's boys 'is rising'
    Sexual exploitation of male children is on the rise in India, particularly in places of religious tourism, a report reveals.More >>>

  • India 'sinks Somali pirate ship'
    An Indian navy warship has destroyed a Somali pirate "mother ship" that fired on it in the Gulf of Aden, officials say.More >>>

  • Questioning the ceasefire in Gaza
    Paul Martin recently visited Gaza, where he found opinions divided and some people keen for hostilities to resume.More >>>

  • Close encounter with Mount Etna
    British field geologist Dr John Murray has spent a lifetime mapping the changing contours of Mount EtnaMore >>>

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