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Celebrations as Belize marks settlement day
UK ‘ready’ for Afghan troops call
Allied troops must stay in Afghanistan to prevent the Taliban filling any “vacuum”, the Foreign Secretary has said.
Italian sex scandal woman ‘dead’
A transsexual prostitute linked to a sex row involving an Italian politician is believed to have been burned to death, media report.
Afghanistana s Karzai readies to take oath
Nov. 15: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discusses President Barack Obama’s impending decision on troop levels in Afghanistan and the leadership of President Hamid Karzai with NBC’s David Gregory on “Meet the Press.” Meet the Press A A Afghanistan in pictures updated Nov.
Barghouti urges unity from jail
Palestinian factions must unite and start campaigning for statehood, says jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti.
Suicide bomber on motorcycle kills 13 in Afghanistan
Afghan soldiers secure a street in Kabul on Thursday. KABUL – A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle killed 13 people, including a police officer, and wounded 30 others Friday in a busy city square in western Afghanistan .
Maersk Alabama repels 2nd pirate attack with guns
The U.S.-flagged cargo ship, the Maersk Alabama arrives in Mombasa, Kenya, in this Saturday April 11 2009, file photo, after the ship was attacked by Somali pirates firing automatic weapons Wednesday but its unarmed crew locked themselves in a secure room.
Match-fix probe targets 200 games
Around 200 football ties, including three in the Champions League, are part of a match-fixing probe, German officials say.
US missile strike kills eight in Pakistan
Security officials and Taliban said a suspected US drone aircraft fired two missiles at a militant stronghold in the North Waziristan region, killing eight people
Egypt recalls envoy from Algeria
Sudan joins a diplomatic row between Egypt and Algeria over violence at a World Cup qualifier in Khartoum.
Drug resistant swine flu hits UK
Health officials in Cardiff say a Tamiflu-resistant strain of swine flu has spread between hospital patients.
Afghan president sworn in to second 5-year term
As Karzai promised to make the country safer, an explosion in violent southern Afghanistan killed two U.S. service members, NATO said.
‘Big Bang’ experiment to re-start
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) could be re-started in the early hours of Saturday morning at the earliest, officials have said.
Vietnam denies blocking Facebook
Vietnamese officials deny blocking access to Facebook for the site’s million users, instead blaming a technical fault.
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