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On patrol with the 101st Airborne

Thu, 09/09/2010 - 12:12pm
Quentin Sommerville goes on foot patrol with some of the men of the US Army's 101st Airborne division near the village of Zerok in Afghanistan.
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South African film goes global

Thu, 09/09/2010 - 11:00am
White Wedding is a South African film which is about to make a debut internationally.
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Colorado fire destroys homes

Thu, 09/09/2010 - 7:50am
A forest fire in the US state of Colorado has destroyed at least 136 homes, according to officials.
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Turkey's controversial constitution vote

Thu, 09/09/2010 - 6:11am
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has defended the controversial referendum on changing the constitution.
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UN aid chief Amos visits Pakistan

Thu, 09/09/2010 - 2:31am
The newly appointed head of UN humanitarian relief Lady Valerie Amos has spent her first day in office touring Pakistan.
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Mexico rejects drug 'insurgency' analogy

Thu, 09/09/2010 - 2:22am
Mexico has rejected remarks from the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, that drug-related violence in Mexico increasingly has the hallmarks of an insurgency.
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Obama's bid to boost US economy

Wed, 08/09/2010 - 11:21pm
President Barack Obama has taken to the campaign trail to sell his strategy for boosting the US economy.
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Hip hop helps vulnerable children

Wed, 08/09/2010 - 10:20pm
South African artist Emile Jansen has embraced the challenge of reaching out to the youth with the help of hip hop.
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Lion lunges at Las Vegas trainer

Wed, 08/09/2010 - 10:13pm
A lion lunged at a trainer as stunned onlookers watched in horror, at Las Vegas's MGM Grand Hotel and Casino.
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Clinton's concern over Mexico drug crime

Wed, 08/09/2010 - 10:08pm
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has expressed concern over the power of drug cartels and drug-related violence in Mexico.
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Sect members escape Nigeria jail

Wed, 08/09/2010 - 9:42pm
At least 700 prisoners have escaped during an attack on a jail in northern Nigeria, including members of a militant Islamist sect.
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Obama pushes business tax breaks

Wed, 08/09/2010 - 9:14pm
President Barack Obama has urged the US congress to approve massive business tax breaks to boost the faltering US economy.
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UN 'failed' DR Congo rape victims

Wed, 08/09/2010 - 7:31pm
UN peacekeepers "failed" the victims of mass rape in eastern DR Congo, a senior UN official has said.
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Pressure mounts against Koran burning

Wed, 08/09/2010 - 6:46pm
A small US church says it will defy international condemnation and go ahead with plans to burn copies of the Koran on the 9/11 anniversary.
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Sri Lanka leader granted sweeping powers

Wed, 08/09/2010 - 5:58pm
Sri Lankan MPs have approved proposals to let President Mahinda Rajapaksa seek an unlimited number of terms, in a move critics say could lead to dictatorship.
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Clan 'behind Philippine massacre'

Wed, 08/09/2010 - 4:52pm
A powerful family accused of being behind the worst political massacre in the Philippines plotted the killings over dinner, a court has heard.
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BP oil spill report released

Wed, 08/09/2010 - 1:54pm
A "sequence of failures involving a number of different parties" was to blame for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, BP says.
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How BP will kill the oil spill

Wed, 08/09/2010 - 1:47pm
A scale model of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and how it is being repaired
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Jolie praise for Pakistan military

Wed, 08/09/2010 - 1:07pm
Angelina Jolie has visited Nowshera in north-west Pakistan to highlight the plight of more than 20 million people affected by the country's worst ever floods.
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400,000 hit by flooding in Mexico

Wed, 08/09/2010 - 8:28am
At least 400,000 people have been affected by flooding in Mexico following torrential rains.
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