Thousands of needless deaths occurred from famine in East Africa last year because the international community failed to heed early warnings, say two leading British...
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has met Burma's President Thein Sein to discuss the pace of reform, on the second day of her historic visit.Mrs Clinton,...
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The mistaken NATO air attack on Pakistani military outposts over the weekend, in which 24 soldiers were killed, was an accident waiting to happen....
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Global food giant Nestle says it has taken a major step to end child labour on cocoa farms supplying its factories.The firm, one of the world's largest chocolate...
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An automatic parking system could keep cars off the streets and recharge EVs at the same time.The alarms are set and shopping strategies are honed but there's no...
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Internet firms and campaigners are protesting against government-backed proposals that would allow police to cut off websites without any court oversight, claiming...
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A powerful typhoon has struck the Philippines, triggering floods, cutting power and halting work in the capital Manila....
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The UN Security Council is to begin consultations on an application by Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas for full state membership of the UN....
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IT'S as big as a bus and weighs six tonnes, but officials probably will never be able to pinpoint exactly where a massive NASA satellite plummeted to Earth....
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Opposition leader Michael Sata has won Zambia's presidential election after two days of vote counting following a tight race with incumbent Rupiah Banda....
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US President Barack Obama has urged lawmakers to back his ambitious proposals aimed at creating more jobs and cutting taxes.In a rare address to a joint session of...
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Col Muammar Gaddafi's security chief is among several former Libyan officials who have arrived in the capital of Niger, Niamey, officials there say....
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While trans and gender variant folks in many parts of the United States are still fighting to get legal documents that reflect their identities, their comrades in...
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After first denying any missile test in the White Sea region where mysterious spiral lights could be seen over much of Norway on December 9, Russia one day later...
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Iranian authorities have released five British yachtsmen who were detained last week in the Persian Gulf. A statement from Iran's Revolutionary Guards said...
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PARIS — A set of proposed international sex education guidelines aimed at reducing H.I.V. infections among young people has provoked criticism from conservative...
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An online petition demanding a formal apology from the British government for its treatment of World War II code-breaker Alan Turing is gaining momentum. Turing...
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The Lockerbie bomber could live far longer than predicted by Scottish ministers when they decided to release him, a cancer expert has warned. Dr Richard Simpson...
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Polls opened Thursday morning in Afghanistan, as the war-ravaged nation held its second-ever presidential and provincial council elections. Incumbent President...
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A Myanmar court has found pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kui guilty of violating her house arrest, but the head of the military-ruled country says she can serve...
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