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Bahrain protests: Riot police storm Pearl Square

17 Feb 2011: The main opposition group Al Wefaq said at least two people were killed in the pre-dawn assault on Pearl Square in Bahrain's capital, Manama, as police used tear gas against crowds
World news 1hr 7min ago

Colombian rebels release two hostages

17 Feb 2011: The Farc or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, has freed a total of six kidnap victims, including the latest two in what guerrillas have called a humanitarian gesture
Libya 1hr 36min ago

Libya cracks down on protesters after violent clashes in Benghazi

17 Feb 2011: Reports of 38 injured in rioting after water cannon and teargas were used against estimated 6,000 people in Libya's second city
Bahrain 1hr 37min ago

Bahrainis bring blankets and grievances to join city centre protest camp

17 Feb 2011: Shia Muslims on the Gulf island who feel overlooked are following the Egyptian example to win a better deal
Egypt 1hr 57min ago

Egyptian activists condemn brutal attack on CBS reporter in Tahrir Square

17 Feb 2011: Serious assault on Lara Logan of CBS took place in middle of crowd at height of celebrations after Hosni Mubarak resigned
Fossils 5hr 34min ago

Cheddar cave dwellers ate their dead and turned their skulls into cups

16 Feb 2011: Skulls unearthed in a Somerset cave were skilfully fashioned into cups with the rest of the bodies probably being cannibalised
North Korea 5hr 35min ago

North Korea 'building' new missile launch site

16 Feb 2011: Satellite images appear to reveal a 100ft launch tower meaning Pyongyang is close to completing a new launch site
Ivory Coast 7hr 14min ago

Run on Ivory Coast banks as Laurent Gbagbo opposition grows

16 Feb 2011: Rumours of a cash shortage spread as a third bank shuts doors after Alassane Ouattara's troops seize regional stock exchange
European court of human rights 7hr 19min ago

Prisoner vote refusal against European court ruling 'would be like dictatorship'

16 Feb 2011: Jean-Paul Costa says Britain will be resorting to the tactics of the Greek colonels in 1967 if it does not comply with ECHR ruling
Afghanistan 7hr 54min ago

Female Afghanistan veteran: 'I commanded 200 fighters'

16 Feb 2011: Not only is the community elder well beyond prime fighting age, she also lives in the heart of the conservative south
Roman Abramovich 8hr 18min ago

Torres fee small change for Abramovich as Chelsea owner's wealth revealed

16 Feb 2011: Russian authorities release for the first time details of oligarch's assets, and estimate his fortune to be worth more than £11bn
Tunisia 8hr 25min ago

France's foreign minister did speak to Tunisian president while on holiday

16 Feb 2011: Michèle Alliot-Marie spoke to Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali by phone and borrowed jet of businessman linked to regime
Farming 8hr 32min ago

Lincolnshire's US-style 'mega' dairy farm on hold as plans are withdrawn

16 Feb 2011: Nocton Dairies says Environment Agency objections derailed proposed 3,770-cow facility but new submission is likely
Coca-Cola 8hr 39min ago

Coca-Cola secret recipe revealed? It's the real thing, says radio host

16 Feb 2011: This American Life presenter Ira Glass tracks down 'Coke recipe' to a 130-year-old notebook belonging to inventor's best friend
Flooding 9hr 34min ago

Climate change doubled likelihood of devastating UK floods of 2000

16 Feb 2011:
Researchers have for the first time quantified the part climate change played in increasing the risk of a severe flood
Europe 9hr 35min ago

Merkel selects economic hawk to lead Bundesbank

16 Feb 2011: German chancellor selects economic adviser Jens Weidmann, 42, as youngest ever head of the Bundesbank
Prince William 9hr 57min ago

Prince William and Kate Middleton to visit Canada

16 Feb 2011: Couple will make first official overseas tour two months after royal wedding
Germany 10hr 49min ago

German defence minister accused of plagiarism

16 Feb 2011:
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg denies using newspaper articles without crediting them in his PhD thesis

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Americas

Colombian rebels release two hostages

17 Feb 2011: The Farc or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, has freed a total of six kidnap victims, including the latest two in what guerrillas have called a humanitarian gesture
Prince William and Kate Middleton to visit Canada

16 Feb 2011: Couple will make first official overseas tour two months after royal wedding

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Torres fee small change for Abramovich as Chelsea owner's wealth revealed

16 Feb 2011: Russian authorities release for the first time details of oligarch's assets, and estimate his fortune to be worth more than £11bn
France's foreign minister did speak to Tunisian president while on holiday

16 Feb 2011: Michèle Alliot-Marie spoke to Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali by phone and borrowed jet of businessman linked to regime

Africa

Palakast: It means Yoweri Museveni wants to be Uganda's president for life

16 Feb 2011: Kizza Besigye turns slogan against rival: 'If you want no jobs – pakalast. Bad roads – pakalast. To die giving birth – pakalast'
France's foreign minister did speak to Tunisian president while on holiday

16 Feb 2011: Michèle Alliot-Marie spoke to Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali by phone and borrowed jet of businessman linked to regime

Middle East

Bahrainis bring blankets and grievances to join city centre protest camp

17 Feb 2011: Shia Muslims on the Gulf island who feel overlooked are following the Egyptian example to win a better deal
Curveball deserves permanent exile for WMD lies, say Iraq politicians

16 Feb 2011: Defector Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi's hope of a political career met by scorn following admission he lied about Saddam Hussein's weapons programme

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Asia

North Korea 'building' new missile launch site

16 Feb 2011: Satellite images appear to reveal a 100ft launch tower meaning Pyongyang is close to completing a new launch site
Torres fee small change for Abramovich as Chelsea owner's wealth revealed

16 Feb 2011: Russian authorities release for the first time details of oligarch's assets, and estimate his fortune to be worth more than £11bn

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