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  • Japan: Sea radiation is another blow to fishermen

    Fishermen who lost their homes and boats in Japan's tsunami now fear radioactive water gushing into the Pacific Ocean from a crippled nuclear plant could cost them their livelihoods.

  • Obama battles Boehner to prevent government shutdown

    A visibly frustrated President Barack Obama emerged from a failed meeting on a budget deal and said he would demand daily sessions with House Speaker John Boehner until an agreement was hammered out to prevent a US government shutdown at week's end.

  • Libyan rebel leader: NATO isn't doing enough

    A rebel military leader has lashed out at NATO, saying it is falling short in its mission to protect Libyan civilians.

  • What's killing all the bees?

    There's concern in many countries, including New Zealand, about declining honey bee numbers and the effect it could have on pollinating crops.

  • Ivory Coast: Strongman Gbagbo refuses to step down

    Ivory Coast's strongman leader Laurent Gbagbo holed up in a bunker inside the presidential residence, defiantly maintaining he won the election four months ago even as troops backing the internationally recognised winner encircled the home.

  • British and Pakistan PMs meet

    Britain and Pakistan have an "unbreakable" bond, the British Prime Minister said during a visit to Islamabad on Tuesday.

  • Fighters surround Ivory Coast strongman in bunker

    Surrounded by troops backing Ivory Coast's democratically elected leader, Laurent Gbagbo huddled in a bunker with his family.

  • Gadhafi's forces push rebels back

    Libyan government forces unleashed a withering bombardment of rebels outside a key oil town Tuesday.

  • Former News of the World employees arrested

    British police have arrested The News of the World's former editor and former chief reporter.

  • Biden launches sexual violence awareness campaign

    A nation that prides itself on fighting the abuse of power has an obligation to prevent sexual violence in schools and on college campuses, US Vice President Joe Biden said as he kicked off a nationwide awareness campaign on schools' responsibilities and victims' rights.

  • US planes attack as US cuts back Libya mission

    US Air Force and Marine attack planes struck targets in Libya on a stretch of Mediterranean coastline near the cities of Sirte and Brega on Monday, the final day of planned US combat missions in the North African nation, US officials said.

  • Air France plane crash: Key moments

    Underwater robots have spotted part of the cabin, bodies and engines of an Air France plane on the Atlantic Ocean floor - nearly two years after it crashed in 2009.

  • Final battle rages in Ivory Coast

    The United Nations and French forces have opened fire with attack helicopters on the arsenal of this country's entrenched ruler, as columns of foot soldiers allied with his challenger finally pierced the city limit.

  • Britain sends telecoms equipment to Libyan rebels

    Britain has announced it will supply communications equipment to Libyan rebels to help them withstand attacks by Moammar Gadhafi's regime.

  • Libya: Rebels reject role for Gadhafi sons

    A diplomatic push by Moammar Gadhafi's regime ran into trouble as opponents at home and abroad rejected any solution to the Libyan conflict that would involve one of his sons taking power.

  • Leaders decry IRA dissidents' 'war against peace'

    Irish Republican Army dissidents responsible for killing a new Catholic police recruit in Northern Ireland are waging a pointless "war against peace" that has unified the community in anger, Northern Ireland's security and political leaders declared.

  • Ivory Coast: UN helicopter fires at Gbagbo forces

    A United Nations helicopter fired at strongman Laurent Gbagbo's forces as France authorised its military to take out his heavy weapons, an unprecedented escalation in the international community's efforts to oust the entrenched leader.

  • Dog reunited with owner after tsunami rescue

    A dog rescued from drifting ocean debris immediately jumped to her owner and wagged her tail at their reunion more than three weeks after Japan's tsunami.

  • Japan nuke plant dumps radioactive water into sea

    Workers have begun pumping more than 3 million gallons of contaminated water from Japan's tsunami-ravaged nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean.

  • Obama launches 2012 re-election campaign

    US President Barack Obama has formally launched his re-election campaign.

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