BBC News 19 November 2011 Last updated at 19:01 ET

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Gaddafi's son Saif captured in Libya

Saif al-Islam, the fugitive son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has been captured and will face a fair trial, the prime minister says.


An Egyptian police vehicle burns as protesters clash with police in Cairo's Tahrir Square, 19 November. Deadly clashes rock central Cairo

Clashes erupt between Egyptian security forces and protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square, killing one person and wounding hundreds.

Basil D'OliveiraApartheid dispute cricketer D'Oliveira dies

Former England cricketer, Basil D'Oliveira, who inadvertently played a critical role in the demise of apartheid in South Africa, dies at the age of 80.

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    Despite reform in Burma, obstacles to change remain


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    Why Pakistanis are laughing at 'monkey crotch' and 'athlete's foot'


  • Members of the Occupy Wall St movement clash with New York Police Department officers after being removed from Zuccotti Park in New York, 15 NovemberWeek in pictures

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  • 10 things

    People in the 19th Century ate 'toast soup'

  • Web of debt

    Who owes what to whom in the eurozone and beyond?

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    Japan's tsunami recovery viewed from the air

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    How technology is enabling traders to work "at the speed of light"

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    Web reviewer Kate Russell's pick of the web including the evolution of the internet


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    The Yacoubian Building author Alaa Al Aswany on why novelists ‘defend human values’


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