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9/11 defendants in court at Guantanamo
Five men, including alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, appear before military judge at US base in Cuba.
Last Modified: 05 May 2012 15:05 GMT
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US to try five 9/11 suspects
Military trial for 9/11 'mastermind'
Guantanamo Bay, 10 years on
Military trials resume in Guantanamo
Deadly blasts target two Syrian cities
At least five reported dead in Aleppo with further blast in capital, a day after Annan's spokesman said truce on track.
Last Modified: 05 May 2012 15:11 GMT
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Deadly bombing rocks Syrian capital
Explosions hit northern Syrian city
UN Army still using heavy weapons
Japan shuts down last nuclear reactor
Last of country's 54 nuclear reactors goes offline for maintenance, prompting celebrations from anti-nuclear protesters.
Last Modified: 05 May 2012 08:34 GMT
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Japan aftershocks, one year on
Japanese calls for compensation
Residents return to Japan radiation zone
Japan struggles with nuclear decontamination
Egypt's military order overnight curfew
In response to violent clashes, Egypt's ruling military has ordered 300 people detained, including nine journalists.
Last Modified: 05 May 2012 15:05 GMT
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Activists in information war
Assiut village seeks change
French election campaigning closes
Presidential candidates Francois Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy hold their last rallies as campaigning officially ends.
Last Modified: 05 May 2012 12:14 GMT
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9/11 defendants in court at Guantanamo
Deadly blasts target two Syrian cities
Japan shuts down last nuclear reactor
Egypt's military order overnight curfew
French election campaigning closes
More bodies found in Mexico town
Fourteen beheaded corpses found in Nuevo Laredo, hours after nine bodies were discovered hanging from a bridge.
Last Modified: 05 May 2012 03:08 GMT
Palestinian hunger strikers in prison clinic
Israel says 10 Palestinian prisoners participating in mass hunger strike have been placed under medical supervision.
Last Modified: 05 May 2012 14:46 GMT
Conservative Johnson re-elected London mayor
Boris Johnson beats Labour rival, but his party and Liberal Democrats suffer crushing nationwide defeat in local polls.
Last Modified: 05 May 2012 05:46 GMT
Scores injured at Armenia political rally
Explosion of balloons at political event in Yerevan leads to 144 people suffering burns.
Last Modified: 05 May 2012 01:00 GMT
Tymoshenko to be treated at Ukrainian clinic
Jailed ex-prime minister to be treated under supervision of German doctors in city where she is jailed, her lawyer says.
Last Modified: 05 May 2012 07:51 GMT
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Greek shopkeepers feel economic pain
Store fronts shuttered and small businesses badly hurt by downturn that has left country in crisis.
Kurds divided by Syrian uprising
While some in Syria and Turkey support opposition, others feel best interests served by supporting Assad.
Immigrants bear brunt of Sudan crisis
Amid growing distrust between rival Sudans, people from both sides are being forced to leave homes behind.
Wealthy Veneto equally hit by rising suicides
As economic crisis deepens, suicide cases are as much on the rise in wealthy north as other parts of Italy.
Argentinian Falklands advert attracts UK ire
Advertisement run by Argentine government for London Olympics filmed on disputed territory.
Injured US race horses given second chance
Rehabilitation programme offers hope for horses ordinarily destined for slaughterhouse.
Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch dies aged 47
Founding member of one of the world's most successful hip hop bands had been battling with cancer for years.
Deaths in Karachi gang violence
Police in Pakistan's biggest city in struggle to cope with rival gangs divided on ethnic lines.
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05 May 2012 08:46 GMT
Media outlets have multiplied in post-Ben Ali Tunisia, but with this plurality has come a whole new set of problems.
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05 May 2012 08:05 GMT
In the wake of recent violence, we ask if it is in the interests of Egypt's military to see the streets unmanageable.
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04 May 2012 13:42 GMT
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Sam Bollier
04 May 2012 13:21 GMT
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