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No-confidence vote for SA's Zuma

BBC NEWS | World - 1 hour 8 min ago
South Africa's opposition call for a vote of no-confidence in President Jacob Zuma - the first such motion since apartheid ended.
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UN body rejects bluefin tuna ban

BBC NEWS | World - 1 hour 9 min ago
A proposal to ban the export of Atlantic bluefin tuna, which is a sushi mainstay in Japan, has been rejected by a UN wildlife meeting.
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Pietersen wary of Hawk-Eye effect

BBC NEWS | World - 1 hour 33 min ago
Kevin Pietersen believes the increasing use of technology in cricket will force batsmen to adjust their techniques.
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MEPs hear torture exports claims

BBC NEWS | World - 1 hour 55 min ago
Amnesty International tells MEPs European firms are exporting items used for torture, in spite of EU rules.
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Three jailed for Auschwitz theft

BBC NEWS | World - 2 hours 4 min ago
A Polish court sentences three men to jail terms for the theft of the Arbeit Macht Frei sign from Auschwitz last December.
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Gambia charges over 'coup plot'

BBC NEWS | World - 2 hours 10 min ago
Senior officials and businessmen are charged with trying to overthrow Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, officials say.
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Darfur rebel alliance makes peace

BBC NEWS | World - 2 hours 14 min ago
Sudan signs a ceasefire with a Darfur rebel grouping, the second deal in recent weeks, leaving just one band of rebels holding out.
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Security fears

BBC NEWS | World - 2 hours 20 min ago
But cricket fans still have fun at IPL game in Delhi
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EU's foreign chief in Gaza visit

BBC NEWS | World - 3 hours 6 min ago
The EU's foreign policy chief arrives in the Gaza Strip as militants there fire a rocket into Israel, killing one person.
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Damage limitation

BBC NEWS | World - 3 hours 8 min ago
Will the Pope be undermined by child abuse row?
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Rocket fire from Gaza kills man

BBC NEWS | World - 3 hours 10 min ago
A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel kills a man, the first fatal rocket attack since Israel's campaign last year.
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Kidnapped boy and father reunited

BBC NEWS | World - 3 hours 44 min ago
Sahil Saeed, the boy kidnapped in Pakistan two weeks ago, has been reunited with his father and is heading home to the UK.
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Abramovich in libel case victory

BBC NEWS | World - 4 hours 3 min ago
Chelsea's owner accepts libel damages and an apology from La Repubblica newspaper over false claims of a gambling problem.
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Blood curse

BBC NEWS | World - 4 hours 13 min ago
Symbolism and the supernatural used in Thai stand-off
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Dresden WWII toll put at 25,000

BBC NEWS | World - 4 hours 17 min ago
Up to 25,000 people died in the Allied bombing of Dresden in 1945 - fewer than often estimated, an official German report says.
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Do unions have too much power?

BBC NEWS | World - 4 hours 17 min ago
Overseas unions are backing BA strikes, amid a row over Unite's links with Britain's Labour party. Your reaction?
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Belgian sex film cabins not a cultural activity, court rules

BBC NEWS | World - 4 hours 34 min ago
A Belgian sex shop owner attempting to cut the VAT bill for his film screenings under cultural exemptions is told by the European Court of Justice that solo viewings are excluded.
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Haiti 'orphans' return to parents

BBC NEWS | World - 4 hours 52 min ago
All but one of the 33 children who US missionaries tried to take out of Haiti after January's quake are returned to their parents.
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Riera hits out at manager Benitez

BBC NEWS | World - 4 hours 59 min ago
Liverpool winger Albert Riera says he is considering leaving the club after being given the silent treatment by boss Rafael Benitez.
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Indian children 'sacrifice' probe

BBC NEWS | World - 5 hours 3 min ago
Five children poisoned to death in a village in India may have been sacrificed, police say.
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