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UN calls special food price talks

BBC NEWS | World - 2 hours 2 min ago
The United Nations' food agency calls a special meeting of policy makers to discuss the recent rapid rises in food prices.
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Explosion at Hare Krishna temple

BBC NEWS | World - 2 hours 13 min ago
An explosion partly destroys a Hare Krishna temple in Leicester, but no worshippers are seriously hurt.
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Six men jailed for Portugal abuse

BBC NEWS | World - 2 hours 15 min ago
Six Portuguese men are sentenced to between five and 18 years in jail after being found guilty of multiple charges of sexual abuse at a state-run children's home.
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Plane 'crashes on Dubai highway'

BBC NEWS | World - 2 hours 16 min ago
A cargo plane has crashed on a major highway in Dubai, setting some cars on fire, local officials and media reports say.
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S Lanka panel lost in translation

BBC NEWS | World - 2 hours 20 min ago
A key witness at the commission set up to examine the last years of Sri Lanka's civil war complains his words were not properly translated.
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Prescott urges phone hack review

BBC NEWS | World - 3 hours 6 min ago
Lord Prescott says he is prepared to take legal action to find out whether News of The World journalists hacked into his phone messages.
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Mozambique police fire at rioters

BBC NEWS | World - 3 hours 17 min ago
Police in Mozambique's capital fire rubber bullets on the third day of riots, as the violence spreads to the central city of Chimoio.
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The cost of wheat

BBC NEWS | World - 3 hours 28 min ago
Why food prices around the world are on the rise again
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US monthly job losses continue

BBC NEWS | World - 3 hours 38 min ago
The US economy shed another 54,000 jobs in August, the third month in a row that jobs have been lost, official figures show.
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Police questioning Pakistan trio

BBC NEWS | World - 3 hours 40 min ago
Police are questioning the three Pakistan players accused of corruption, while the ICC says that the players implicated have a disciplinary case to answer.
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Live text - US Open day five

BBC NEWS | World - 3 hours 41 min ago
Women's fifth seed Samantha Stosur is in action early on day five at Flushing Meadows, while Andy Murray takes on Dustin Brown at about 2000 BST.
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Hurricane Earl skirts eastern US

BBC NEWS | World - 3 hours 53 min ago
A weakened hurricane Earl skirts past North Carolina's Outer Banks and continues up the US east coast as a "category one" storm.
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BP says oil spill cost up to $8bn

BBC NEWS | World - 4 hours 14 min ago
BP says the cost of its Gulf of Mexico oil spill has risen to $8bn - a rise of more than $2bn in the last month alone.
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Pakistan rally bomb kills dozens

BBC NEWS | World - 4 hours 19 min ago
A bomb kills at least 42 people at a Shia Muslim rally in the south-western city of Quetta, the second attack on Pakistan's religious minority in days.
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Iran says Mid-East talks doomed

BBC NEWS | World - 4 hours 45 min ago
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians are doomed to fail, in the first regional reaction to the talks.
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Lib Dem veteran Cyril Smith dies

BBC NEWS | World - 5 hours 14 min ago
The former Liberal Democrat MP Sir Cyril Smith has died, aged 82, the party confirms.
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Ex-MI6 man sentenced over leaks

BBC NEWS | World - 6 hours 13 min ago
A former MI6 worker is given a 12-month jail sentence for trying to sell top secret material for £2m.
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Irish delay EU-Israel data deal

BBC NEWS | World - 6 hours 31 min ago
Dublin delays a deal to allow transfers of EU citizens' data to Israel, which is accused of forging passports.
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T.I. released after drug arrest

BBC NEWS | World - 6 hours 47 min ago
The American rap star has been released from jail on bail after being arrested on suspicion of possessing ecstasy.
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UK rules out French 'ship share'

BBC NEWS | World - 7 hours 10 min ago
UK Defence Secretary Liam Fox rules out the UK sharing aircraft carriers with France as part of closer defence co-operation.
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