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Wife of Chinese Nobel winner “detained”A US human rights group claims Chinese authorities are detaining the wife of jailed dissident and… 10/10/10 23:04 CET
Pakistan reopens vital border crossingAfter a 10-day closure, Pakistan has reopened an important border crossing with Afghanistan. It… 10/10/10 21:44 CET
Hungary races to reduce new toxic sludge threatAmid threats of another wave of red toxic sludge in Hungary, workers are racing to build make-shift… 10/10/10 19:19 CET
Escape shaft for Chilean miners reinforcedEngineers in Chile have begun reinforcing the escape shaft through which they are hoping to pull 33… 10/10/10 18:13 CET
Kyrgyzstan elects newly-empowered parliamentVoting has ended in Kyrgyzstan in elections designed to create Central Asia’s first parliamentary… 10/10/10 16:37 CET
Israeli govt backs “loyalty to Jewish state” lawIsraeli demonstrators have been voicing their anger over plans to change the country’s citizenship… 10/10/10 15:59 CET
Soul legend Solomon Burke dies at Dutch airportThe US soul singer Soloman Burke has died at the age of 70. The self-proclaimed King of Rock and… 10/10/10 14:04 CET
N Korea military parades before Kim Jnr.North Korea’s military has been paraded in front of its leader Kim Jong-il and the son expected to… 10/10/10 10:25 CET
Kyrgyzstan elects its newly empowered parliamentKyrgyzstan is holding elections today aimed at creating Central Asia’s only parliamentary… 10/10/10 10:23 CET
Historic vote in troubled KysgyzstanSecurity is tight in Kyrgyzstan today as the country votes in an election that interim leaders hope… 10/10/10 08:48 CET
The rescue plan for Chile’s trapped minersThe operation to save Chile’s 33 trapped miners has reached a new stage with the completion of the… 10/10/10 08:48 CET
Monkey remark causes storm in New DelhiSouth African swimmer Roland Schoeman has said his remarks at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi… 10/10/10 08:47 CET
Rare images of Kim Jong-il alongside his sonIt is being described as further confirmation of the rise of the young man reportedly being groomed… 10/10/10 08:47 CET
Chile’s miners a step closer to safetyThere have been celebrations in Chile as the huge operation to rescue 33 trapped miners reaches a… 10/10/10 04:33 CET
French film festival honours FormanMilos Forman, the Oscar-winning director of such classics as One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest and… 10/10/10 03:04 CET
