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Posted: April 30th, 2008, 9:57am PDT
Chinese relay moves to ethnically diverse Kaili
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Posted: April 30th, 2008, 5:04am PDT
Afghan officials in Kabul say they have killed three insurgents linked to Sunday's attack on President Karzai.
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Posted: April 30th, 2008, 4:56am PDT
A Pink Floyd blow-up pig which floated away during a concert is found in tatters in California.
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Posted: April 30th, 2008, 4:47am PDT
Some striking images from around the world
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Posted: April 30th, 2008, 4:31am PDT
The leaders of Pakistan's new government are holding urgent talks about sacked judges, in the coalition's first real test.
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Posted: April 30th, 2008, 4:28am PDT
Chelsea's Didier Drogba hits back at suggestions he is a diver ahead of the Champions League semi-final, second leg with Liverpool.
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Posted: April 30th, 2008, 4:25am PDT
The US central bank is likely to cut rates to 2% later, but inflation risks mean this may be the last cut for a while.
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Posted: April 30th, 2008, 4:24am PDT
More than 400 people have been killed in fighting in Baghdad in April, say officials at hospitals in Iraq's capital.
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Posted: April 30th, 2008, 4:04am PDT
Matt Frei on Barack Obama and his former pastor
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Posted: April 30th, 2008, 3:59am PDT
Shoaib Akhtar loses his appeal against a five-year ban imposed by the Pakistan Cricket Board but can still play overseas.
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Posted: April 30th, 2008, 3:52am PDT
Mexican troops close off a Tijuana hospital to protect suspected drug traffickers wounded in gang warfare.
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Posted: April 30th, 2008, 3:44am PDT
A lawyer for the Austrian man who held his daughter in a cellar for 24 years, says he needs psychiatric tests.
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Posted: April 30th, 2008, 3:13am PDT
House prices in the UK record their first year-on-year fall for 12 years, says the UK's biggest building society.
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Posted: April 30th, 2008, 3:05am PDT
Kenya may use funds intended to resettle the displaced to help find some $300m to pay for the new coalition cabinet.
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Posted: April 30th, 2008, 2:50am PDT
Chinese police rescue more than 100 children sold to work as slave labourers in Guangdong.
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Posted: April 30th, 2008, 2:45am PDT
The world's largest squid possesses the biggest animal eye, say scientists dissecting a rare specimen.
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Posted: April 30th, 2008, 2:32am PDT
Luminaries look to the future of the world wide web
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Posted: April 30th, 2008, 1:48am PDT
Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who discovered the hallucinogenic drug LSD, dies at the age of 102.
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Posted: April 30th, 2008, 1:30am PDT
Lean times for meat eaters in cash-strapped Zimbabwe
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Posted: April 30th, 2008, 1:11am PDT
China marks 100 days until the Beijing Olympic Games begin, as the Olympic torch arrives in Hong Kong.
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Posted: April 30th, 2008, 1:08am PDT
Colombian police kill one of the country's most notorious criminals, Victor Manuel Mejia, media reports say.
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Posted: April 30th, 2008, 12:37am PDT
CSI star Gary Dourdan is arrested for allegedly possessing cocaine, heroin and other drugs, police say.
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Posted: April 29th, 2008, 11:21pm PDT
A specific protein in the body may be the key to overcoming the increasing problem of resistance to HIV drugs, researchers say.
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Posted: April 29th, 2008, 9:22pm PDT
Eastern Europeans have settled more widely in the UK than people in earlier waves of migration, a study says.
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Posted: April 29th, 2008, 8:44pm PDT
Russia warns it will retaliate if Georgia uses force against its breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
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Posted: April 29th, 2008, 8:30pm PDT
The world wide web is "still in its infancy", the web's inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee tells BBC News.
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Posted: April 29th, 2008, 6:15pm PDT
An MPs' review of science funding concludes the UK looks like an "incompetent" partner for international projects.
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Posted: April 29th, 2008, 3:40pm PDT
The parents of Hollywood actress Uma Thurman give evidence against the man accused of stalking her.
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Posted: April 29th, 2008, 2:20pm PDT
Polish returnees on what tempted them back from UK
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Posted: April 29th, 2008, 2:13pm PDT
US presidential hopeful Barack Obama denounces comments made by his former pastor, Rev Jeremiah Wright.
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Posted: April 29th, 2008, 1:53pm PDT
Soccer star Ronaldo caught in cross-dress sex scandal
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Posted: April 29th, 2008, 4:24am PDT
EU ministers are to sign a pre-membership agreement with Serbia, the Slovenian EU presidency says.
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Posted: April 29th, 2008, 4:01am PDT
Cuba's President Raul Castro says nearly all death sentences are to be commuted to prison terms.
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Posted: April 29th, 2008, 3:55am PDT
A Congolese warlord known as "the Terminator" is being sought for recruiting child soldiers, the ICC reveals.
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Posted: April 29th, 2008, 3:25am PDT
Even the slower-witted among us can improve our mental agility with a few daily brain teasers, a study suggests.
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Posted: April 29th, 2008, 3:25am PDT
Even the slower-witted among us can improve our mental agility with a few daily brain teasers, a study suggests.
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Posted: April 29th, 2008, 3:11am PDT
Peter Taylor reflects on the rise of Islamist extremism and how fighting for a "cause" flows from generation to generation.
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Posted: April 29th, 2008, 2:47am PDT
Scientists build a device that mimics the process by which spiders produce fine, yet super-strong.
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Posted: April 29th, 2008, 2:47am PDT
Scientists build a device that mimics the process by which spiders produce fine, yet super-strong.
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Posted: April 29th, 2008, 2:37am PDT
Three men are arrested by police in the United Kingdom as part of an investigation into the Tamil Tigers.
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Posted: April 29th, 2008, 2:33am PDT
Two elderly sisters lose their 30-year battle to avoid liability for inheritance tax when one of them dies.
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Posted: April 29th, 2008, 2:33am PDT
Neo-con Robert Kagan says history has resumed
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Posted: April 29th, 2008, 2:33am PDT
Neo-con Robert Kagan says history has resumed
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Posted: April 29th, 2008, 2:23am PDT
Oil prices ease from a record as Scottish refinery workers end a strike that disrupted North Sea crude production.
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Posted: April 29th, 2008, 2:13am PDT
Sven-Goran Eriksson will not be Manchester City's manager next season, BBC Sport understands.
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Posted: April 29th, 2008, 2:13am PDT
Sven-Goran Eriksson will not be Manchester City's manager next season, BBC Sport understands.
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Posted: April 29th, 2008, 1:53am PDT
Video game Grand Theft Auto IV goes on sale worldwide with analysts expecting it to smash sales records.
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Posted: April 29th, 2008, 1:32am PDT
Zimbabwe's UN ambassador says a national unity government is needed, whoever wins the presidential election.
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Posted: April 29th, 2008, 1:32am PDT
Zimbabwe's UN ambassador says a national unity government is needed, whoever wins the presidential election.
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Posted: April 29th, 2008, 1:17am PDT
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad launches a project to expand Sri Lanka's oil refining capacity.
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Posted: April 29th, 2008, 1:14am PDT
A man accused of stalking actress Uma Thurman thought he was being romantic, his lawyer says.
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Posted: April 29th, 2008, 1:08am PDT
Will the internet crumble under video boom strain?
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Posted: April 29th, 2008, 12:48am PDT
A suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan kills 15 local people and wounds 14 others, the Nato-led force says.
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Posted: April 29th, 2008, 12:24am PDT
Sir Alex Ferguson is confident his Manchester United side can beat Barcelona in Tuesday's Champions League semi-final.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 11:44pm PDT
Record oil prices help Royal Dutch Shell and BP to report strong profits for the first three months of 2008.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 11:44pm PDT
Record oil prices help Royal Dutch Shell and BP to report strong profits for the first three months of 2008.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 11:43pm PDT
A court in Tibet has jailed 17 people for taking part in riots in the capital Lhasa, Chinese state media says.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 11:43pm PDT
A court in Tibet has jailed 17 people for taking part in riots in the capital Lhasa, Chinese state media says.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 11:38pm PDT
Australian scientists believe they may have discovered how to help people lose weight without cutting back on food.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 11:24pm PDT
The leader of a group of rebels accused of trying to kill East Timor's president surrenders in Dili.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 11:24pm PDT
The leader of a group of rebels accused of trying to kill East Timor's president surrenders in Dili.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 10:27pm PDT
Speeding was the cause of a train collision in eastern China that left 70 people dead, state media reports.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 9:53pm PDT
The US military and Afghan government say more than 20 Taleban rebels have been killed in fresh clashes.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 9:50pm PDT
An Austrian who admitted imprisoning his daughter for 24 years and fathering her children is to appear before a magistrate.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 9:34pm PDT
Most of the teenage girls taken from a Texas polygamist sect are either mothers or pregnant, officials say.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 9:08pm PDT
The Olympic torch arrives in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam for the final international stop of its troubled tour.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 9:07pm PDT
Grangemouth oil refinery workers are ending a two-day strike amid warnings of further possible industrial action.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 8:10pm PDT
A United Nations task force is to be set up to tackle the crisis triggered by rising global food prices.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 7:30pm PDT
Three tornadoes rip through the US state of Virginia, injuring 200 people and damaging buildings.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 7:13pm PDT
Former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz is due to go on trial over the deaths of a group of Baghdad merchants.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 6:57pm PDT
It is thought US interest rates will be cut to 2% from 2.25% this week, but is tipped to be the last for a while.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 6:57pm PDT
It is thought US interest rates will be cut to 2% from 2.25% this week, but is tipped to be the last for a while.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 6:40pm PDT
Amnesty International accuses police in Mozambique of killing and torturing people with near total impunity.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 6:03pm PDT
Indonesia's trial run for bird flu catastrophe
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 5:44pm PDT
Climate change is already affecting the prospects for children in the world's poorer nations, says the UN children's agency.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 5:35pm PDT
Crisis looms for the UN and EU after independence
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 4:45pm PDT
A draft resolution allowing states to confront pirates in Somalia's waters is before the UN Security Council.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 4:34pm PDT
Women who take osteoporosis drug Fosomax may have more risk of developing an irregular heartbeat, study suggests.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 4:34pm PDT
Women who take osteoporosis drug Fosomax may have more risk of developing an irregular heartbeat, study suggests.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 4:24pm PDT
Attending a playgroup cuts a child's risk of developing one common type of leukaemia by around 30%, researchers say.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 2:51pm PDT
Right-winger Gianni Alemanno wins Rome's mayoral poll, in another blow to Italy's centre-left.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 2:10pm PDT
Opec, the oil producing cartel, warns that the price of crude could reach $200 a barrel as oil prices hover near $120.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 1:55pm PDT
Emmanuel Adebayor hits a second-half hat-trick as Arsenal hammer relegated Derby 6-2 at Pride Park.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 11:36am PDT
A Spanish court refuses to extradite former Argentine President Isabel Peron over alleged human rights abuses.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 10:47am PDT
A senior Iranian cleric warns that Western toys such as Barbie dolls are harming the country's youth.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 10:07am PDT
The mind of a child kept captive in a sunless cellar
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 9:55am PDT
Nepal restricts Everest access during torch relay
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 8:43am PDT
Zimbabwe's rival opposition factions say they have reunited, declaring they have a majority in parliament.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 8:39am PDT
Sniffer dogs save lives in Afghanistan
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 8:39am PDT
Sniffer dogs save lives in Afghanistan
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 8:26am PDT
The UN should examine concerns about the detention policies of US-led troops in Iraq, a rights group says.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 8:19am PDT
Scientists find evidence that a natural feedback mechanism regulated CO2 for hundreds of thousands of years.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 8:16am PDT
Top Taleban commander Baitullah Mehsud halts talks with Pakistan's government, his spokesman says.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 8:07am PDT
The head of United Nations operations in DR Congo defends the UN over claims that its troops armed militias.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 8:05am PDT
An Austrian has confessed to imprisoning his daughter in a cellar and fathering her seven children, police say.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 8:03am PDT
Grand Theft Auto IV receives a string of near-perfect review scores ahead of its release on Tuesday.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 7:44am PDT
Four US soldiers are killed in Baghdad, the latest casualties of fierce clashes with Shia militia.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 7:14am PDT
Manchester United hope Wayne Rooney and Nemanja Vidic will be fit to play in the Champions League semi-final, second leg against Barcelona.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 6:01am PDT
Police in China have discovered a factory taking orders for the flag of the Tibetan government-in-exile.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 5:57am PDT
US analyst queries Clinton's claim to 'popular vote' win
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 5:24am PDT
At least 70 people die in a collision between two passenger trains in eastern China, state media say.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 5:20am PDT
Israelis and Palestinians blame each other after an explosion kills a mother and her four children in Gaza.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 5:18am PDT
A report blames a "lackadaisical" approach over the freeing of a schizophrenic who went on to kill.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 4:42am PDT
Hundreds of protesters in Indonesia set fire to a mosque belonging to the Ahmadiyya Muslim sect.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 4:22am PDT
Some striking images from around the world
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 3:45am PDT
Spinner Harbhajan Singh is handed an 11-match ban in the Indian Premier League after being found guilty of slapping fellow India star Sree Santh.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 3:28am PDT
Seven German artists live with lice in their hair in an Israeli museum for three weeks in the name of art.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 3:07am PDT
PC makers are exploiting loopholes in Microsoft license terms to keep selling Windows XP beyond a cut-off date.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 2:39am PDT
Pregnancy cravings are much more common among modern women than previous generations, a survey suggests.
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