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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 9:18pm PDT
A popular rival to Japanese PM Yasuo Fukuda is tipped for promotion in what analysts say will be a major reshuffle.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 9:06pm PDT
A deal that would involve the sale of most UK nuclear power stations to a French energy firm now appears uncertain.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 7:58pm PDT
'My challenge to live without plastic for a whole month'
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 7:02pm PDT
The UN Security Council renews the mandate for peacekeepers in Darfur for another year after resolving last-minute differences.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 6:17pm PDT
Aid agencies in Afghanistan say the country's growing violence may force them out of areas previously seen as safe.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 6:07pm PDT
How politics overshadowed past Olympics
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 5:50pm PDT
Olympics are small comfort to Sichuan earthquake victims
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 5:37pm PDT
Scientists are moving closer to developing an "exercise pill" which will help you to get fit, even if you don't move a muscle
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 5:34pm PDT
George Tupou V is crowned king of Tonga in the South Pacific state's first coronation in more than 40 years.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 5:33pm PDT
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is to lay off 22,000 state workers and put 200,000 on low pay amid a cash crisis.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 4:39pm PDT
The Treasury Secretary predicts better times as figures show the US economy grew at a slower-than-expected rate of 1.9%.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 4:07pm PDT
Haiti's Senate approves the nomination of Michele Pierre-Louis, a 61-year-old economist, as the new prime minister.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 3:53pm PDT
From Canada through Russia, to China - skywatchers can see a total eclipse of the Sun on Friday.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 3:18pm PDT
A man kills and beheads a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus travelling across the Canadian Prairies.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 2:48pm PDT
Polite and civil, Karadzic begins a long legal battle
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 2:39pm PDT
The UK has been living under a delusion over its claim to be cutting greenhouse gases, according to two reports.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 2:26pm PDT
World number three Maria Sharapova will miss the Beijing Olympics because of a shoulder injury.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 2:18pm PDT
Roger Federer's reign as world number one comes under threat after he loses to Ivo Karlovic in the Cincinnati Masters.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 2:15pm PDT
Nasa's Phoenix Mars lander spacecraft identifies water in a sample of soil collected on the planet for the first time.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 1:05pm PDT
Scrabulous is back on Facebook, but with a new name, new rules and circular tiles.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 11:19am PDT
The International Atomic Energy Agency is set to approve a controversial nuclear deal between India and the US.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 11:14am PDT
The world's geologists have dug out their maps and stuck them together, producing the first truly global resource on rocks.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 10:39am PDT
They may look nice, but who says they are naughty?
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 9:20am PDT
Ex-Thai prime minister's family checked by court
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 9:09am PDT
Seven Russian athletes bound for the Olympics are provisionally suspended for doping offences, the IAAF has announced.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 8:19am PDT
South African ruling party leader Jacob Zuma loses a bid to stop documents being used as evidence in his corruption trial.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 7:56am PDT
Chinese authorities appear to have unblocked the BBC's Chinese language website, amid a row over internet censorship.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 7:32am PDT
How will Israel's next PM tackle current problems?
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 6:03am PDT
JK Rowling's The Tales of Beedle the Bard are to be published to raise money for vulnerable children.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 4:41am PDT
US presidential hopeful Barack Obama hits back at a TV ad labelling him as a celebrity who may not be ready to lead.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 4:01am PDT
A car dealer sent flying when a van struck a barrier is surprised to find the driver is Michael Schumacher.
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Posted: July 31st, 2008, 2:44am PDT
Israeli opposition leader Binyamin Netanyahu calls for snap elections after PM Ehud Olmert announced he would quit.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 4:42pm PDT
Unions and civil rights groups in Niger call for an inquiry into a recent multi-billion dollar oil deal between China and Niger.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 4:22pm PDT
Singer and composer Gilberto Gil steps down after five years as Brazil's culture minister to concentrate on his music.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 4:00pm PDT
Kosovo has issued its first passport, five months after declaring independence from Serbia.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 3:55pm PDT
The BBC obtains a leaked copy of a letter from the World Bank warning East Timor to reconsider its economic policies.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 3:37pm PDT
Tottenham bolster their ranks with the signing of midfielder David Bentley from Blackburn Rovers.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 3:18pm PDT
President Bush triples the US budget for fighting Aids and other diseases in Africa and the Caribbean.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 2:08pm PDT
Oil prices rebound from near three month lows after the US says petrol stockpiles fell unexpectedly last week.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 2:05pm PDT
Starbucks sees its first quarterly net loss in more than 15 years - blaming costs linked to closing 600 underperforming stores.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 1:55pm PDT
Israeli PM Ehud Olmert says he will quit within months, pointing to the pressure on his family from a corruption inquiry.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 1:42pm PDT
After meeting Robert Mugabe, Thabo Mbeki says talks to solve Zimbabwe's political crisis will resume on Sunday.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 10:47am PDT
A Briton accused of hacking into top secret US military computers vows to fight extradition after losing a Law Lords appeal.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 10:38am PDT
South Africa take total control of the third Test after dismissing England for 231 on day one at Edgbaston.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 10:09am PDT
Genetic flaws are linked to schizophrenia - but experts warn a complete analysis is likely to remain elusive.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 10:01am PDT
The UN Security Council votes to end its peace mission to the Horn of Africa, amid divisions over Darfur's force.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 9:08am PDT
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic makes his first appearance before the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 8:54am PDT
A pair of Queen Victoria's bloomers that have a 50in waist are sold at an auction in Derby for £4,500.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 8:46am PDT
The UK's biggest domestic energy supplier raises gas prices by 35% and electricity prices by 9%, with immediate effect.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 8:22am PDT
Turkey's Constitutional Court decides not to ban the ruling AK Party, but imposes financial sanctions against it.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 6:51am PDT
Striking images from around the world
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 6:36am PDT
Iraqi forces backed by US troops press ahead with a major offensive in Diyala province north of Baghdad.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 5:43am PDT
US President George Bush signs a rescue bill designed to help Americans at risk of having their homes repossessed.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 5:15am PDT
Test your knowledge of the Bond themes
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 3:51am PDT
A former pest-control officer found himself eating insects to survive after he lost his bearings in the Australian Outback.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 3:39am PDT
A large chunk of the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf has broken free of the northern Canadian coast, scientists say.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 3:37am PDT
The BBC is fined £400,000 by watchdog Ofcom for misleading viewers by "faking" contests on TV and radio shows.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 3:34am PDT
How a weird weather pattern can choke a city
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 3:31am PDT
Where anxious Serbs run into the new Kosovo
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 2:29am PDT
Dominicans' role in hunt for Alzheimer's cure
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 2:21am PDT
Nasa's 50-year history in pictures and sound
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 1:19am PDT
Journalists covering the Beijing Olympics will not have completely uncensored internet access, Chinese officials admit.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 1:17am PDT
R&B singer Alicia Keys and rock star Jack White record the theme for the next James Bond film, Quantum of Solace.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 1:14am PDT
Guinea-Bissau's attorney general says he has received death threats after investigating the drugs trade.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 1:13am PDT
Actor Shia LaBeouf was "not at fault" for a road accident but still faces a drink-driving investigation, police say.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 1:10am PDT
International negotiators express disappointment at the failure of trade talks in Geneva, but some vow to fight on.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 12:20am PDT
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is flown from Serbia to The Hague to face war-crimes charges.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 12:18am PDT
Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva breaks her own pole vault world record as she clears 5.04m at the Super Grand Prix meeting in Monaco.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 12:15am PDT
Iraqi forces backed by American troops launch a major operation against insurgents in the Iraqi province of Diyala.
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Posted: July 30th, 2008, 12:15am PDT
The Pakistani military says it has killed at least 25 pro-Taleban militants in the troubled north-western district of Swat.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 11:50pm PDT
Botswana drinkers upset at 70% beer price hike
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 11:46pm PDT
Increased seizures of drugs in the UK have had little impact on supply on the streets, research suggests.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 11:32pm PDT
EADS extends its Power8 cost-cutting programme, that has already cost 10,000 jobs, for an extra year.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 11:26pm PDT
An exploding oxygen cylinder was the probable cause of a hole in an Australian passenger plane, a safety official confirms.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 6:22pm PDT
The Los Angeles city council imposes a ban on new fast-food outlets in a low-income area with a high incidence of obesity.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 5:52pm PDT
Studying the way bumblebees search for food could help detectives hunt down criminals, scientists believe.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 5:48pm PDT
An earthquake is felt across southern California, causing buildings to sway but no major damage or injuries, officials say.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 4:56pm PDT
DNA tests confirm a body found off Brazil's coast is that of a priest who went missing trying to set a flight record, officials say.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 4:38pm PDT
The BBC's Jonathan Head visits a school in Thailand which has provided transsexual pupils with their own toilet.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 4:18pm PDT
How John McCain is fighting bias in the campaign
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 4:14pm PDT
Scientists may have uncovered why some people naturally lose their ability to make new memories as they get older.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 4:05pm PDT
The rise of the female Iraqi suicide bomber
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 2:51pm PDT
The Geneva talks' failure ends dreams of freer trade
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 2:32pm PDT
The International Olympic Committee clears the way for Iraq to compete in the Olympics after lifting its previous ban.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 2:30pm PDT
Roger Federer comes back from the brink of another shock defeat to beat Robby Ginepri at the Cincinnati Masters.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 1:31pm PDT
The developers of popular Facebook application Scrabulous suspend the game for some users following legal action.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 12:27pm PDT
UK scientists have developed a drug which may halt the progression of early-stage Alzheimer's disease.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 11:49am PDT
A plane equipped with a powerful laser has moved a step closer to becoming a viable weapon to shoot down missiles.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 9:36am PDT
Seven Bosnian Serbs are jailed for genocide over the massacre of more than 1,000 Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica in 1995.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 9:30am PDT
Boxer travels from Xinjiang orchard to Beijing Games
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 8:26am PDT
US consumer confidence improves slightly in July, a survey suggests, but still represents a bleak view of the economy.
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Posted: July 29th, 2008, 1:29am PDT
Even the wealthy hand back negative equity homes
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 11:12pm PDT
Oil giant BP announces a 6% rise in profits for the second quarter of 2008, largely thanks to a sharp rise in the price of oil.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 10:58pm PDT
Scientists have found further evidence that cholesterol-lowering statins may protect against dementia and memory loss.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 10:08pm PDT
Singer Amy Winehouse has been taken to hospital after suffering a reaction to medication, her spokesman confirms.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 9:47pm PDT
US beef arrives in South Korea for the first time in nearly five years under a new import deal which sparked huge protests.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 9:40pm PDT
Three Pakistani security officials are killed by militants in the north-western district of Swat.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 8:17pm PDT
Amnesty International says human rights in China have not got better but worse with its hosting of the Olympic Games.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 7:30pm PDT
The Australian government abandons the country's controversial policy of jailing all asylum seekers.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 7:29pm PDT
Talks to try to rescue a world trade deal go into a ninth day after delegates fail to resolve differences over market access.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 6:48pm PDT
George W Bush becomes the first US President in more than 50 years to approve the death sentence of a soldier.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 6:38pm PDT
Police in Antigua are reported to be questioning six people over the murder of a British doctor on her honeymoon.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 5:57pm PDT
US President George Bush tells Pakistan's visiting PM that the two countries remain close allies despite recent strains.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 4:25pm PDT
How the illegal cigarette trade fed the Yugoslav wars
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 4:07pm PDT
Turks ask who could have planted the deadly bombs
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 2:37pm PDT
Richard Branson unveils spacecraft for tourists
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 1:42pm PDT
UK business tycoon Richard Branson unveils an aircraft to be used in his space tourism project in California.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 1:23pm PDT
Liberal churches must end the ordination of gay bishops and stop blessing same-sex relationships, senior Anglican clergy say.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 12:20pm PDT
The next US president is expected to face a record budget deficit of nearly half a trillion dollars in 2009.
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Posted: July 28th, 2008, 9:50am PDT
Senior researchers have called for the location of small open-air trials of GM crops to be kept secret.
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