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Marian MarshallThe former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has warned of the dangers of nuclear war, in his first speech to the Cuban national assembly for four 4 years. Mr. Cas
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(BBC News) with David AustinDisaster officials in Pakistan say the number of people affected by the severe flooding in the country has increased dramatically to 12 millio
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A former child soldier has gone on trial at the prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, the first detainee to face military justice under President Obama, who had promised to close the c
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(BBC News with Sue) Montgomery.In one of the most severe monsoon seasons in Asia for years, the Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao has gone to the western province of Gans
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...new pledges of aid totalling more than $300 million to deal with the disastrous floods that haveswamped large parts of the country. But the UN said millions
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(BBC News with Joe Ma)cintosh.The United States government is announcing big defence cuts aimed at saving billions of dollars. With the details, here is James Reynolds.
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...peace talks in two weeks' time. The American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the leaders of both sides had been invited to meet in Washington with the aim of achievi
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(The United) Nations has launched an appeal for more than $450 million to help those affected by the floods in Pakistan. The money is for immediate relief in the next three mont
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...to shape their next government after Saturday’s closely-fought general election left no party with an outright majority. With most votes counted, neither the Labor Prim
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...holdnoofficial Independence Day celebrationsother thanhoisting the national flag on Saturdayin deference tothe 14 million p
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BBC News with David Austin.Eight tourists from Hong Kong have been killed during a hijacking of a bus in the Philippine capital Manila. Seven others are being treated in
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(Pakistani govern)ment has been defending itself from criticism that it hasn’t reached many of those affected by the country’s devastating floods. The Information Mi
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BBC News with Kathy ClugstonAn American general says President Obama's plan to start withdrawing troops from Afghanistan next July is encouraging Taliban insurgents. The
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(The UN Secretary General) Ban Ki-moon has urged the world tostep upits support for flood-ravaged Pakistan. Mr Ban said he would never forget the suffering and
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BBC News with Jonathan IzardPolice in Mexico have confirmed that the murder victims from a mass killing near the US border were foreign migrants. Mexican marines discover