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BBC News with Fiona MacDonaldThe former military ruler of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, says he is forming a new political party for an attemptedcomebackin
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BBC News with Jonathan IzardPope Benedict has urged Britain to stay faithful to its Christian roots even in an age of religious disbelief. On the first day of his state v
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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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BBC News with Fiona MacDonaldHours after ceremonies took place in the United States on the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, protesters have been staging demonstr
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BBC News with Nick KellyThe UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has warned world leaders not to use the economic downturn as an excuse for missing targets on reducing povert
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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 Kathy ClugstonCuba has announced plans tolay offhuge numbers of state employees in the biggest shift to the private sector since the revolu
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BBC News with Jerry Schmitt.Republicans in the US Senate have blocked a controversial proposal to allow homosexual men and women to serve openly in the American military.
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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 Nick Kelly.An American woman freed on Tuesday after more than a year in an Iranian jail has thanked all those involved in her release. The woman, Sarah Shou
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BBC News with Iain PurdonPresident Obama has condemned as inexcusable comments by the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the United Nations General Assembly on Thur
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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