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We must hold nerve, insists Clegg

20 Sep 2010 at 11:58am
Nick Clegg urges his party to hold its nerve and serve a full five years in coalition with the Tories.

UK troops leave Helmand's Sangin

20 Sep 2010 at 9:50am
British troops in Afghanistan hand over to US forces in Sangin, an area of Helmand province which has seen the UK's heaviest losses.

Strauss outraged by fixing claims

20 Sep 2010 at 8:01am
England captain Andrew Strauss dismisses suggestions they deliberately lost last Friday's third one-day match against Pakistan in return for money.

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Education scheme targets Nigeria's girls

20 Sep 2010 at 9:17am

A teacher training scheme in Nigeria is empowering women and girls living in rural parts of the country through education.

A 13-day-old premature baby has been left an orphan after her parents were killed in a car crash while driving home from visiting her in hospital.

Lockerbie father visits Megrahi in Libya

20 Sep 2010 at 4:51am

The father of one of the victims of the Lockerbie bombing has been to Libya to visit the only man convicted of the atrocity.

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Bodies of three kidnapped election workers are found in Afghanistan

19 Sep 2010 at 6:25pm
KABUL - Afghan authorities said Sunday that they recovered the bodies of three election workers kidnapped Saturday during parliamentary balloting marked by violence and reports of widespread fraud.


Afghanistan - Asia - Taliban - Maps and Views - Badghis Province

Boat collision sparks anger, breakdown in China-Japan talks

20 Sep 2010 at 10:02am
The Chinese government suspended high-level exchanges with the Japan on Sunday after weeks of heated arguments between the two countries, triggered when a Chinese fishing boat collided with Japanese Coast Guard ships in disputed waters.


China - Asia - Japan - People's Republic of China - East China Sea

As China's wealthy grow in numbers, so do their protectors

19 Sep 2010 at 8:06pm
BEIJING - Perhaps the most visible sign of the explosion of private wealth in China tries hard not to be visible at all - the private bodyguard.


China - Asia - United States - People's Republic of China - Social Sciences

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Eleven French banks fined $504 million for price fixing

20 Sep 2010 at 11:06am
Eleven French banks, BNP Paribas SA, Groupe Credit Agricole, BPCE SA and eight other banks were a fined a total of 384.9 million euros ($504 million) after France?s competition regulator said an electronic check-processing program improperly levied fees on consumers.

Woman goes on gun rampage in German hospital, killing 4

20 Sep 2010 at 9:49am
Four people are dead after a woman opened fire at a flat and then in a hospital in Germany last night before police shot her dead in a hail of bullets. Police in the town of Loerrach said Monday that the shooter was a 41-year-old attorney whose name they did not release.

Where are the jobs?

20 Sep 2010 at 8:56am
Most Americans don't really care about the economic minutiae that many of us who study the U.S. economy love to pour over. When it comes to the economy, the typical American citizen just wants to be able to get a good job, make a decent living and put bread on the table for the family. For generations, this arrangement has worked out quite well

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Haitians Cry in Letters: ?Please ? Do Something!?

20 Sep 2010 at 8:30am
Haitians displaced by the January earthquake have deposited impassioned pleas in suggestion boxes at camps.

Arrest in Disputed Seas Riles China and Japan

20 Sep 2010 at 9:13am
The Japanese Coast Guard?s arrest of a Chinese trawler captain in disputed waters has escalated into a diplomatic standoff.

Belgian Catholics Remain Anguished by Abuse

20 Sep 2010 at 8:10am
Promises of change from a new archbishop have done little to settle upheaval in a church dealing with a loss of members, fewer priests and growing secularization.

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Hurricane Igor Heads North After Battering Bermuda

20 Sep 2010 at 7:56am
The storm knocked out power to most of the island's residents.



Tropical cyclone - Bermuda - Meteorology - Earth Sciences - Atmospheric Sciences

Can Opponents Reverse Health Care Law?

20 Sep 2010 at 9:41am
New health care measures go into effect this week that will have profound implications for all Americans and on the U.S. health care system. But Republicans still are fighting for the repeal of the bill that has become one of the biggest and most controversial health care laws in history.



United States - Health care - Republican - Politics - Health Care Reform

Petit Judge Hospitalized, Halting Gruesome Home Invasion Trial

20 Sep 2010 at 9:10am
The judge in the trail of Steven Hayes, accused in a deadly Connecticut home invasion, has been hospitalized. Superior Court Judge Jon C. Blue was in the hospital over the weekend after he complained of feeling light-headed, the Hartford Courant reported. The trail will be postponed until at least Wednesday.



Connecticut - Superior court - Home invasion - Hartford Courant - United States