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Pakistan offers to help India
02/12/2008 14:04
Pakistan has offered to help India investigate the Mumbai attacks and said it would "frame a response" to a demand that it hand over terror suspects.
  • India gives list to Pakistan
  • Rice: Pakistan must co-operate
  • Mumbai attackers 'from Pakistan'

  • 'Chemical Ali' to learn fate
    02/12/2008 13:41
    An Iraqi court is to decide the fate of Saddam Hussein's notorious hatchet-man "Chemical Ali" Hassan al-Majid .
    Rice plays piano for queen
    02/12/2008 13:41
    US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has played the piano for Queen Elizabeth as a farewell gesture.
    Growing risk of nuclear attack
    02/12/2008 11:31
    The odds that terrorists will attack a city with nuclear weapons are higher due to threats from rogue states, a report shows.
  • Attackers had months of training
  • Iran proposes nuclear plants
  • Syria move 'not a risk'

  • Passengers held on jet for 9hrs
    02/12/2008 11:30
    Nearly 200 passengers on a flight from El Salvador have landed in Los Angeles after spending nine hours aboard a grounded airplane.
    Tainted milk: 294 000 affected
    02/12/2008 11:26
    China has dramatically raised the tally of children sickened by dairy products laced with melamine to 294 000.
  • China milk inspectors beaten
  • 1 200+ babies still in hospital
  • Melamine: Key facts

  • Protesters agree to clear airport
    02/12/2008 11:23
    Demonstrators have agreed to allow flights to resume from Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport after a week-long blockade.
  • Thai court bans PM's ruling party
  • Blast at Bangkok airport
  • 350 000 travellers stuck

  • India gives list to Pakistan
    02/12/2008 09:53
    India has demanded that Islamabad hand over dozens of suspected terrorists believed to be living in Pakistan.
  • Rice: Pakistan must co-operate
  • Mumbai attack: Warnings ignored

  • Palin rallies supporters
    02/12/2008 09:52
    Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has urged Georgia voters to back Senator Saxby Chambliss in Tuesday's run-off.
  • Palin returns to campaign trail
  • Is Alaska big enough for Palin?

  • Teen shows up bruised, chained
    02/12/2008 09:51
    Police are questioning a couple after a half-naked 17-year-old boy showed up at a gym with a chain locked to his ankle.
    Thai court bans PM's ruling party
    02/12/2008 09:06
    Thai judges have ordered PM Somchai Wongsawat's ruling People Power Party disbanded after it was found guilty of vote fraud.
  • Blast at Bangkok airport
  • 350 000 travellers stuck
  • Protesters leave PM's office

  • Blast at Bangkok airport
    02/12/2008 08:19
    A bomb blast has killed an anti-government protester and wounded 22 at Bangkok's blockaded Don Muang airport.
  • 350 000 travellers stuck
  • Protesters leave PM's office

  • Bomb blast hits Indian train
    02/12/2008 07:37
    A bomb has exploded in a train coach in India's insurgency-hit northeast, killing at least two people and injuring 30.
  • India to protest over attacks
  • Mumbai attack: Warnings ignored

  • I'm sorry, says Bush
    02/12/2008 07:37
    President George W Bush has expressed regret that the global financial crisis has cost jobs and shrinking retirement accounts.
  • Farewell without fanfares
  • Bush defends capitalism

  • Hudson relative arrested
    02/12/2008 07:36
    Police have arrested Jennifer Hudson's brother-in-law in the shooting deaths of her mother, brother and nephew.
  • Funeral for Hudson family
  • Hudson suspect won't take test

  • Powerful quake strikes Taiwan
    02/12/2008 07:35
    Taiwan authorities say a powerful earthquake has struck the southeastern part of the island.
    Obama wants to end terrorism
    01/12/2008 22:41
    US President-elect Barack Obama says he is committed to eliminating the threat of terrorism and supports India's efforts to catch those responsible for the Mumbai attacks.
  • Bush pledges support to India
  • Obama calls India PM

  • Mushroom ban comes into force
    01/12/2008 22:41
    A ban on magic mushrooms has entered into force in the traditionally liberal Netherlands as despairing growers and traders considered further court action.
  • Magic mushroom ban stands
  • Poof! Goes the magic mushroom

  • Man 'boiled brother's head'
    01/12/2008 22:41
    Prosecutors have sought a life sentence for a Dutchman accused of murdering his brother, hacking up the body and boiling the head in a pressure cooker.
    Rice: Clinton an inspiration
    01/12/2008 22:41
    US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has paid tribute to Hillary Clinton, saying she would "bring enormous energy and intellect" as her successor at the State Department.
  • Obama choice 'dims hopes'
  • Hillary faces challenges

  • UN names new Aids chief
    01/12/2008 21:10
    The United Nations' Aids programme says Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed a new chief for the group.
  • SA silent for Aids victims
  • Governments tackle HIV stigma

  • Mom loses 'ugly' libel action
    01/12/2008 21:10
    A British woman has lost a libel case in London's High Court against her daughter, who accused her mother in a book of cruelty and neglect.
    US troops home in 16 months?
    01/12/2008 21:10
    US President-elect Barack Obama says he believes US combat troops should leave Iraq within 16 months of his taking office.
  • Clinton vows positive changes
  • Obama, McCain pledge reforms

  • UN: No trials for prisoners
    01/12/2008 21:09
    More Afghans are being detained without trial, with poor people or those without powerful connections, the most common victims, the UN says.
    India to protest over attacks
    01/12/2008 19:34
    India's foreign ministry has summoned Pakistan's ambassador to lodge an official protest over the Mumbai attacks, the Press Trust of India says.
  • Rice: Pakistan must co-operate
  • Mumbai attack: Warnings ignored

  • Leader asks God to halt rains
    01/12/2008 19:34
    Brazil's president has asked God to halt the rains that have killed at least 114 people and has offered new plans to help thousands of people rebuild ruined homes.
    Clinton vows positive changes
    01/12/2008 19:34
    Hillary Clinton has vowed to make the US a new force for positive change, saying that as secretary of state she would work with the world community.
  • Clinton confirmed for top job
  • Obama choice 'dims hopes'

  • Rebel-held town seized
    01/12/2008 18:01
    Sri Lankan soldiers have recaptured a key town near the headquarters of Tamil Tiger rebels 18 years after the area was seized by the insurgents, the military says.
    350 000 travellers stuck
    01/12/2008 18:01
    An estimated 350 000 passengers have been unable to fly out of Thailand since anti-government protesters shut down Bangkok's two airports last week.
  • Protesters leave PM's office
  • Empty planes leave Bangkok

  • Clinton confirmed for top job
    01/12/2008 18:00
    US President-elect Barack Obama has announced his national security team, nominating former rival Hillary Clinton as secretary of state.
  • Obama choice 'dims hopes'
  • Hillary faces challenges

  • Rice: Pakistan must co-operate
    01/12/2008 17:07
    The United States has told Pakistan it expects nothing short of complete co-operation in investigations into the terrorist rampage in India.
  • Attackers had months of training
  • Mumbai attackers 'from Pakistan'
  • Pakistan: Don't over-react

  • Mom guilty of killing infants
    01/12/2008 17:07
    A court has found a German mother guilty of manslaughter for killing her two babies and keeping them in the family's freezer.
    Tears, shock as Jews mourn rabbi
    01/12/2008 16:09
    There were emotional scenes at a Mumbai synagogue as a toddler cried out for his parents - a rabbi and his wife murdered by militants.
  • Boy found crying next to bodies
  • NY rabbi, wife killed in attacks
  • 'I grabbed the baby and ran'

  • Security forces targeted, 33 die
    01/12/2008 16:09
    At least 33 people have been killed in a spate of attacks targeting security forces in the heart of Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul.
  • Iraq approves landmark pact
  • Baghdad blasts kill 17

  • Is gay the new black?
    01/12/2008 14:27
    The gay marriage battle has been cast as the last frontier of equal rights for all.
  • Court to hear gay marriage case
  • Gay couples wed in US state
  • 'Stop the hate in 2008!'

  • Anywhere but Thailand
    01/12/2008 14:26
    Some Bangkok hotels have opened check-in facilities to help the 100 000-plus travellers stranded in Thailand.
  • Protesters leave PM's office
  • Empty planes leave Bangkok
  • 100 000 tourists stranded

  • Obama choice 'dims hopes'
    01/12/2008 14:10
    Barack Obama's choice of Hillary Clinton as secretary of state does not overjoy Arabs keen on a new start after years of perceived US policy calamities.
  • Foreign policy views
  • Hillary faces challenges
  • Hillary 'more pros than cons'

  • Record high tides flood Venice
    01/12/2008 14:09
    The Italian lagoon city of Venice could experience the greatest surge in high tide levels in almost 30 years.
    Israel turns back Libyan ship
    01/12/2008 14:08
    A Libyan ship heading to Gaza with 3 000 tons of humanitarian aid has been ordered back by the Israel navy.
  • Pilgrims stuck in Gaza
  • Israeli tanks 'enter Gaza'

  • Foreign policy views
    01/12/2008 14:04
    Here are some views on foreign policy issues expressed by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
    Mumbai attack: Warnings ignored
    01/12/2008 13:03
    Public outrage in India over the Mumbai attacks has been fuelled by fresh reports that warnings of an assault were ignored.
  • Mumbai attackers 'from Pakistan'
  • India clears last siege site
  • Attackers had months of training

  • Attackers had months of training
    01/12/2008 12:49
    The gunman captured during the attacks on Mumbai says he had undergone months of commando-style training in Pakistan.
  • Mumbai attackers 'from Pakistan'
  • India clears last siege site
  • 'It was worse than 9/11'

  • Protesters leave PM's office
    01/12/2008 11:52
    Thai protesters have begun leaving the PM's offices, moving instead to reinforce a blockade of Bangkok's two airports.
  • Empty planes leave Bangkok
  • 100 000 tourists stranded
  • Grenade wounds Thai protesters

  • Betancourt tells of fears
    01/12/2008 11:52
    Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt says she's constantly revisiting in her mind her fateful 2002 decision to rush into rebel-controlled territory.
  • Betancourt returns to Colombia
  • Asylum for Colombian rebel

  • Flood death toll in Brazil rises
    01/12/2008 11:49
    Authorities fear possible health epidemics among more than one million people affected by the storms in southern Brazil.
  • 109 dead in Brazil floods
  • Flood victims wade home

  • Kennedy to get Harvard honours
    01/12/2008 11:45
    Admirers are showering accolades on Senator Ted Kennedy for his decades of work in the Senate as he battles brain cancer.
  • Kennedy raises roof

  • India clears last siege site
    01/12/2008 09:44
    Authorities have finished removing bodies from the bullet-and-grenade-scarred Taj hotel, the final site of the Mumbai siege to be cleared.
  • Mumbai attackers 'from Pakistan'
  • 'It was worse than 9/11'
  • 'War level' security in India

  • Hillary faces challenges
    01/12/2008 09:43
    As secretary of state, Hillary Clinton will face monumental challenges overseas, including the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
  • Bill Clinton to name donors
  • Hillary 'more pros than cons'

  • Empty planes leave Bangkok
    01/12/2008 09:42
    Airlines have been flying dozens of empty planes out of Bangkok's airport as authorities struggled to clear it of protesters to reopen international links.
  • Pilgrims leave Bangkok airport
  • 100 000 tourists stranded
  • Grenade wounds Thai protesters

  • N Korea restricts border traffic
    01/12/2008 09:39
    North Korea has begun restricting traffic through its border with South Korea - punishment for Seoul's hard-line stance toward Pyongyang.
  • Koreas end talks amid tensions
  • Kim seen in public - report

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