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Rashid Rauf in Islamabad (December 2006)
UK militant 'killed in Pakistan'
A fugitive British militant linked to an alleged UK plot to blow up transatlantic airliners is killed in Pakistan, reports say.
Profile: Rashid Rauf
Pakistan missile protest to US
Country profile: Pakistan

Kofi Annan (file photo) Zimbabwe refuses Annan group visa
Former UN head Kofi Annan and ex-US president Jimmy Carter cancel a visit to Zimbabwe after they are refused visas.

Dalai Lama in Japan 6/11/2008 Tibetans back Dalai Lama on China
Tibetan exiles meeting in India back the Dalai Lama's policy of seeking autonomy, rather than full independence, from China.


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US justice boss faints at podium
Sitar event India's night of a thousand sitars

Longest board surfing record

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Ngarambe Rukambika Healing wounds
Treating victims of DR Congo violence

President Hugo Chavez addresses a rally on 18 NOvember Thinking local
Chavez pulls out all the stops for Venezuela elections
2010 World Cup logo World Cup wobble
Will South Africa's 2010 World Cup be hit by a downturn?

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AFRICA
Somali Islamists 'hunt pirates'
AMERICAS
US shares up on 'Treasury choice'
ASIA-PACIFIC
Arroyo husband falls ill on plane

EUROPE
New twist in Politkovskaya trial
MIDDLE EAST
Iraqis protest against troop deal
SOUTH ASIA
India 'to step up piracy battle'

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ENTERTAINMENT
Madonna and Ritchie granted divorce
TECHNOLOGY
IBM to build brain-like computers


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Martine Aubry 'Cut in two'
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Making the space station just a bit more like home

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THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY
Barack Obama Obama seeks to create 2.5m jobs


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