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Russia 2hr 5min ago

Russian police arrest 35 to prevent protest at Moscow mayor's office

13 Aug 2010: Prominent rights activist Lev Ponomyarov among those detained during call for Yuri Luzhkov's resignation
Travel & leisure 2hr 56min ago

British tourists stranded as travel company collapses

13 Aug 2010: Birmingham-based firm Sun4U's demise leaves around 1,200 holidaymakers to find alternative means to return home
Gay rights 3hr 10min ago

San Francisco judge delays final gay marriage decision

13 Aug 2010: Extra week intended to give opponents of same-sex unions chance to appeal to higher court
Greenland 3hr 28min ago

Linguist on mission to save Inuit 'fossil language' disappearing with the ice

13 Aug 2010: Cambridge researcher will live in Arctic and document Inughuit culture and language threatened by climate change
Pakistan 3hr 56min ago

EU attempts to repair relations with Pakistan

12 Aug 2010: Foreign policy chief moves flood-stricken country to top of agenda after British PM's comments about exporting terrorism
New York 4hr 22min ago

New York officials sue Christie's to regain British architect's drawings

12 Aug 2010: City takes out legal action over ownership of Jacob Wrey Mould's landmark designs found in a skip 50 years ago
United States 4hr 39min ago

Man arrested in Atlanta after five die in string of stabbings

12 Aug 2010: Police seize unnamed suspect at airport in connection with 20 attacks across three American states
BP 6hr 6min ago

BP to pay $50m fine for safety violations after Texas City explosion

12 Aug 2010: Watchdog imposes its largest-ever penalty on oil giant for failing to protect workers following refinery disaster in 2005
South Africa 6hr 46min ago

South African security guards shoot dead at least four illegal miners

12 Aug 2010: African National Congress condemns killing spree at gold mine owned by relatives of Nelson Mandela and President Zuma
Currencies 7hr 47min ago

Japan plays down yen's 15-year high against the US dollar

12 Aug 2010: Japan refuses to say whether it will intervene in currency markets
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani 7hr 50min ago

Iranian woman 'confesses' on TV

12 Aug 2010: Video (1min 05sec)
The Iranian woman whose sentence to death by stoning sparked an international outcry was put on state-run TV where she told how her cousin had approached her about killing her husband, which in Iran was taken as a confession of adultery and involvement in murder. Her lawyer says she was tortured before the interview
United States 8hr 2min ago

Pea sprouts after taking root in man's lung

12 Aug 2010: Doctors had feared the worst when Ron Sveden arrived at the hospital with a collapsed lung and pneumonia

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Africa

Celebrity sideshow

13 Aug 2010: Letters: Charles Taylor has a lot to answer for, but there are many others that now hope to hide behind him
CIA evidence of an Israeli nuclear test

13 Aug 2010: Letters: The evidence for an Israeli test is strong, if not conclusive

Middle East

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Iraq: Half built with the roof off

13 Aug 2010: Editorial: Obama should devote more time to ensuring a stable and democratic government does emerge in Iraq
CIA evidence of an Israeli nuclear test

13 Aug 2010: Letters: The evidence for an Israeli test is strong, if not conclusive

United States

Gallery: Algonquin hotel cat party

Gallery (8 pictures)
A host of weird and wonderful cats have attended this year's birthday party for Matilda, the New York hotel's resident cat
California gay marriage ban to remain until 18 August, judge rules

Richard Adams: Gay and lesbian couples in California put marriage plans on hold as Proposition 8 judge keeps ban in place until 18 August
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Americas

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A war on drugs? No, this is a war on the Mexican people

12 Aug 2010:
Luis Hernández Navarro: 29,000 dead, human rights leaders murdered, the constitution violated – the price of President Calderón's popularity bid
Colombia capital hit by car bombing

12 Aug 2010: Nine injured in blast outside Bogotá offices of Caracol radio with blame attributed to Farc guerrilla group