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Europe’s armies are under-performing and will need fresh Franco-British impetus to meet future challenges, a top think-tank’s report says.
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Just why pears are prone to rot faster than apples after they are picked can now be explained by scientists.
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A key ally of ex-President Obasanjo must never hold office again, the Nigerian senate says.
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Zimbabwe welcomes the failure of a UN Security Council resolution to impose new sanctions on its leaders.
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Thousands of Londoners using the public transport system may find their Oyster card no longer works after an electronic fault.
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An investigation into allegations of corruption against the Israeli PM is being widened to look at whether he committed fraud.
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The poor breeding of Scotland’s seabirds is causing “serious concern”, according to RSPB Scotland.
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Police charge a 23-year-old man with the murders of two French students in south-east London.
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Two Afghan women accused of running a prostitution ring are shot dead by the Taleban.
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The Archbishop of York calls on Zimbabwean exiles to be given the right to work in the UK.
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Russian cosmonauts complete a spacewalk to remove an explosive bolt from a Soyuz capsule attached to the International Space Station.
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China’s state owned Sinosteel buys a majority stake in Australian iron ore miner Midwest.
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The US government is reported to be considering pumping extra capital into Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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Political leaders in Lebanon agree on the make-up of a national unity government after six weeks of talks.
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The head of the armed forces defends the conduct of British troops abroad after claims that soldiers abused an Iraqi boy.
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North Korea rejects an offer by South Korea’s president to resume reconciliation talks.
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A former Pentagon analyst who passed military secrets to a Chinese spy is sentenced to five years in jail.
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Police in Norway say two people have been found dead at a heavy metal festival headlined by Alice Cooper.
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Businesses are not making the most of social networking sites, say researchers.
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The boss of Belgium’s largest bank, Fortis, steps down as shareholders criticise his handling of the credit crisis.
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Seoul complains that North Korea is failing to co-operate with a probe into the shooting of a South Korean tourist.
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At least four people die and 25 others are injured when gunmen ambush a crowded passenger bus in Sri Lanka, the army says.
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The funeral of leading Vietnamese Buddhist dissident Thich Huyen Quang takes place under tight security.
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Iran will target Israel and 32 US bases in the Gulf if the country is attacked, says an aide to Iran’s supreme leader.
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A bank in the Indian city of Calcutta opens an account for a beggar who deposited 91kg (200lb) of coins in their branch.
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The French hospital where pregnant actress Angelina Jolie is staying says it is “totally impossible” to get photos of the star.
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Thousands of people take part in a protest to support Sudan’s president amid reports that he is to be indicted over Darfur.
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Former White House press secretary Tony Snow, has died of cancer, US television station Fox News announces.
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The Indonesian army funded militias that committed human rights abuses in East Timor, says a report seen by the BBC.
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An Italian court orders thegovernment to pay damages to a man who had to retake his driving test because he was gay.
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Mali midfielder Mohamed Sissoko says he will return from injury in time for Juventus’ European Champions League preliminary matches.
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Gay US bishop Gene Robinson is forced to halt a sermon to a London church after being heckled from the congregation.
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A French court denies citizenship to a Muslim woman, ruling that her practice of “radical” Islam is not compatible with French values.
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The WHO warns people not to enter Ugandan caves after a tourist dies from Marburg virus.
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Bombardier Aerospace is investing half a billion pounds in Northern Ireland, which will sustain over 800 jobs.
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A leading German politician is the latest to reject a tentative plan by Barack Obama to speak at Berlin’s historic Brandenburg Gate.
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The Vatican made a loss last year as the weakening dollar reduced the value of donations from the US.
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders express their optimism for peace at a summit of EU and Mediterranean leaders in Paris.
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One of the largest mortgage lenders in the US, the California-based IndyMac Bank, collapses amid a growing credit crisis.
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A HIV-positive Kenyan woman wins $35,000 from her employer for unfair dismissal, in the first such ruling in Kenya.
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