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Last updated: Sunday, May 26 2013 12:30 AM
GlobalNews: 25 May 13 Battle erupts for strategic Syrian town
Saturday, May 25 2013 03:02 PM
Many rebel fighters reportedly killed in government advance on Qusair / French troops begin their pull out from Mali / Build up to first all-German European Champions League final...
GlobalNews: 24 May 13 PM British government defends security services following Woolwich attack
Friday, May 24 2013 02:27 PM
Pakistan gives a cautious welcome to President Obama's new guidelines on drone strikes / Cockroaches lose their 'sweet tooth' to evade traps....
GlobalNews: 24 May 13 AM Drones policy:what's new?
Friday, May 24 2013 01:09 AM
President Obama on changes to drone strike policy: former Guantanamo detainee gives his reaction/ London murder suspect was known to security services / a little less bling at Cannes - again!...
GlobalNews: 23 May 13 PM British prime minister denounces Woolwich killing as a betrayal of Islam
Thursday, May 23 2013 02:17 PM
French court questions IMF chief / King Edward VIII bugged during abdication crisis....
GlobalNews: 23 MAY 13 AM London murder is treated as terrorism
Wednesday, May 22 2013 09:55 PM
British government treats murder in south-east London as terorist attack / FBI agent shoots dead Boston marathon suspect...
GlobalNews: 22 May 13 PM Ahmadinejad rejects block on ally's candidacy
Wednesday, May 22 2013 02:19 PM
European Union in drive against tax evasion / 200 years of Wagner....
GlobalNews: 22 May 13 AM Oklahoma tornado aftermath
Tuesday, May 21 2013 10:00 PM
shock at scale of Oklahoma tornado destruction/Iran bars two presidential election candidates from standing/Nothing sweet about Apple's tax payments/And what caused the great famine in Ireland?...
GlobalNews: 21 May 13 PM Search for tornado survivors continues in Oklahoma
Tuesday, May 21 2013 02:20 PM
Israeli military vehicle hit in Golan / The Doors co-founder, Ray Manzarek, dies aged 74....
GlobalNews: 21 May 13 AM Tornado slams into Oklahoma
Tuesday, May 21 2013 01:00 AM
Oklahoma suburb devastated by tornado/Burmese leader has an historic meeting with President Obama/Dozens dead in fresh Iraq violence/and it's lift of for a lucky British astronaut...
GlobalNews: 20 May 13 PM Dozens die in Iraqi car bomb attacks
Monday, May 20 2013 02:27 PM
Yahoo to buy Tumblr for $1.1bn / Garden gnomes at Chelsea Flower Show....
GlobalNews: 20 May 13 AM Syria army attacks rebel town
Sunday, May 19 2013 10:21 PM
Syria army says it's killed seventy rebel fighters in Qusair / Clashes agains Islamists in Tunisia and Nigeria / Gentrifying Rio's favelas / Pakistan fury over politician's death / Sniffer honey bees / Cannes / From Hay on Wye to Timbuktu...
GlobalNews: 19 May 13 Pakistani politician killed in Karachi
Sunday, May 19 2013 02:54 PM
Assad defiant over US peace moves / Should UK be celebrating possible economic upturn ? / The Gumball 3000 rally kicks off / Wagner's controversial legacy....
GlobalNews: 18 May 13 Afghan parliament debate ends in chaos
Saturday, May 18 2013 11:41 AM
Afghan parliament debate ends in chaos / French presidents signs gay marriage into law...
GlobalNews: 17 May 13 PM Nigerian military attack Boko Haram bases
Friday, May 17 2013 02:55 PM
World Bank predicts rising financial power in developing world / Jewel thieves hit Cannes film festival....
GlobalNews: 17 May 13 AM US and Turkey discuss Syria
Friday, May 17 2013 12:10 AM
President Obama rules out unilateral US intervention / EU plans to fight homophobia / Beckham on his retirement...
GlobalNews: 16 May 13 PM BBC hears claims of Syria gas attack
Thursday, May 16 2013 03:45 PM
Cyclone hits Bangladesh, threatens Burma / BP appeals to British PM over spill costs / Biceps and political opinions....
GlobalNews: 16 May 13 AM Scientists clone stem cells
Wednesday, May 15 2013 08:45 PM
Scientsists create stem cells through cloning/Wave of bomb attacks in Iraq/Masculinity in crisis in Britain? And the 26 million dollar diamond....
GlobalNews: 15 May 13 PM French economy returns to recession
Wednesday, May 15 2013 02:28 PM
Cyclone triggers mass evacuations in Bangladesh, Burma / Clashes erupt around Aleppo prison / Cannes Film Festival....
GlobalNews: 15 May 13 AM Nigeria state of emergency
Wednesday, May 15 2013 12:09 AM
Nigerian president declares state of emergency in three states; Russia arrests US diplomat; Kenya protest against MPs pay; Vatican to take part in Venice Biennale....
GlobalNews: 14 May 13 PM Angelina Jolie has double mastectomy
Tuesday, May 14 2013 03:48 PM
John Kerry warns Syria to attend Syria peace conference / Associated Press condemns US telephone seizure....
GlobalNews: 14 May 13 AM US doctor guilty of infanticide
Tuesday, May 14 2013 12:06 AM
US doctor guilty of baby murder/Libya bomb/Bieber heist/OJ Simpson...
GlobalNews: 13 May 13 PM Sharif closes in on Pakistan majority
Monday, May 13 2013 02:38 PM
China probes top economy official / Chris Hadfield: Around planet Earth in 1,500 tweets....
GlobalNews: 13 May 13 AM Fallout from Turkey car bombs
Monday, May 13 2013 12:26 AM
Turkey's Erdogan attacks Syria over bombings / New Pakistan PM prepares to take office / Old Trafford bids farewell to Sir Alex...
GlobalNews: 12 May 14 SUN Nawaz Sharif claims victory in Pakistan
Sunday, May 12 2013 11:52 AM
A clear winner emerges in Pakistan's election/Syria denies bomb attacks in Turkey/Remembering the Sichuan earthquake in China....
GlobalNews: 11 May 13 SAT Pakistan election
Saturday, May 11 2013 02:43 PM
Pakistan vote/Guatemala genocide ruling/Syrian brides/fake pilot...
GlobalNews: 10 May 13 PM Woman pulled alive from Dhaka rubble
Friday, May 10 2013 02:10 PM
Secret deals 'plundering Africa' / London Zoo seeks mate for last surviving 'gorgeously ugly' fish....
GlobalNews: 10 May 13 AM More charges against Cleveland kidnapper
Thursday, May 09 2013 10:25 PM
Prosecutors in Cleveland Ohio will press muder charges against Ariel Castro / Hezbollah expects game changing weapons from Syria...
GlobalNews: 09 May 13 PM Cleveland kidnap accused in court
Thursday, May 09 2013 02:48 PM
Son of Pakistan's former PM abducted / Israel authorises 300 settler homes / Senegal's fishermen fight crisis....
GlobalNews: 09 May 13 AM Dramatic developments in Cleveland, Ohio
Thursday, May 09 2013 01:02 AM
Ariel Castro is charged with kidnap and rape/ Alastair Campbell on what made Ferguson a great manager/ High drama in pre-election Pakistan...
GlobalNews: 08 May 13 PM Alex Ferguson to retire as Man United manager
Wednesday, May 08 2013 02:59 PM
PKK rebels begin their withdrawal from Turkey / Belgian police recover some of $50million diamond heist / Gaza cookbook....
GlobalNews: 8 May 13 AM Reaction to Cleveland kidnappings.
Wednesday, May 08 2013 12:44 AM
Cleveland kidnappings / Nigeria attack / Irish "deserters" / Fake bat caves...
GlobalNews: 07 May 13 PM Missing women found alive in Ohio
Tuesday, May 07 2013 02:12 PM
China rejects US cyber charge / British PM says it is vital to re-build Somalia / Is Proshek wine the same as Prosecco?...
GlobalNews: 7 May 13 AM Syria chemical weapons
Tuesday, May 07 2013 12:12 AM
Syria sarin claims / Auschwitz man arrested / Abba museum / Health apps....
GlobalNews: 06 May 13 PM UN suspects Syria rebels 'used sarin'
Monday, May 06 2013 02:06 PM
Neo-Nazis trial opens in Germany / Ex Italian PM Giulio Andreotti dies / World's first 3D-printer gun fired....
GlobalNews: 06 May 13 AM Bangladesh clashes
Sunday, May 05 2013 10:51 PM
Dhaka clashes/Malaysia election/new Libyan law/neo-Nazi trial...
GlobalNews: 05 May 13 Syria blames Israel for air-strikes
Sunday, May 05 2013 01:59 PM
Malaysia goes to the polls / Rising anti-Semitism in Hungary / Understanding the mind of a serial killer / Did the Beatles speed up the fall of Soviet Communism ?...
GlobalNews: 04 May 13 Thousands flee Syrian town
Saturday, May 04 2013 02:25 PM
Thousands flee Syrian town amid reports of massacres / Pakistan's daily power woes / How Apocalypse Now inspired Filipino surfing...
GlobalNews: 03 May PM Bhutto murder prosecutor shot dead
Friday, May 03 2013 02:30 PM
'Dozens killed' in Syria village / Salvaging a rare WWII plane from the sea....
GlobalNews: 03 May 13 AM US rethinks Syria rebels support
Friday, May 03 2013 01:07 AM
Obama administration rethinks support to Syrian rebels/Syrian government accused of targetting journalists/Deadliest month in Iraq for five years...
GlobalNews: 02 May 13 PM UN says Somalia famine much higher toll than thought
Thursday, May 02 2013 03:06 PM
Two kindergarten girls poisoned in China / Great Gatsby has world premiere in New York....
GlobalNews: 02 May 13 AM Three more charged in Boston bombing investigation
Thursday, May 02 2013 12:30 AM
Bolivia expels US-A-I-D / Survivors of the Bangladesh building collapse tell their story / Swimming for survival...
GlobalNews: 01 May 13 PM Bangladesh workers demand better safety
Wednesday, May 01 2013 02:16 PM
Situation of children in Iraq 'a neglected crisis' / A glimpse inside Cuba's high security prisons....
GlobalNews: 01 May 13 AM Guantanamo Bay hunger strike
Wednesday, May 01 2013 12:53 AM
President Obama on Guantanamo Bay detention centre - and Syria's use of chemical weapons; Niger Delta militancy; Russia reinstates 'Hero of Labour' medal for 1 May; Secret war-time code broken....
GlobalNews: 30 Apr 13 PM Dutch king Willeim-Alexander sworn in
Tuesday, April 30 2013 02:34 PM
Ukraine 'violated Tymoshanko rights' / Former FIFA boss resigns over bribes....
GlobalNews: 30 Apr 13 AM Medics for Gitmo hunger strike
Monday, April 29 2013 09:38 PM
Guantanamo hunger strike/NBA player comes out/bee law/Jackson trial...
GlobalNews: 29 Apr 13 PM Hopes fading for Bangladeshi building victims
Monday, April 29 2013 02:10 PM
Syrian prime minister escapes assassination bid /Parasite 'resistant to malaria drug' / Punchup on Mount Everest....
GlobalNews: 29 Apr 13 AM: Greece votes for job cuts
Sunday, April 28 2013 10:48 PM
150,000 Greek civil servants to lose their jobs / Fire engulfs Bangladesh collapsed factory / Sri Lanka peace march / US Venezuala relations / Mothers and babies in South African prisons / Apple i-Tunes is 10 years old...
GlobalNews: 28 Apr 13: Dhaka Building Owner Arrested
Sunday, April 28 2013 01:27 PM
Bangladesh factory search continues / Jamaica's toxic mud / Obama teases the press....
GlobalNews: 27 Apr 13 Arrests over Bangladesh building collapse
Saturday, April 27 2013 02:43 PM
Dhaka factory bosses and engineers questioned as search for survivors continues; Canadian government attacks Sri Lankan rights; Troubled Dreamliner 787 returns to skies...
GlobalNews: 26 Apr 13 PM UK says Syria chemical evidence growing
Friday, April 26 2013 02:38 PM
South Korea 'to pull staff' from joint complex with North / Churchill to feature on new banknote....