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Last updated: Saturday, February 09 2013 03:30 AM
GlobalNews: 08 Feb 13 PM EU budget deal announced
Friday, February 08 2013 05:28 PM
Protests at Belaid's funeral in Tunis / Polio-vaccination workers killed in Nigeria / Deep tensions within Bolshoi Ballet / London play celebrates global Yoruba diaspora....
GlobalNews: 08 Feb 13 AM CIA candidate defends drones
Friday, February 08 2013 04:28 AM
Drones are OK says proposed head of CIA / Clues in a child killing / A new prime number / Is Boeing's 787 history? / How salmon get home....
GlobalNews: 07 Feb 13 PM New stage in Tunisian crisis
Thursday, February 07 2013 05:19 PM
Indian authorities attacked over child sex-abuse / Rising corruption in Afghanistan / China's "fake boyfriends" / Lessons for today from British defeat by Afghans in 1842 ?...
GlobalNews: 07 Feb 13 AM Tunisia PM to form new government
Thursday, February 07 2013 02:53 AM
Tunisia PM to form new government / France seeks quick UN Mali handover / EU budget: Another battle looms / Burkina Faso reach their first Africa Cup of Nations final...
GlobalNews: 6 Feb 13 PM Tunisian politician assassinated
Wednesday, February 06 2013 05:24 PM
French minister's warning over Mali / Revelation over US airbase in Saudi Arabia / Russia's vast expenditure on 2014 Winter Olympics / The distinctive sound of Kraftwerk....
GlobalNews: 6 Feb 13 AM Activists claim 'hysterectomies for profit'
Wednesday, February 06 2013 05:27 AM
Indian doctors remove uteruses in 'unnecessary' hysterectomies claim / French officials say hundreds of Islamist militants killed in Mali/ Gay marriage law passed in England and Wales/ Italian scientists seeking proof of dark matter...
GlobalNews: 5 Feb 13 PM French troops enter Malian city
Tuesday, February 05 2013 04:20 PM
Witness appears in court in India rape case / Bangladeshi Islamist leader jailed for life / Turkey holds talks with PKK leader Ocalan / Can Sherlock Holmes help us deal with everyday life ?...
GlobalNews: 5 Feb 13 AM US 'will sue' Standard & Poor's
Tuesday, February 05 2013 02:32 AM
Ratings agency Standard & Poor's says US government plans to file civil charges/ Alabama hostage crisis over/ Syrian opposition presses Assad for peace talks/ Amnesty says lack of prosecutions over Nigerian police shootings...
GlobalNews: 4 Feb 13 PM Football match-fixing scandal
Monday, February 04 2013 04:13 PM
Malala Yousufzai pledges to continue her fight / UK hosts Afghan-Pakistani talks / Victorian men who dressed as women / Experts find long-lost remains of King Richard III....
GlobalNews: 4 Feb 13 AM France guards Niger uranium mine
Monday, February 04 2013 02:30 AM
Niger confirms French special forces present at country's biggest uranium mine/ Britain hosts Afghan-Pakistan security talks/ Voting concludes in Cuban election/ Cambodia: Buddhist funeral for King Norodom Sihanouk...
GlobalNews: 3 Feb 13 PM Israel confirms Syria airstrikes
Sunday, February 03 2013 05:08 PM
Israel warns neighbours over hi-tech arms/Election day in Cuba/Bolshoi director 'knows his attacker'/Death of Etch a Sketch creator...
GlobalNews: 2 Feb 13 PM Mali welcomes the French president
Saturday, February 02 2013 04:06 PM
President Hollande visits Timbuktu/Bid to cut suicides among UK soldiers/The Battle of Stalingrad 70 years on/Twitter says hackers have breached its security/New Orleans hosts Superbowl weekend seven years after Katrina...
GlobalNews: 1 Feb 13 PM Suicide attack at US embassy in Ankara
Friday, February 01 2013 04:47 PM
Samsung chairman wins family dispute / View from the Shard....
GlobalNews: 1 Feb AM 13 Explosion in Mexico City
Friday, February 01 2013 04:06 AM
Explosion in Mexico City / Clinton Retrospective / Death Metal in Angola...
GlobalNews: 31 Jan 13 PM UN says Israeli settlements 'violate Palestinian rights'
Thursday, January 31 2013 03:35 PM
Russia concerned by reported Israeli airstrike in Syria / Beckham to join Paris St Germain....
GlobalNews: 31 Jan 13 AM Mali: French forces secure Kidal
Thursday, January 31 2013 03:45 AM
French military meet 'no resistance' in securing Kidal/ Syria says Israel bombs research centre/ Giffords appeal for action on US gun controls/ Why some of the world's most famous billionaires are sharing their wealth...
GlobalNews: 30 Jan 13 PM French 'enter Mali rebel town'
Wednesday, January 30 2013 05:21 PM
France says troops in Kidal / Court rules over Shell oil spills in Nigeria / Surfing in China....
30 Jan 13 AM Syria being destroyed, warns Brahimi
Wednesday, January 30 2013 04:05 AM
UN envoy Brahimi warns that Syria is being "destroyed bit by bit" / Britain to send 330 troops to West Africa / Salman Rushdie on rape in India...
GlobalNews: 29 Jan 13 PM 'Dozens of bodies' found in Syria
Tuesday, January 29 2013 03:54 PM
Syrian opposition activists report Aleppo massacre / Egyptian army warns of collapse of state / Why do people cough during concerts?...
GlobalNews: 29 Jan 13 French-led troops take Timbuktu
Tuesday, January 29 2013 04:58 AM
French-led forces take Timbuktu / New US immigration plans underway / Queen Beatrix abdicates...
GlobalNews: 28 Jan 13 PM French-led troops 'surround Timbuktu'
Monday, January 28 2013 04:05 PM
Arrests over Brazilian nightclub fire / Pride and Prejudice: Jane Austen fans celebrate novel's 200th anniversary....
GlobalNews: 28 Jan 13 AM Morsi declares Egypt emergency
Monday, January 28 2013 03:46 AM
Egyptian president declares emergency in three cities following violent unrest/ Brazilian nightclub fire kills more than 230/ A day patrolling the Korean demilitarised zone/ Research aims to 'rewire' brains of stroke victims...
GlobalNews: 27 Jan 13 Brazil nightclub tragedy
Sunday, January 27 2013 04:03 PM
Scores die in Brazil nightclub fire / French-led troops in Mali advance on Timbuktu / Havana's first curry house...
GlobalNews: 26 Jan 13 Riots in Egypt after delivery of death sentence
Saturday, January 26 2013 03:44 PM
Violence in Port Said after football rioting verdict / French-led forces make gains in the battle for Mali's north / Listen to the Pacahuaras language before it dies / Cats overrun ancient Rome....
GlobalNews: 25 Jan 13 PM Protests on Egypt revolution anniversary
Friday, January 25 2013 05:06 PM
Russian MPs approve "anti-gay" law / Burma's Kachin rebels under attack by Army / Crisis for Spain's olive oil producers / Could "Man flu" be more than a myth ? / Remembering the Africans who fought for Britain....
GlobalNews: 25 Jan 13 AM Mali army probes executions claim
Friday, January 25 2013 03:22 AM
Malian army investigating claims of executions in Islamist-controlled north/ Kerry outlines US foreign policy future/ American sentenced for Mumbai attacks/ Foreigners urged to leave Benghazi...
GlobalNews: 24 Jan 13 PM Refugee crisis in Jordan 'critical'
Thursday, January 24 2013 04:30 PM
UN says 3000 Syrian refugees a day entering Jordan / Pakistan holding 700 suspected militants without charge / DNA to become a databank....
GlobalNews: 24 Jan 13 AM US set to allow women in combat
Thursday, January 24 2013 02:55 AM
Leon Panetta set to announce lift on US military ban on women serving in combat/ Clinton defends Benghazi handling/ Sri Lankan mother forgives Saudi beheading/ Pacahuara: a language in its final days...
GlobalNews: 23 Jan 13 PM Europe referendum for UK
Wednesday, January 23 2013 02:24 PM
Cameron plans EU vote / Israel's election fallout / Jordan goes to the polls / Life after combat for UK troops...
GlobalNews: 23 Jan 13 AM Israeli Election Results
Wednesday, January 23 2013 03:38 AM
Israeli Exit Polls/ 'Slut-Shaming' in New York/ US Twitter Archive/ Football Giant-Killers...
GlobalNews: 22 Jan 13 PM Israelis go to the polls
Tuesday, January 22 2013 04:35 PM
Israel on election day / Mali: Residents of Diabaly about life under Islamists / Drinking and driving legal in one Irish county...
GlobalNews: 22 Jan 13 AM Israeli Elections
Tuesday, January 22 2013 05:07 AM
Israeli Elections/ Failed Coup in Eritrea/ Hostage Rehabilitation/ Prince Harry Returns to UK...
GlobalNews: 21 Jan 13 PM Obama's Inauguration
Monday, January 21 2013 06:23 PM
What will be Obama's agenda ? / French and Malian troops recapture key town / Algerian PM reveals full scale of deaths at gas-plant / Israeli right-wing galvanised by young new leader....
GlobalNews: 21 Jan 13 AM: Algeria death toll rises
Monday, January 21 2013 04:30 AM
Algerian troops find more bodies in the Sahara / BBC exposes corrupt Thai police and officials selling Muslim Rohingya refugees / Hopes for President Obama's second term...
GlobalNews: 20 Jan 13 Algerian hostage crisis
Sunday, January 20 2013 03:52 PM
More Algerian hostages feared dead / Mali: Islamists militants 'still near Diabaly' / Solo yachtsman rescued from Antarctic...
GlobalNews: 19 Jan 13 PM Latest on Algeria hostages
Saturday, January 19 2013 04:18 PM
Algeria hostage crisis/Mali fighting/Israel election/Africa footie...
GlobalNews: 18 Jan 13 PM Algeria siege still "ongoing"
Friday, January 18 2013 04:26 PM
BBC visits site of possible Syria massacre / Acid attack on Bolshoi Ballet artistic director / Record Sydney temperature....
18 Jan 13 Am Deadly end to Algeria siege
Friday, January 18 2013 02:39 AM
Algerian hostage faceoff comes to a deadly end / French troops continue to fight Islamist militants in Mali / UN warns that Syrian refugee crisis worsening / US recognises Somalia...
GlobalNews: 17 Jan 13 PM Algerian army moves to end siege
Thursday, January 17 2013 04:10 PM
Algerian military operation underway against militants / More heavy fighting in Mali / Amateur finds massive gold nugget....
17 Jan 13 AM Algeria kidnap standoff continues
Thursday, January 17 2013 02:48 AM
Algeria troops in face off with militants / French forces battle rebel Islamist militants in Mali / US authorities down Dreamliner jets...
GlobalNews: 16 Jan 13 PM Foreigners killed by Islamist militants in Algeria
Wednesday, January 16 2013 04:09 PM
Algeria: Islamist militants seize foreign hostages / Obama to unveil gun control plan / Leadership gene....
GlobalNews: 16 Jan 13 AM '80 killed' at Aleppo university
Wednesday, January 16 2013 05:24 AM
Syria's government and rebels blame each other for university explosion deaths/ Japan grounds its Dreamliner aircraft/ New York State toughens gun controls/ Cuba confirms Havana cholera outbreak...
GlobalNews: 15 Jan 13 PM Pakistan supreme court orders PM arrest
Tuesday, January 15 2013 03:33 PM
France carries out airstrikes on Diabaly in Mali / Egypt train crash kills military conscripts / Chimpanzees possess a sense of 'fairness'....
GlobalNews: 15 Jan 13 AM UN backs French Mali intervention
Tuesday, January 15 2013 04:57 AM
UN Security Council gives full backing to French military operation in Mali/ Obama reviewing proposals on curbing US gun violence/ Trial of German couple accused of spying for Russia/ Nigeria: illegal ivory trade 'booming'...
GlobalNews: 14 Jan 13 PM Islamist fighters in Mali seize new town
Monday, January 14 2013 03:44 PM
French minister: Mali rebels seize town / Chinese media calls for pollution honesty / Millions attend Hindu festival....
GlobalNews: 14 Jan 13 AM France vows 'short' Mali campaign
Monday, January 14 2013 05:17 AM
French FM says Mali campaign will last 'matter of weeks'/ Aid agencies concerns for Syrian refugees plight/ IMF's Lagarde says Greek economy will 'exceed expectations'/ Golden Globes awarded in Los Angeles...
GlobalNews: 13 Jan 13 Anti-gay marriage protest in Paris
Sunday, January 13 2013 04:23 PM
Paris gay marriage demo/Mali fighting/Concordia couple remembers...
GlobalNews: 12 Jan 13 PM French Somalia rescue fails
Saturday, January 12 2013 03:54 PM
French in Somalia and Mali/Greece reforms/Yoga is 150/Italy runaway...
GlobalNews: 11 Jan 13 PM Jimmy Savile report published
Friday, January 11 2013 04:49 PM
Mali appeals to France for help against Islamists / Mourning in Pakistan after deadly bombings / Why Loyalists are protesting in Belfast / California teacher prevents massacre / The whistling-language of La Gomera....
GlobalNews: 11 Jan 13 AM UN call to expedite Mali force
Friday, January 11 2013 03:33 AM
UN calls for 'swift deployment' of international troops after Mali rebels lay claim to central town of Konna/ Pakistan: bomb blasts kill scores in Quetta/ Hamid Karzai set for Obama talks in Washington/ Europe's first cybercrime hub launches...
GlobalNews: 10 Jan 13 PM Kurdish activists killed in Paris
Thursday, January 10 2013 04:50 PM
Suspects in India rape-case appear in court / Why does the world waste so much food ? / How Venezuela's poor regard Chavez / This year's Oscar nominations announced....