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World News
From BBC News
- Iraq awaits constitution result
- Millions of ballots are counted in Iraq from Saturday's historic referendum on the new constitution.
- Rice seeks UK support over Iran
- US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is to meet Prime Minister Tony Blair at Chequers for talks over Iran.
- Quake helicopter crash kills six
- Six Pakistani soldiers on an aid mission die in a helicopter crash as bad weather hits quake relief efforts.
- Romania continuing bird flu cull
- Romanian authorities are continuing to kill thousands of birds after bird flu was confirmed in the Delta region.
- Weah maintains Liberia poll lead
- Results announced by poll officials in Liberia put George Weah ahead following Tuesday's presidential vote.
- China set for spacecraft's return
- Chinese authorities prepare for the return of Shenzhou VI, expected to touch down early this week.
- Ohio Nazi march sparks violence
- Protesters clash with the police in Toledo, Ohio, ahead of a planned march by a neo-Nazi group.
- G20 pledges increased free trade
- The G20 group of wealthy and developing nations vow to continue efforts to increase global free trade.
- Rally condemns Katrina response
- African-Americans rally in anger at the Hurricane Katrina response, on the anniversary of the Million Man March.
- F1: Alonso steers Renault to glory
- World champion Fernando Alonso wins in China to help Renault claim the constructors' title.
- Cricket: Australia batting collapse
- The World XI close on 25-2 needing another 330 to beat Australia after dismissing them for 199 in the Super Test.
- Malawi issues food crisis appeal
- Malawi's president declares a national disaster, saying his country is facing a worsening food crisis and needs help.
- Zimbabwean wins asylum test case
- A failed Zimbabwean asylum seeker wins a battle against deportation that could block the return of others.
- Cut summits, urges Colombia head
- Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe says too much money is wasted on staging lavish international summits.
- US and China starting trade talks
- American and Chinese finance officials start two days of talks in Beijing, with the value of the yuan set to be central.
- China completes railway to Tibet
- China announces the completion of the first railway to Tibet - one of the world's highest lines.
- Uzbek soldiers 'shot civilians'
- An Uzbek woman tells a court she saw government troops shoot unarmed civilians during protests in Andijan in May.
- Yushchenko foresees Orange future
- The Ukrainian president hopes for copycat Orange Revolutions across the globe, in a BBC interview.
- Spain house collapse 'kills four'
- At least four people die in the collapse of a building housing immigrants in Spain, reports say.
- Al-Qaeda 'barber' seized in Iraq
- An al-Qaeda militant known to help insurgents change their appearance is held in Iraq, US forces say.
- Egypt to release Islamist leader
- Egyptian authorities order the release of a leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood, ahead of the country's elections.
- Clashes go on after Kashmir quake
- India's army says there has been no let up in separatist violence in Kashmir despite the deadly earthquake.
- 'Arms smugglers' seized in Kabul
- British and US citizens claiming to be peacekeepers are held for suspected arms smuggling in Kabul, police say.
- Waiting for justice in Iran
- Frances Harrison revisits the Iranian village of Zardeh, to see the legacy left by an Iraqi chemical attack in 1988.
- Feeding the survivors during Ramadan
- Owen Bennett Jones in Pakistan-administered Kashmir meets people finding their own way of coping with the devastating earthquake.
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