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World News
From BBC News
- Beirut bomb kills anti-Syria MP
- A car bomb kills a vocal Lebanese critic of Syria as the UN gets a new report on the killing of ex-PM Hariri.
- Croat suspect to appear in Hague
- Croatian war crimes suspect General Ante Gotovina is to make his first appearance at the Hague war crimes tribunal.
- Poll finds optimism in new Iraq
- Iraqis are generally optimistic about their lives but remain most concerned about security, a BBC poll finds.
- French target 'Islamic network'
- French police investigating suspected plans for attacks in France arrest at least 20 people during raids in Paris.
- Howard condemns riots in Sydney
- Australian PM John Howard calls for ethnic and religious tolerance in the wake of race riots in Sydney.
- Putin in surprise Chechen visit
- Russian president Vladimir Putin visits the Chechen capital Grozny to open the province's new parliament.
- Court upholds gang boss execution
- California judges refuse to block the execution of ex-gang leader Stanley "Tookie" Williams, leaving the decision in the governor's hands.
- Chilean election set for run-off
- Michelle Bachelet polls under 50% in her bid to become Chile's first woman president, setting up a run-off.
- Mandelson warning on trade deal
- EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson warns he will not offer new reforms on agricultural subsidies during trade talks in Hong Kong.
- Rugby: Stuart to lead Australia
- Sydney Roosters coach Ricky Stuart is appointed coach of Australia's rugby league team for 2006.
- Rights group urges Darfur probe
- Human Rights Watch calls for top Sudanese officials to be investigated for crimes against humanity in Darfur.
- UN warning on Horn of Africa war
- A top UN envoy warns of the possibility of renewed conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea.
- Paramount buys rival Dreamworks
- Hollywood giant Paramount buys rival studio Dreamworks, securing the talents of director Steven Spielberg.
- Diplomats seek clues on hostages
- Diplomats in Iraq are trying to discover the fate of British hostage Norman Kember and three colleagues.
- Asian group raps Burma on rights
- South East Asian body Asean makes an unusually direct call on Burma to free political prisoners.
- Falconio judge in drugs warning
- Claims that the man accused of killing British backpacker Peter Falconio is a drug-runner do not make him a killer, a judge says.
- 'Bomb blast' rocks Athens square
- Athens is rocked by a bomb explosion at a post office in the city's main Syntagma Square, police say.
- Straw: 'No record' of CIA flights
- The UK has no records of US requests for permission to use its airports to move CIA suspects, says Jack Straw.
- New Hariri report 'blames Syria'
- UN Secretary General Kofi Annan receives the latest report into the killing of Lebanese ex-PM Rafik Hariri.
- Mofaz leaves Likud to join Sharon
- Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz leaves Likud to join Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's new Kadima party.
- India MPs suspended for 'bribes'
- India's main political parties suspend nine members of parliament for allegedly taking bribes, say party officials.
- Live: Pakistan v England
- Latest news from the second one-day international in Lahore.
- Bosnia accounts for its past
- Allan Little watches as justice catches up with war crimes suspects who believed they were beyond the rule of law.
- Berliners divided over fate of palace
- Ray Furlong reports on the fate of Berlin's Palace of the Republic, a legacy of the defunct communist era.
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