Haitian Refugees Cling To Capsized Freighter

The US Coast Guard is trying to rescue nearly 100 Haitian refugees whose overloaded vessel capsized off the Bahamas. The Royal Bahamas Defence Force says at least 20 migrants may have been killed after the 40ft freighter grounded and capsized about...

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Kenya: Pair Arrested By Anti-Terror Police

The Foreign Office is investigating reports that two British citizens have been arrested by anti-terror police in Kenya. Sky News sources believe one of the suspects was from Britain and that the pair may have been carrying hand grenades. They were...

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France Plans More Troops For African State

France says it is planning to send 1,000 troops to the Central African Republic amid reports of mass atrocities and possible civil war. CAR, one of the world's poorest countries, has been in turmoil since rebel groups joined forces in March and overthrew...

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Guantanamo Detainees 'Trained As CIA Agents'

In the early years after the September 11, 2001, attacks, the CIA turned some Guantanamo Bay prisoners into double agents, then sent them home to help the US kill terrorists, a report says. The CIA promised the prisoners freedom, safety for their families...

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British Diplomats Failed Rape Victim In Egypt

British diplomats failed to assist a woman who had just been raped by a military officer in Egypt when she came to them pleading for help, a report has found. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has been forced to apologise and pay compensation after...

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China Readies First-Ever Mission To The Moon

China is preparing to launch its first Moon rover, with the vehicle named Jade Rabbit in a nod to Chinese folklore. The name derives from an ancient Chinese myth about a white rabbit which lives on the Moon as the pet of Chang'e, a lunar goddess who...

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Saudi Arabia Deports 50,000 Ethiopian Workers

By Tim Marshall, Foreign Affairs Editor Up to 50,000 Ethiopians have been deported from Saudi Arabia in the past three weeks as part of a crackdown on illegal workers. Ethiopian workers stranded in Yemen last year after fleeing Saudi Arabia Thousands...

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Simon Gittany Guilty Of High-Rise Murder

A man has been found guilty of throwing his fiancee off the balcony of their high-rise apartment in central Sydney. Ms Harnum was planning to leave Gittany Simon Gittany was accused of hurling Lisa Harnum from their 15th floor home in a fit of "apoplectic"...

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Berlusconi Addresses Fans Ahead Of Senate Vote

Silvio Berlusconi has given a speech to supporters in Rome just hours ahead of a Senate vote on his political future. Hundreds of fans have gathered outside his Rome palazzo, some carrying flags and wearing Berlusconi masks. "In these past...

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World Cup Stadium Collapse: 'Three Killed'

Part of the stadium that will host the World Cup opener in Brazil has collapsed, killing three people, local media has reported. Television images show a metal structure buckled at the top of the Itaquerao Stadium in Sao Paolo, destroying part of the...

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