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Dubai firm to 'transfer' US ports - 09 Mar 2006 22:19:46 GMT
Dubai Ports World says it will transfer six ports to a US "entity" in a bid to end the row over its takeover of P&O. |
UN launches emergency fund - 09 Mar 2006 22:12:03 GMT
A new fund which will pay out money quickly when disaster strikes is launched by the United Nations. |
US military to leave Abu Ghraib - 09 Mar 2006 21:44:51 GMT
The US military in Baghdad says it will transfer detention operations away from the notorious Abu Ghraib Prison. |
French hostage-taker surrenders - 09 Mar 2006 20:37:21 GMT
An ex-teacher who held 21 students and two adults hostage at a school in France hands himself in. |
Israeli PM sets borders deadline - 09 Mar 2006 19:27:12 GMT
Acting PM Olmert says he will set Israel's permanent frontiers within four years if there is no negotiated peace. |
Lula and Blair push trade talks - 09 Mar 2006 19:11:29 GMT
Brazil and Britain call for a summit of world leaders to give a decisive push to global trade liberalisation talks. |
French tennis drug father jailed - 09 Mar 2006 18:33:37 GMT
A French court sentences a man who drugged his children's tennis rivals to eight years in prison. |
Iraq hangs 13 for insurgency role - 09 Mar 2006 17:58:46 GMT
Iraq hangs 13 people for taking part in the insurgency, the first such execution since the US-led invasion. |
Belarus opposition member jailed - 09 Mar 2006 17:47:10 GMT
A Belarus opposition leader is jailed for two weeks ahead of elections for organising an unauthorised rally. |
Nigeria militants fight military - 09 Mar 2006 16:09:26 GMT
The Nigerian military says it has fought a fierce gun battle with heavily armed militants in the Niger Delta. |
Iran 'poses major US challenge' - 09 Mar 2006 16:08:27 GMT
Iran may pose a greater challenge than any other country to the US, Condoleezza Rice says. |
Pakistan court rejects 'spy' plea - 09 Mar 2006 16:06:16 GMT
Pakistan's top court rejects an Indian man's attempt to have his death sentence for spying overturned. |
Little aid being spent in Sudan - 09 Mar 2006 15:59:22 GMT
Not much of the money pledged a year ago by donors has reached south Sudan's people, the UN admits. |
Hopes fade in Turkey bus plunge - 09 Mar 2006 15:08:37 GMT
Some 30 people are feared dead after a bus plunges into a river in Turkey, as hopes of finding more survivors fade. |
Israel re-opens Gaza crossing - 09 Mar 2006 13:29:57 GMT
Israel partially reopens the main goods crossing into Gaza after closing it for more than two weeks. |
Varanasi suspect sketches issued - 09 Mar 2006 12:42:30 GMT
Indian police issue sketches of two men being sought over bomb blasts which killed 14 in the holy city of Varanasi. |
US men fight child support laws - 09 Mar 2006 12:14:44 GMT
Men's activists in the US are to argue in court that fathers should not have to support a child they did not want. |
Setback for Bush Dubai deal - 09 Mar 2006 11:57:53 GMT
A Congress committee defies President George W Bush by voting to stop a Dubai-based firm running key US ports. |
Cricket: England struggle in rain - 09 Mar 2006 11:39:31 GMT
England post 163-4 against India on a disrupted first day in the second Test. |
Japan-China row turns to Taiwan - 09 Mar 2006 11:30:11 GMT
Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Aso stokes a growing row with China by calling Taiwan a "country". |
Mid-East peace plan 'out of date' - 09 Mar 2006 08:49:27 GMT
The US-backed Middle East peace plan is "hopelessly out of date", according to a UN human rights envoy. |
China hits back at US criticism - 09 Mar 2006 06:23:37 GMT
China rejects US criticism of its human rights record, telling Washington to "look squarely" at its own problems. |
Female frustrations of Iran reporting - 04 Mar 2006 13:11:52 GMT
Women living and working in Iran, especially from the foreign media, find all kinds of difficulties in their way. |
Liberian leader's tough honeymoon - 04 Mar 2006 12:41:17 GMT
Mike Wooldridge says new Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has much to do during her honeymoon period. |