China leader vows better India ties
Mon, 20 May 2013 05:04:32 GMT
China's Premier Li Keqiang pledges to build trust with India where he is meeting his counterpart Manmohan Singh, after a recent flare-up in border tensions.
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Fierce battle for key Syrian town
Mon, 20 May 2013 04:22:49 GMT
Fighting rages in Syria's town of Qusair after government troops launched a major operation to seize the strategic rebel stronghold.
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Deadly tornadoes ravage Oklahoma
Mon, 20 May 2013 03:58:36 GMT
At least one person is reported dead and several others injured in a series of tornadoes that have torn through the US state of Oklahoma.
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Sunshine vitamin 'may treat asthma'
Mon, 20 May 2013 00:39:04 GMT
The amount of time asthma patients spend soaking up the sun may have an impact on their health, researchers have suggested.
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China asks N Korea to free boat crew
Mon, 20 May 2013 05:06:55 GMT
China says it has called on North Korea to secure the release of a fishing boat and its crew seized on 5 May, as captors reportedly demand a ransom.
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Canada PM aide quits in expenses row
Sun, 19 May 2013 22:08:01 GMT
Nigel Wright, chief of staff of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, resigns over his role in a growing expenses scandal.
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Business leaders attack Eurosceptics
Mon, 20 May 2013 04:25:00 GMT
A number of prominent business leaders accuse those calling for Britain to leave the European Union of "putting politics before economics".
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Morsi rules out Sinai hostage talks
Mon, 20 May 2013 01:14:18 GMT
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi rules out negotiating with the abductors of seven security personnel seized last week in the Sinai peninsula.
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Yahoo 'to buy Tumblr for $1.1bn'
Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:38 GMT
Yahoo's board approves a deal to buy New York-based blogging service Tumblr for $1.1bn (£725m), US media reports say.
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Police killed in fresh Iraq attacks
Sun, 19 May 2013 23:42:11 GMT
At least three police officers have been killed after gunmen attack their station in northern Iraq, local officials say.
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Briton facing child death charges
Mon, 20 May 2013 03:47:36 GMT
A 48-year-old British man living in France is expected to be formally charged later with killing his two children, aged five and 10.
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Colombia's Farc want 'more time'
Sun, 19 May 2013 21:47:10 GMT
Colombia's main rebel group, the Farc, denies it is moving too slowly to end five decades of conflict, six months after peace talks began.
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Peru's Fujimori health 'worsens'
Mon, 20 May 2013 03:04:22 GMT
A senior doctor treating Alberto Fujimori says the jailed former president of Peru has severe and worsening health problems.
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'Sole winner' nets record US jackpot
Sun, 19 May 2013 07:59:48 GMT
A ticket holder in Florida has won the largest Powerball jackpot in US history, more than $590m (£388m), lottery officials say.
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Lennon guitar sells for $408,000
Sun, 19 May 2013 10:15:30 GMT
A guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles in 1967 fetches $408,000 (£269,000) at auction in New York.
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