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Chernobyl decline linked to DNA

(BBC) Scientists working in Chernobyl find a way to predict which species are likely to be most severely damaged by radioactive contamination.

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Virtual reality asks tough questions

(BBC) Virtual reality is allowing scientists to ask difficult questions about human behaviour that were previously not possible.

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Lockerbie bomber restraint urged

(BBC) The UK government urges Libya not to celebrate the first anniversary of the release of the man responsible for the Lockerbie bombing.

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Pakistan to clamp down on Islamist militant charities

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan said it will clamp down on charities linked to Islamist militants trying to exploit anger among flood victims, amid fears their involvement in the relief effort would undermine the fight against groups like the Taliban.

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Big Apple

(BBC) Expats in New York - as seen by photographer Jason Bell

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MYANMAR: Welfare ministry drops Nargis recovery coordination - IRINnews.org

MYANMAR: Welfare ministry drops Nargis recovery coordination
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YANGON, 20 August 2010 (IRIN) - Myanmar's government surprised the international aid community this week by dropping its role of coordinating the ...

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South Africa: Troop request for Somalia is likely to fall on deaf ears - IRINnews.org

South Africa: Troop request for Somalia is likely to fall on deaf ears
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JOHANNESBURG, 19 August 2010 (IRIN) - South Africa is unlikely to deploy soldiers in support of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), ...

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South Africa police fire rubber bullets at strikers

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African police fired rubber bullets to disperse crowds blocking roads and healthcare workers prevented patients from entering hospitals as a strike by more than 1 million civil servants grew on Thursday.

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France sends Roma back to Romania

Dozens of Roma (Gypsies) are flown back to Romania from France, in the first of a wave of repatriations condemned by rights groups.

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Pakistan flood homeless toll put at over 4 million

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - More than four million Pakistanis have been made homeless by nearly three weeks of floods, the United Nations said on Thursday, making the critical task of securing greater amounts of aid more urgent.

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France expels "radical" cleric in anti-crime drive

PARIS (Reuters) - France has expelled an Egyptian Muslim cleric it accused of preaching hate, the ministry of the interior said Thursday, the latest deportation carried out in a crackdown on crime.

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Haiti electoral body postpones ruling on candidates

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti's electoral authorities have postponed until Friday the announcement of candidates approved to run in a November presidential election while they deliberate challenges against several contenders, including hip-hop star Wyclef Jean.

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More than 1 million South Africa state workers strike

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - More than one million South African state workers went on strike for more pay on Wednesday, threatening a prolonged action they say will bring the government in Africa's largest economy to a halt.

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N.Korea seeks summit with South after warship sinking

SEOUL: North Korea proposed a summit with South Korea even after tensions mounted dramatically over the deadly sinking of one of Seoul's warships, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.

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Indian troops killed in DR Congo

Rebels kill three Indian peacekeepers in a night-time ambush at a base in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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17 Indian children dead in school collapse

DEHRADUN, India : At least 17 children were killed on Wednesday when a school collapsed in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, following a heavy monsoon downpour, a disaster-relief official told AFP.

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South Africa workers begin strike

Public sector workers in South Africa begin an open-ended strike after rejecting an offer of a 7% pay rise from the government.

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N Korean plane 'crashes in China'

(BBC) A North Korean aircraft, which may be a fighter jet carrying a suspected defector, has crashed in China, according to South Korean reports.

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BHP launches hostile Potash bid

BHP Billiton makes a hostile takeover bid for Potash Corp as demand for fertiliser is set to increase to meet rising meat demand.

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Flood aid flowing slowly to desperate Pakistan

ISLAMABAD : Flood-ravaged Pakistan said it has received international aid of 300 million dollars but the flow of money remained slow, and survivors lashed out at Islamabad for failing to move faster to help.

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Dozens missing after landslide in southwest China

BEIJING (Reuters) - At least 67 people were missing after mudslides hit a remote southwest Chinese town near Myanmar, state media reported on Wednesday, adding to the thousands killed or missing in floods and landslides this year.

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Chavez signs law barring Venezuela brokers from fx, govt debt

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez signed a new law into effect on Tuesday that formalizes the exclusion of private brokerages from trading the local bolivar currency or public sector dollar-denominated debt.

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US manufacturing output picks up

(BBC) US industrial production rose strongly in July, easing fears that the country's recovery from recession is stalling.

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Afghanistan orders ban on private security firms

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai issued a decree on Tuesday setting a deadline of four months to disband private security companies despite concerns by Washington over the plan.

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Lebanon law gives Palestinians few civil rights

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's parliament passed a law on Tuesday granting Palestinian refugees basic civil rights and rights campaigners said more needed to be done.

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US confirms CIA black site tapes

(BBC) US officials confirm the existence of videotapes of the 2002 interrogation of an alleged 9/11 plotter, reportedly at a secret prison.

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Judges targeted as bomber kills 57 Iraq army recruits

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 57 recruits and soldiers were killed and 123 wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up at an army recruitment center in Baghdad on Tuesday, two weeks before the end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq.

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NIGER: Getting food in by truck, boat, camel and cart - IRINnews.org

NIGER: Getting food in by truck, boat, camel and cart
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DIFFA, 17 August 2010 (IRIN) - This year again, Niger is short of food. Nearly half of the country's 15.2 million inhabitants are facing hunger due to ...

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Netanyahu hopes for direct peace talks in near future

ATHENS (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he hoped for direct negotiations with the Palestinians "in the very near future."

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Africa 'poacher-shooting' concern

Some conservation organisations in Africa are operating a shoot-to-kill policy against poachers, to protect endangered species, a study says.

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Pakistanis block highways to protest slow flood aid

SUKKUR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani flood victims, burning straw and waving sticks, blocked a highway on Monday to demand government help as aid agencies warned relief was too slow to arrive for millions without clean water, food and homes.

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Air strike kills al Qaeda cell leader in Afghan north

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) - An air strike in northern Afghanistan killed an al Qaeda leader who was planning suicide attacks, NATO-led forces said on Monday, underscoring the spread of the insurgency to once-peaceful areas of the country.

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Russia detains Romanian diplomat for spying

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said it detained a senior Romanian diplomat on Monday after he was caught trying to obtain military intelligence.

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Obama attacked for mosque defence

Republicans attack President Barack Obama over his defence of developers' right to build a mosque near Ground Zero in New York City.

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Foreign troops deaths in Afghanistan pass 2,000

KABUL (Reuters) - Total foreign military deaths in Afghanistan have passed 2,000 since the war began in late 2001, unofficial tallies showed on Sunday, more than 60 percent of them Americans but still far behind ever-growing civilian casualties.

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