Refugee numbers 'highest since 1994'
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:43:40 GMT
The UN says 7.6 million people became refugees in 2012, the highest number since 1994, with the conflict in Syria a major new factor.
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Attack follows news of Afghan talks
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:46:17 GMT
Four US soldiers have been killed at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan, hours after the US announced direct talks with the Taliban.
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Obama to speak at Brandenburg Gate
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:36:47 GMT
US President Barack Obama arrives in Berlin at the start of a visit during which he will address crowds at the city's famous Brandenburg Gate.
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Brazil clashes after Rousseff praise
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:37:09 GMT
Riot police and demonstrators clash in new protests in Brazil's largest city, Sao Paulo, after President Rousseff praises the protests' aims.
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Saturn probe to acquire Earth image
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:08:23 GMT
The Cassini probe in orbit around Saturn is going to picture the ringed planet in a special photo that also includes a distant Earth.
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Jail reckless bankers, report urges
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:30:45 GMT
A report commissioned by the UK government calls for new measures, including criminal sanctions, to make bankers responsible for their own failings.
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Nigeria militants kill school pupils
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:23:19 GMT
Suspected Boko Haram militants in Nigeria kill at least nine school children, in what survivors suggest is a response to growing vigilante groups.
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Assange vows to stay in embassy
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:01:50 GMT
Wikileaks website founder Julian Assange vows to remain in the Ecuadorian embassy in London even if accusations of sex crimes are dropped.
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Army leads north India flood rescue
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:13:36 GMT
Military helicopters lead rescue operations in India's flood-hit northern states, where 130 people are now known to have died.
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Doctors plea for Guantanamo care
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:40:30 GMT
An open letter published in the Lancet medical journal calls for hunger-striking Guantanamo Bay detainees to receive independent medical care.
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Chile to extradite Argentine judge
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:10:00 GMT
The Chilean Supreme Court approves the extradition of former Argentine judge Otilio Romano, accused of human rights abuses under the military government.
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US House passes abortion-limits bill
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:22:04 GMT
The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives passes a bill to restrict abortions to the first 20 weeks after conception.
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Chrysler agrees to recall 2.7m Jeeps
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:13:48 GMT
Chrysler agrees to recall 2.7 million Jeeps that could be at risk of fuel tank fires, after initially refusing a US government request to do so.
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Applause is a 'social contagion'
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:04:34 GMT
The quality of a performance does not drive the amount of applause an audience gives, a study suggests.
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'Hoff' crab's oceanic 'road trip'
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:38:02 GMT
A hairy crab named after US actor David Hasselhoff hitched a ride on an ocean "super-highway" to colonise deep sea vents in the Atlantic tens of millions of years ago.
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St. Louis Zoo presents "Dirt on Dirt"
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