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Hope for South Koreans held by TalibanTalks between the Taliban and a contingent of South Korean diplomats to secure the release of 21… 11/08/07 12:08 CET
Sierra Leone goes to the pollsVoters in Sierra Leone head for the polls to elect a new president and members of parliament, the… 11/08/07 12:08 CET
Chavez, Morales and Kirchner bolster economic tiesBolivian President Evo Morales welcomes Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who is on a four-country… 11/08/07 12:08 CET
Trouble in space: NASA admits the shuttle’s heat shield is damaged.Checks carried out in space on the underside of the space shuttle Endeavour revealed a gouge in the… 11/08/07 08:08 CET
Guatemala violence: more killings in the run-up to elections.Armed gangs have shot and killed more election candidates in Guatemala, as the presidential and… 11/08/07 08:08 CET
Market jitters: central banks act to calm frayed nervesThere were smiles, perhaps nervous ones, at the closing bell, but Wall St on Friday mirrored other… 11/08/07 08:08 CET
Estonia: Gay Pride march passes without incidentEstonia has hosted its fourth annual Gay Pride march in the capital Tallinn. An estimated 300… 11/08/07 06:08 CET
- Sierra Leoneans have been voting in crucial presidential and parliamentary elections
In the presidential race the country’s vice president Solomon Berewa of the Peoples Party is facing… 11/08/07 06:08 CET
- The Taliban say they have released two of the Korean hostages held captive for three weeks.
Its a sign that talks between the Taliban and a contingent of South Korean diplomats to secure the… 11/08/07 06:08 CET
McCanns attend prayer service on the 100th day of Madeleine disappearenceThe parents of missing Madeleine McCann have marked the 100th day since her disappearence with a… 11/08/07 06:08 CET
Early elections expected in Poland before the end of the yearPolish prime minister Jaroslav Kaczynski has the go-ahead from his Law and Justice party to call… 11/08/07 06:08 CET
100 days of fear and worry for Kate and Gerry McCannMadeleine McCann went missing on May the third while on holiday with her family in the Portuguese… 11/08/07 06:08 CET
Canada reasserts its territorial claim in the Arctic’s regionOn the third day of an Arctic trip Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper has reasserted Canada’s… 11/08/07 06:08 CET
