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World News2010-08-05 00:00:00
By-BBC
Bronislaw Komorowski, Poland's acting president, appears to be heading for victory in a close presidential election after hours of uncertainty. 2010-08-05 00:00:00
By-BBC
A Chinese-born American geologist has been sentenced to eight years in jail in China for stealing state secrets. 2010-08-05 00:00:00
By-CNN
(CNN) -- South Korean Prime Minister Chung Un-chan has verbally offered to resign, but President Lee Myung-bak refused to accept his offer, Chung's communications office said Monday. 2010-07-29 00:00:00
By-BBC
A plane with more than 150 people on board has crashed in hills north of the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. Officials said 20 bodies had been recovered and at least three injured people had been taken to hospital. 2010-07-29 00:00:00
By-BBC
The parliament of Catalonia is to vote on whether or not to become the first region of mainland Spain to ban bullfighting. The vote is taking place as the result of a petition brought to parliament signed by 180,000 people who argue that the practice is barbaric and outdated. 2010-07-29 00:00:00
By-Reuters
LONDON - BP Plc is expected to announce in the next 24 hours that Chief Executive Tony Hayward will step down and be replaced by Bob Dudley, a soft-spoken American unlikely to repeat the gaffes which have come to define Hayward in many Americans' minds. 2010-07-28 00:00:00
By-BBC
BP says it has set aside $32.2bn (£20.8bn) to cover the costs linked to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.The company said the charge meant it recorded a loss of $17bn for the three months between April and June. 2010-07-28 00:00:00
By-BBC
The US military has said it could take weeks to determine the impact of the leak of more than 90,000 classified military records. 2010-07-28 00:00:00
By-CNN
(CNN) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for a thorough investigation into the stampede at a music festival that resulted in the deaths of 20 people over the weekend. 2010-07-27 00:00:00
By-BBC
Former Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch has been found guilty of crimes against humanity by Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes tribunal. Duch, 67, whose full name is Kaing Guek Eav, was sentenced to 35 years in prison. 2010-07-27 00:00:00
By-BBC
President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela has threatened to halt oil exports to the US if his country is attacked by Colombia - a close US ally. The threat comes amid an escalating dispute over allegations that Venezuela is harbouring Colombian rebels. 2010-07-27 00:00:00
By-CNN
(CNN) -- Amid heightened tensions with North Korea, the United States and South Korea on Sunday began joint military exercises. |
