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- Glasgow set for opening ceremony
Tuesday - 07/22/2014 - 07:00 PMAthletes from 71 nations will compete in the Commonwealth Games, which get under way with the opening ceremony on Wednesday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Rival to challenge Indonesia result
Wednesday - 07/23/2014 - 12:43 AMThe losing candidate in Indonesia's presidential election, Prabowo Subianto, will challenge the result in court, his spokesman says.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Dream Cars: Innovative Design, Visionary Ideas
Tuesday - 07/22/2014 - 09:14 PMModels and conceptual drawings by famous car manufacturers
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - MH17 dead to be flown to Netherlands
Tuesday - 07/22/2014 - 10:39 PMThe first bodies from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in Ukraine are due to be flown to the Netherlands for identification.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - UK 'still exporting arms' to Russia
Tuesday - 07/22/2014 - 07:55 PMThe UK is still exporting millions of pounds worth of arms and other military equipment to Russia., despite concerns over its links to separatist rebels, say MPs.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Will MH17 air disaster damage Putin?
Tuesday - 07/22/2014 - 07:16 PMWhether MH17 disaster can tarnish Putin's reputation
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - VIDEO: Norway: 20-hour Ramadan fast ‘tough’
Tuesday - 07/22/2014 - 07:16 PMIn Norway, where the days can be 20 hours long in the summer, fasting during Ramadan is a particular challenge.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Labour's Frank Dobson to quit as MP
Tuesday - 07/22/2014 - 07:01 PMFormer Labour cabinet member Frank Dobson announces he will stand down as an MP at the general election next year.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - VIDEO: Gaza: Why Rafah crossing matters
Tuesday - 07/22/2014 - 06:08 PMLyse Doucet reports on the hardship of life in Gaza and the importance of Rafah Crossing, on the Gaza Egypt border.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New York 'white flags' stump police
Tuesday - 07/22/2014 - 05:26 PMAuthorities in New York are investigating who raised two large white flags on the towers of the Brooklyn Bridge early on Tuesday.
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- 'Fewer degree offers' for minorities
Tuesday - 07/22/2014 - 08:16 PMEthnic minority students are less likely to receive offers from UK universities than their white British peers, research suggests.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Lift Gaza 'siege' - Palestinian PM
Wednesday - 07/23/2014 - 12:32 AMThe Palestinian PM calls for the Gaza blockade to be lifted as part of a ceasefire deal, as diplomatic efforts continue to end the conflict.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - VIDEO: Goodluck Jonathan meets girls' parents
Tuesday - 07/22/2014 - 10:42 PMNigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has had his first meeting with the parents of the 219 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist extremists.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Electronic Arts earnings surge 51%
Tuesday - 07/22/2014 - 09:31 PMUS video game publisher Electronic Arts reports a 51% jump in profit for the April-to-June quarter, boosted by strong sales of titles like Titanfall and FIFA 2014.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - In pictures: Life in denuded India villages
Tuesday - 07/22/2014 - 07:20 PMLife in Indian villages denuded by deforestation
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The deaths uniting women across the world
Tuesday - 07/22/2014 - 07:10 PMThe deaths that unite women across the world
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - VIDEO: When Britain ruled India
Tuesday - 07/22/2014 - 04:28 PMLiving in India during the dying days of the British Raj
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Video teasing North Korean leader goes viral
Tuesday - 07/22/2014 - 02:58 PMMillions watch video poking fun at Kim Jong-un.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Suicide car bomb kills 21 in Iraq
Tuesday - 07/22/2014 - 06:00 PMA suicide car bomb has killed at least 21 people at a police checkpoint in Baghdad's Kadhimiya district, Iraqi police say.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - VIDEO: Madrid fans joy at Rodriguez signing
Tuesday - 07/22/2014 - 05:35 PMReal Madrid have signed World Cup Golden Boot winner James Rodriguez from French league club Monaco.
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- Costa Concordia to be towed away
Wednesday - 07/23/2014 - 01:08 AMThe wreck of the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia is to be towed away for scrap, as one of the biggest maritime salvage operations ever goes on.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - VIDEO: Rodriguez hugs fan who invades pitch
Tuesday - 07/22/2014 - 06:59 PMColombian football star James Rodriguez hugged a fan who invaded the pitch as he was presented as a new player for Real Madrid.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Row over 'bonkers' EU energy plan
Tuesday - 07/22/2014 - 11:28 PMEU commissioners meet today to agree an energy savings target for 2030 amid serious disagreement about how ambitious it should be.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - US court allows Arizona execution
Tuesday - 07/22/2014 - 09:39 PMThe US Supreme Court clears the way for Arizona to execute a murderer who had sought information about the lethal drugs to be used to kill him.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Which sport are you made for? Take our test
Thursday - 07/17/2014 - 10:45 AMTake our test to see which Commonwealth Games events match your abilities.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Glasgow ready for 2014 Games opening
Tuesday - 07/22/2014 - 07:07 PMThe Queen will formally open the 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in front of a 40,000 crowd at Celtic Park.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Will Libya's militias defeat democracy?
Tuesday - 07/22/2014 - 07:00 PMWill Libya's militias defeat democracy?
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Lib Dem MP criticised for Gaza tweet
Tuesday - 07/22/2014 - 06:11 PMLib Dem MP David Ward is accused of making "vile comments" on social media about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - VIDEO: Can Middle East truce be reached?
Tuesday - 07/22/2014 - 05:50 PMHigh level diplomatic talks are taking place to try to end the violence between Israel and the Palestinians but so far with no breakthrough.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tajik spy charge academic freed
Tuesday - 07/22/2014 - 05:31 PMAn academic working for a British university has been freed after being held for over a month in Tajikistan on suspicion of spying.
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