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- VIDEO: South Africa's 'rising confidence'
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 09:21 AMAndrew Harding at how South Africa's economy is changing, as the Organisation of African Unity celebrates its 50th anniversary.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - French court questions IMF chief
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 03:23 AMIMF chief Christine Lagarde arrives at a Paris court for questioning over a payout to a tycoon when she was French finance minister.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Rebuilding lessons from tornado alley
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 10:13 PMRebuilding in tornado alley will take time, says Tara KcKelvey
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - More IPL cricketers 'being probed'
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 02:09 AMThe Delhi police chief says at least three more cricketers are being watched for their role in alleged spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Alonso: Red Bull have lost dominance
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 12:09 PMFerrari's Fernando Alonso says Red Bull are complaining about the tyres in F1 because they have lost their dominant position.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Bomb attack kills Pakistan police
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 01:40 AMA bomb planted in a rickshaw has killed at least 12 people in Quetta in south west Pakistan, officials say.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - PM flies back after Woolwich attack
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 12:31 AMDavid Cameron cuts short a foreign trip and returns to London to lead the government response to the suspected terror attack near Woolwich Barrracks.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Chimney dismantled to rescue boy, 14
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 12:17 AMFirefighters in North Lanarkshire dismantle a 20ft chimney stack, brick by brick, to rescue a boy, 14, who got wedged inside.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - UN chief begins DR Congo visit
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 11:58 PMUN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon begins a trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo as fighting continues near the eastern city of Goma.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Churchill and Stalin's 'merry' night
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 09:57 PMWartime talks between Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin went slowly until a drinking session lasting until 3am, newly released files reveal.
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- VIDEO: Journey into an Icelandic volcano
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 01:59 PMDr Freysteinn Sigmundsson shows the BBC's Neil Bowdler around the Thrihnukagigur volcano in Iceland.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - International Booker for Lydia Davis
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 05:13 PMAmerican writer Lydia Davis is named as winner of the Man Booker International prize for her "achievement in fiction on the world stage".
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Rise' in children abusing children
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 12:43 AMA growing number of children are being sexually abused by other children, say charities.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Nissan recalls over 800,000 vehicles
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 02:24 AMNissan says it plans to recall about 841,000 vehicles worldwide due to a faulty steering wheel.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - VIDEO: Polluted Hong Kong gets new electric taxis
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 01:44 AMHong Kong, one of the most highly populated islands in the world, launches a trial run of a fleet of electric taxis in a bid to tackle its serious pollution problems.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ten of popular culture's best Machiavellian characters
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 01:13 AMTen great villains modelled on Machiavelli
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How the men from the ministry saved England's heritage
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 11:11 PMHow England saved its heritage from ruin
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Why has the UK gone up in people's estimations?
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 10:18 PMWhat has caused the world's opinion of Britain to improve?
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Edward VIII was bugged, files show
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 11:28 PMKing Edward VIII was bugged by the government at the height of the 1936 abdication crisis, files released by the National Archives show.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Universal flu jab 'edges closer'
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 11:13 PMA way of creating more effective vaccines which could protect against a broad range of flu viruses has been reported by US researchers.
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- VIDEO: Film charts China's thirst for red wine
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 08:00 PMA new documentary film looks at the dramatic impact of China's growing fascination with fine French wines.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - VIDEO: Swiss dilemma over bank secrecy
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 04:56 AMAs EU leaders gather to discuss tax evasion, non-member Switzerland is under increasing pressure to abandon its long tradition of banking secrecy.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Woolwich: The long-feared attack
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 07:28 PMUK security chiefs had feared an attack, writes Dominic Casciani
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - US report warns on China IP theft
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 02:25 AMThe theft of US intellectual property is "unprecedented" and costing billions, a US report says, pointing to China as the main culprit.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Jockey Ahern banned for 10 years
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 01:17 PMJockey Eddie Ahern is banned for 10 years after being found guilty of corruption by the BHA, while Neil Clement receives a 15-year ban.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Igbo burials: How Nigeria will bid farewell to Achebe
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 12:46 AMThe elaborate funeral planned for Nigerian author Chinua Achebe
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Japan man climbs Everest at 80
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 12:37 AMAn 80-year old Japanese man has reached the summit of Mount Everest, his team say, becoming the oldest person to scale the world's highest peak.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Farc deny kidnapping Spanish couple
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 03:15 PMThe Colombian rebel group Farc denies taking part in the kidnapping of two Spanish tourists in the north west of the country last Friday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Cave paintings uncovered in Mexico
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 11:44 PMArchaeologists in Mexico find 4,926 cave paintings in red, yellow, black and white in the north-eastern region of Burgos.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Sri Lanka leader's son in rugby row
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 01:20 PMSri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's rugby player son Rohitha is investigated for allegedly assaulting a referee.
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