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Published:Friday | March 5, 2010 | 1:45 PM

A review from the UK Meteorological Office says it is becoming clearer that human activities are causing climate change.

Published:Friday | March 5, 2010 | 1:44 PM

The police say the 41-year-old father and his 25-year-old wife were arrested in the city of Suweon, south of Seoul, earlier this week, five months after they reported the death of their baby.

Published:Friday | March 5, 2010 | 9:41 AM

Turkey has reacted angrily to a United States congressional panel\'s resolution describing as genocide, killings of Armenians in World War one.

Published:Thursday | March 4, 2010 | 5:44 PM

At least 14 people have been killed in Baghdad on the first day of voting in Iraq\'s parliamentary elections.

Published:Thursday | March 4, 2010 | 5:43 PM

A law allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry is now in effect in Mexico City.

Published:Thursday | March 4, 2010 | 1:18 PM

A campaign has been launched to accelerate worldwide action to stop women and girls from contracting HIV/AIDS.

Published:Thursday | March 4, 2010 | 1:17 PM

Some Puerto Ricans are insisting that the persistent wrangling over the island\'s political status is affecting solutions to its worsening social and economic challenges.

Published:Wednesday | March 3, 2010 | 6:06 PM

An Indian naval plane crashed this morning at an air show in the city of Hyderabad killing both pilots.

Published:Wednesday | March 3, 2010 | 6:05 PM

At least 31 people have been killed by suicide bombs in the central Iraqi city of Baquba.

Published:Wednesday | March 3, 2010 | 1:07 PM

US officials are investigating how a child was apparently allowed to direct planes at New York\'s JFK airport.

Published:Wednesday | March 3, 2010 | 1:07 PM

The Greek government has approved a new package of tax increases and spending cuts to save 4.8 billion euros in an effort to ease its budget crisis.

Published:Tuesday | March 2, 2010 | 5:34 PM

Former UK Conservative parliamentarian Winston Churchill, grandson of the wartime Tory prime minister, has died at age 69.

Published:Tuesday | March 2, 2010 | 5:33 PM

The curfew which was imposed in Chile\'s second city, Concepcion, following Saturday’s devastating earthquake has ended.

Published:Tuesday | March 2, 2010 | 1:06 PM

General Motors (GM) is recalling 1.3 million small cars in North America because of a power steering problem that has been linked to 14 crashes.

Published:Tuesday | March 2, 2010 | 1:06 PM

The US State Department is reporting that drug traffickers are adapting to law enforcement pressures in Mexico by shifting their illicit operations to Central America and the Caribbean.

Published:Monday | March 1, 2010 | 5:33 PM

Seventeen Nigerian police personnel have been arrested over the alleged extra-judicial killing of members of the Boko Haram religious sect last year.

Published:Monday | March 1, 2010 | 5:31 PM

White House officials say President Barack Obama is planning dramatic reductions in the country\'s nuclear arsenal.

Published:Monday | March 1, 2010 | 1:34 PM

The military in Chile is attempting to restore order in the country\'s second city, Concepcion, amid looting after Saturday\'s 8.8 magnitude earthquake.

Published:Monday | March 1, 2010 | 1:33 PM

The president of the Japanese car company Toyota, Akio Toyoda, has apologised to customers in China, the world\'s biggest auto market.

Published:Monday | March 1, 2010 | 9:15 AM

White House social secretary Desiree Rogers has announced her resignation, three months after a couple gate crashed the president\'s first state dinner.

Published:Friday | February 26, 2010 | 6:16 PM

South African education officials are investigating reports that a girls\' boarding school dormitory was closed because of lesbian relationships.

Published:Friday | February 26, 2010 | 6:16 PM

Australia’s Environment Minister has been demoted following a bungled home insulation programme.

Published:Friday | February 26, 2010 | 1:09 PM

A St Kitts born British woman on death row in the United States will today file a last-ditch appeal at the Supreme Court, in a bid to save her life.

Published:Friday | February 26, 2010 | 1:08 PM

Venezuela\'s President, Hugo Chavez, has threatened to pull his country out of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (ICHR), following the publication of a report critical of his government\'s human rights record.

Published:Friday | February 26, 2010 | 9:05 AM

Two men have pleaded not guilty in a New York court to taking part in an alleged plot to set off home-made bombs on the city\'s subway system.

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