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Britain has ordered the closure of the Iranian embassy in London and said staff must leave within 48 hours. The British Foreign Secretary William Hague announced the measures a day after protesters stormed the British embassy and diplomatic compounds
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The President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, has said he and the German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet in Paris on Monday to announce a joint plan to safeguard the future of Europe. Mr Sarkozy, who's giving a major speech on the economy, said France
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The United States presidential hopeful Herman Cain has in effect withdrawn from the race for the Republican Party nomination for next year's election. The Georgia businessman was a surprise front-runner in the Republican field in October. Marcus Geor
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Demonstrators across Russia have called for a rerun of last weekend's parliamentary elections, which were officially won by the party of the Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The biggest protest was in Moscow, where about 50,000 people gathered on a squ
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The Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani says his country doesn't trust the United States and the feeling is mutual. Mr Gillani told the BBC it could be weeks before Pakistan lifts its blockade of Nato convoys carrying supplies to Afghanistan
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The British Prime Minister David Cameron has defended his decision to veto a new European treaty aimed at strengthening the eurozone, saying he did so to protect Britain's national interest. He said he'd genuinely sought agreement at last week's summ
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Russia has surprised Western nations at the United Nations in New York by circulating its own draft UN resolution aimed at resolving the crisis in Syria. Western countries have spent months trying to get their own resolution. From the UN, here's Barb
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The military officer presiding over the case against an American soldier accused of passing secret information to the Wikileaks website has refused a defence request that he stand aside. Lawyers representing the soldier, Bradley Manning, claimed that
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An Iraqi delegation visiting Syria to try to broker an end to the violence there says it's had positive talks with President Bashar al-Assad. The Iraqis are trying to seek agreement based on peace proposals made by the Arab League. Jim Muir reports f
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The Syrian opposition has blamed the government for the suicide attacks that killed 40 people in the heart of the capital Damascus. The state media has suggested that they've been carried out by al-Qaeda. The attacks took place as peace plan observer
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The former Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin says this month's parliamentary elections were flawed and should be rerun with new electoral laws. Mr Kudrin, who is a close friend of the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, was greeted with whist
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There's been widespread international condemnation of the Christmas Day bomb attacks in Nigeria that have killed almost 40 people. Thirty-five people were killed in the first bomb blast at a Roman Catholic church near Abuja; four others died in attac
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Thousands of Israelis have been taking part in a rally to condemn the behaviour of ultra-Orthodox Jews who want to enforce segregation between men and women. The Israeli President Shimon Peres said a minority in Israel was acting outrageously. Jon Do
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The Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has declared a state of emergency in some parts of the country following a series of bomb attacks on Christmas Day. The Islamist group Boko Haram said it carried them out. President Jonathan has described the
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Iran has said it will not disrupt shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, moderating a threat it made last week to the busy sea route. The annoucement was made on the final day of naval exercises in the area. As James Reynolds reports. 伊朗称不会在霍尔
