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The Prime Minister of Tunisia, Mohamed Ghannouchi, has named the ministers in the interim government intended to fill the vacuum left by the overthrow of President Ben Ali. Six ministers stay on in their posts, despite street protests in the capital
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The new unity government in Tunisia appears to be in danger of falling apart just a day after it was formed. At least three ministers, all with strong trade union links, have already resigned, and others are threatening to go. Our correspondent Wyre
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The Chinese President Hu Jintao, who's visiting the United States, has acknowledged that China still needs to do a lot more on human rights and said his country was willing to engage in dialogue on the issue. Mr Hu made the unusually candid comments
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Federal authorities in the United States have made 115 arrests in what the US Attorney General Eric Holder called the largest ever single-day operation against the mafia. Those detained include prominent members of at least six organised crime famili
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Riot police in Algeria have broken up an opposition demonstration by dozens of people in Algiers, whove been calling for greater freedom. Officials say 19 people were injured. The opposition puts the figure at more than 40. Several arrests were also
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The American congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head while meeting voters almost two weeks ago, has left hospital in Arizona to go to a rehabilitation centre in Texas. The shooting, in which Ms Giffords was injured and six others w
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The Arabic news network al-Jazeera has published details of what it says are hundreds of leaked records of Middle East negotiations. The BBC has not independently verified the documents, but al-Jazeera says they show among other things that in 2008 P
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Thirty-five people have been killed and many more injured in a bomb attack at the busiest airport in Moscow. Russian investigators say the blast in the arrivals hall at Domodedovo airport was caused by a suicide bomber. Daniel Sandford is at the scen
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Riot police in the Egyptian capital Cairo have fired tear gas and water cannon to try to break up large anti-government demonstrations. Our correspondent Jon Leyne was there. 埃及首都开罗防暴警察施放了催泪弹和水炮，试图驱散大规
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The United States has urged the Egyptian authorities to implement political and economic reforms as they face continuing anti-government protests. The American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the government had an important opportunity to res
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The ruling party in Egypt has said it's ready for dialogue with the public and opposition parties during a third day of protests against the government. The Egyptian opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei has meanwhile returned to the country, saying he
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In his first interview since protests began over a week ago, the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has told the American broadcaster ABC that he would step down now but fears chaos if he does so. He said he would never run away from Egypt and that he
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In the last few minutes, the American State Department has issued a statement, distancing itself from comments made by its special envoy to Egypt about President Hosni Mubarak. The envoy, Frank Wisner, told an international security conference in Ger
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Tens of thousands of Egyptian anti-government protesters are continuing to occupy Tahrir Square in central Cairo, despite the first substantive talks between the authorities and the opposition. In the negotiations, the Vice President Omar Suleiman of
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The new Egyptian cabinet has announced a 15% pay rise for government workers at its first full meeting since protests erupted two weeks ago. The government has also agreed to set up a compensation fund for those affected by looting and vandalism. But
