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Rescuers in China are struggling to find more than 400 people who are still missing after a cruise ship sank quickly on the Yangtze River. So far, only a handful of passengers have been saved. Martin Patience is at the riverside. 中国一艘游船在长
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Yesterday, in the House of Commons, Charles Kennedys parliamentary colleagues gave moving tributes to his life. There is never a rush, of course, to speak ill of the dead, but these tributes had the clear ring of sincerity. David Cameron said his cha
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Calls are growing for major reforms in the world football body, FIFA, after its head Sepp Blatter announced he was stepping down. The chairman of Australia's Football Federation, Frank Lowy, said his departure should open the door to major changes of
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A 40-page dossier has been released by the US Justice Department, in which the former FIFA official Chuck Blazer gives a detailed account of the corruption he says was at the heart of world football's governing body. He admits ten charges of racketee
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The Afghan army says at least ten members of the Taliban have been beheaded by rival militants from the Islamic State group in the east of the country. The beheadings followed weeks of fierce fightings between the two groups. Mark Lobell reports from
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The Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is urging all political parties to back the AKPs plan to change the constitution despite its failure to win a majority in parliamentary elections. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had hopes with his party woul
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One of the world's biggest banks, HSBC, has announced the first details of a major cost-cutting exercise. It's to sell its businesses in Brazil and Turkey, reduce its asset base and shrink its investment bank. Kamal Ahmed reports. 全世界最大银行
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Former vice president of FIFA Jack Warner has accused the United States of pursuing corruption charges against senior football officials because it failed to win the right to host the 2022 World Cup. Writing in a newspaper he owns, Mr. Warner said th
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The White House says it's confident its strategy to train Iraqi security forces and enlist Sunnie tribal fighters will succeed in the fight against Islamic state militants. The comments came after President Obama approved the deployment of additional
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The Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has urged the Asia-Pacific nations to join together to help fight Islamic State. He was speaking after President Obama approved the deployment of additional 450 US military personnel to Anbar Province in Iraq
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Australias Prime Minister Tony Abbott has refused to deny reports that border officials paid people-smugglers to take boats full of asylum-seekers back to Indonesia. An Indonesian police chief reportedly said that Austrialian officials paid 30,000 do
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The Internationally recognized Libyan government says a US air strike in the country has killed a senior Islamist militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar. The Pentagon has confirmed he was the target of an air strike on Saturday, but says that its still assessin
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The former Florida governor Jeb Bush has formally announced that he will seek the Republican nomination for the US presidency. At a rally in Miami, Mr. Bush, whose father and brother have both held the highest US office, vowed to fix the country, whi
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Good morning. One of my favourite Stanley Spencer paintings shows Jesus throwing himself on the ground, on all fours, in order to place his eyes and nose within a few inches of some field daisies. It is Spencers imaginative way of picturing those won
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A series of bombs has ripped through Shiite mosques and offices in Yemeni capital Sanaa, killing more than 30 people. Islamic State militants said they carried out the attacks targetting Shiite worshipers and the headquarters of Houthi rebel movement
