The first witness in the trial of a powerful clan accused of the Philippines' worst political massacre says the family plotted the killings over dinner.
Publ.Date : Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:13:08 GMT
Sri Lankan MPs are to vote on proposals to let President Mahinda Rajapaksa seek a third term, in a move critics say marks the country's slide to autocracy.
Publ.Date : Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:09:00 GMT
A small US church says it will defy international condemnation and go ahead with plans to burn copies of the Koran on the 9/11 anniversary.
Publ.Date : Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:18:17 GMT
BP is to release an internal investigation into the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the worst ecological catastrophe in recent US history.
Publ.Date : Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:43:55 GMT
Six people have died in a US missile strike targeting militants in Pakistan's tribal district on the Afghan border, security officials say.
Publ.Date : Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:57:35 GMT
A senior UN official says its peacekeepers failed the victims of mass rape in DR Congo, with the numbers affected double the previous estimate.
Publ.Date : Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:13:11 GMT
A powerful aftershock near the New Zealand city of Christchurch causes further damage and sends residents running into the streets, reports say.
Publ.Date : Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:06:58 GMT
Men armed with automatic weapons burst into a shoe factory in northern Honduras, killing 18 people in suspected gang attack.
Publ.Date : Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:54:57 GMT
A diplomatic row between China and Japan intensifies after collisions between two Japanese patrol boats and a Chinese trawler.
Publ.Date : Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:25:35 GMT
Vodafone pockets $6.5bn in cash following the sale of its 3.2% stake in China's biggest wireless operator, China Mobile.
Publ.Date : Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:54:13 GMT
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