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World News
From BBC News
- Pakistan bombers hit arms factory
- Pakistan suffers its deadliest attack on a military installation, as suicide bombers kill at least 63 outside a munitions factory.
- Russians halt Nato co-operation
- Russia tells Nato it is halting military co-operation over the continuing crisis in Georgia, the alliance says.
- Spain grieves for Madrid victims
- Spain mourns 153 people killed in a plane crash at Madrid airport, as investigators look into the causes of the tragedy.
- Israel 'to change barrier route'
- The Israeli High Court orders that the route of the barrier in the West Bank be changed to give Palestinians more land.
- Russia ready to sell Syria arms
- Moscow is ready to sell new weapons of "a defensive character" to Syria, Russia's foreign minister says.
- Mugabe rival fears talks collapse
- Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says power-sharing talks may collapse if parliament convenes.
- Deal on US troops in Iraq 'close'
- Iraq says a deal on the future of US forces is "very close" after talks with the US secretary of state in Baghdad.
- Six dead in fresh Afghan attack
- Three Canadian and three Polish Nato soldiers are killed in the latest fighting in Afghanistan, officials say.
- Supply concerns send oil surging
- Oil prices breach $122 a barrel on the back of geopolitical worries after the US signs a missile shield deal with Poland.
- Century-old secret of Italian snails uncovered at British mansion
- A snail species from the Mediterranean is found in the UK at historic Cliveden House.
- Swazis protest after royal wives charter plane for shopping trip
- Swazi women march in protest about an overseas shopping trip taken by nine of the king's wives.
- Boxer Saunders protests innocence
- Olympic boxer Billy Joe Saunders vows to clear his name after allegations of lewd behaviour.
- Merritt clinches shock 400m gold
- LaShawn Merritt claims a surprise gold in the 400m final to lead a clean sweep of the medals for the United States.
- Campbell-Brown takes 200m gold
- Jamaica's domination of the sprint events at the Olympics is completed as Veronica Campbell-Brown wins gold in the women's 200m.
- A good bet?
- The US election proves a winner for bookmakers
- Shock and anger
- Suspicions are rife about what caused the Madrid crash
- Day in pictures
- Some of the most striking images from around the world on 21 August 2008.
- Bad for business
- Chinese ticket touts rue the exit of star athlete Liu Xiang
- Washington diary
- Does the choice of US vice president really matter?
- High steaks
- Could you eat a steak the size of a phone directory?
- Lion death S African is released
- The South African man who fed one of his ex-workers to the lions is released on parole, to the outrage of trade unions and rights groups.
- Scores killed in Somali clashes
- At least 50 people are killed in clashes in the Somali capital and the port of Kismayo.
- Web browser to get 'privacy mode'
- Hiding what users do online might get easier as Microsoft plans a "privacy mode" for the next release of Internet Explorer.
- Peruvian tribes end land protests
- Amazonian tribes in Peru halt a week-long protest against land sale laws after Congress members move to repeal them.
- Philippine autonomy deal scrapped
- The Philippine government pulls out of a controversial autonomy deal with Muslim separatist rebels, following days of fighting.
- Gary Glitter boards London flight
- Paedophile and disgraced pop star Gary Glitter leaves Bangkok and is on a flight bound for London, the Foreign Office says.
- Strasbourg unfit for EU session
- Brussels will host the European Parliament while Strasbourg is repaired, reigniting a row about where it should be based.
- Greek helicopter fugitive caught
- Greek police arrest the country's most wanted fugitive, who staged a dramatic escape from a high security jail in Athens.
- Lebanon PM visits Iraq for talks
- Lebanon's Prime Minister Fouad Siniora arrives in Baghdad, in the first visit by a Lebanese leader since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
- US ex-marine faces Iraq charges
- The civil trial opens of an ex-US marine accused of killing unarmed Iraqi detainees in Falluja, in the first case of its kind.
- India nuclear deal scrutinised
- A group of nations that regulates civilian nuclear trade discusses whether India can trade in sensitive nuclear materials.
- Key Kashmir bus service resumes
- A bus service connecting Indian and Pakistan-administered Kashmir resumes a week after it was stopped due to violence in the region.
- Soviet roots to Georgian conflict
- The BBC's Bridget Kendall explains why conflict in Ossetia marks a chill in the post-Cold War thaw.
- Madagascar's dance with the dead
- Jonny Hogg witnesses an ancient ritual in Madagascar as loved ones are mourned in a bone turning ceremony.
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- What do you want the world to talk about?
 
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