Scores killed in Baghdad bombings
A series of car bombings kills at least 127 people and wounds 448 in the centre of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
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Last decade ‘warmest on record’
The first decade of this century has been the warmest on record, says the UN’s World Meteorological Organization.
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WMD claim ‘came from cab driver’
Intelligence that Saddam Hussein could attack UK targets within 45 minutes came from a taxi driver in Iraq, an MP has claimed.
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Ohio man faces new execution mode
A convicted Ohio man is to become the first US person to be put to death with a single dose of a lethal drug.
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Why did Uganda’s ‘two jets’ president fly economy class?
Uganda’s president flies economy class as an example to civil servants, his spokesman says, but some see it as a publicity stunt.
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Karzai appeals for forces funding
Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai warns it will take 15 years before it is able to fund its own security forces.
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Japan in $81bn stimulus package
Japan agrees a 7.2 trillion yen ($81bn) stimulus package designed to prevent the country from slipping back into recession.
Attacks on Pakistan city kill 12
A rocket and a suicide car bomb attack on the office of Pakistan’s intelligence agency in Multan city kills at least 12 people, police say.
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