Posts tagged British Broadcasting Corporation

Dagestan suicide bomb kills six

Jan 6th

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A suicide bomb attack in Russia’s restive North Caucasus republic of Dagestan has killed six policemen and wounded 14 more, officials say. The attacker tried to drive a truck

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Nigeria makes US air-check appeal

Jan 6th

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Nigeria has asked the US to remove it from a list of countries whose citizens face tougher airport security checks after a failed airliner bomb plot. Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe told

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Japanese minister urged to stay

Jan 6th

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Japan’s 77-year-old finance minister, Hirohisa Fujii, has resigned due to poor health, Japanese media say. If confirmed, the resignation would be a blow to Japanese Prime Minister Yukio

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US halts Guantanamo-Yemen moves

Jan 6th

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The US has said it is temporarily suspending the transfer of prisoners to Yemen from the Guantanamo Bay detention centre in Cuba. The move comes after it emerged the Nigerian man accused of trying

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Man linked to UK hostages ‘freed’

Jan 6th

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Iraqi officials have released a Shia militant leader from the group which kidnapped five Britons in Baghdad in 2007, the Iraqi interior ministry says. Qais al-Khazaali is believed to be the leader

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Man arrested after explosives planted on him in security test

Jan 6th

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Irish broadcaster RTE has reported that a man has been arrested after explosives were brought into Ireland in a security exercise by another country. A 49-year-old man was detained following the

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Monster tuna sells for 16.28 million yen (Ã‚Â£109,000) at Tokyo market

Jan 6th

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By Roland BuerkBBC News, Tokyo A tuna has been sold at auction in Tokyo’s fish market for 16.28 million yen ($175,000, £109,000), the highest price paid in Japan for nine years. The

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Philippines suspect denies murder

Jan 5th

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The main suspect in the mass killing of 57 people in the southern Philippines, Andal Ampatuan Junior, has pleaded not guilty to 41 counts of murder. Mr Ampatuan is part of a politically

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UN chief warns of Afghan decline

Jan 5th

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By Tom LaneBBC News, New York United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has warned that there is a risk that Afghanistan’s deteriorating situation could become irreversible. Mr Ban said

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India police ‘attend crime party’

Jan 5th

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By Prachi PinglayBBC News, Mumbai Five police officers in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay) have been suspended after reports that they attended a party hosted by a notorious criminal. Grainy

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