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Kenya leaders named in truth report

51 min 8 sec ago
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy are named in connection with post-election violence in a long-awaited report investigating human rights abuses.

Stockholm suburbs gripped by riots

1 hour 51 sec ago
Rioters light fires and stone emergency services in the suburbs of the Swedish capital Stockholm for the third night running after a police shooting death.

Carlton Cole to leave West Ham

1 hour 29 min ago
Striker Carlton Cole will leave West Ham United this summer after the club decided not to renew his contract.

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1 hour 31 min ago
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Hong Kong probes commodities market

1 hour 33 min ago
Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange, which trades commodities, is being probed by the police and market regulators over alleged financial irregularities.

Garcia apologises for Woods remark

1 hour 34 min ago
Sergio Garcia apologises for making what could be interpreted as a racist remark about world number one Tiger Woods.

Clegg and PM say coalition will last

1 hour 43 min ago
David Cameron and Nick Clegg promise that the coalition will continue up until polling day in the 2015 general election.

US rescuers comb tornado-hit area

1 hour 50 min ago
The rescue effort after the Oklahoma twister that killed 24 people nears an end, as it emerges the storm was more powerful than thought.

Japan approves child abduction pact

1 hour 52 min ago
Japan's parliament votes to adopt an international treaty on child abductions and cross-border child custody disputes, after years of pressure from Western countries.

Egyptian hostages freed in Sinai

1 hour 54 min ago
Seven members of the Egyptian security forces abducted in the Sinai peninsula last week have been freed, officials say.

Ahmadinejad to contest bar on ally

1 hour 57 min ago
Iran's President Ahmadinejad says he will contest the disqualification of his ally Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei from next month's presidential poll.

N Korea leader sends envoy to China

2 hours 8 min ago
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has sent a special envoy to Beijing, state media announces, amid cooling relations after weeks of tension.

SAP in autism recruitment drive

2 hours 18 min ago
German software company SAP says it hopes to recruit hundreds of people with autism, saying they have a unique talent for information technology.

Bowie bassist Bolder dies aged 62

2 hours 28 min ago
Trevor Bolder, the bassist in David Bowie's legendary 1970s backing band Spiders From Mars, dies from cancer at the age of 62.

10% of UK wildlife 'endangered'

2 hours 55 min ago
A stocktake of UK nature suggests 60% of animal and plant species have declined in the past 50 years - and one in 10 could end up disappearing.

VIDEO: Russia 'outrage' at Eurovision snub

2 hours 58 min ago
A row has erupted between Russia and Azerbaijan over the Eurovision song contest, with the Russian foreign minister accusing the Azeris of vote-rigging.

VIDEO: Cuba reopens sugar mills

3 hours 49 min ago
Cuba is reopening some of its mothballed sugar mills to try to take advantage of rising sugar prices.

Imran Khan discharged from hospital

4 hours 21 min ago
Pakistani politician Imran Khan is discharged from hospital two weeks after falling from a platform at an election campaign rally.

Parents quit Singapore death probe

4 hours 27 min ago
The family of a US man found hanged in Singapore withdraw from an inquiry into his death, saying they no longer have confidence in the system.

IPL cricketer denies spot-fixing

May 22, 2013 - 12:58am
Indian fast bowler S Sreesanth, arrested last week over allegations of spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League, insists he is innocent.