Beirut on Edge of Civil War, Again

Gunfire broke out in downtown Beirut Thursday after Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said recent government actions amount to "a declaration of open war."

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Abu Qatada Wins Bail Freedom

An extremist Muslim cleric, described by a judge as Osama bin Laden's spiritual ambassador in Europe, is to be released on bail a judge ruled today.

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Royal Mail Losing £200M

Royal Mail's post bag has shrunk by three million letters a day in the last year, pushing its regulated letters and parcels business into a £200 million loss.

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UK Cannabis Laws to be Strengthened

Cannabis is to be reclassified as a class B drug, Jacqui Smith has said.

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Armed Officers Under Fire in London

Armed police have been shot at after being called to a square of residential homes in Chelsea, west London. The officers returned fire but it is not thought that anyone has been injured.

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Police and Army Behind Karzai Assassination Attempt ...

Afghanistan’s defense minister confirmed Sunday that a police captain was connected with the group behind the a week earlier and that an army officer supplied the weapons and ammunition used in the attack.

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Italy Posts Citizens’ Earnings Online

There has been outrage in Italy after the outgoing government published every Italian's declared earnings and tax contributions on the internet.

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Police Free Zimbabwean Activists

Police in Zimbabwe have freed more than 180 opposition activists without charge four days after they were detained. This comes as a Zimbabwean human rights group accuses the government of using violence in rural areas to rig a possible presidential run-off. A BBC contributor in the southern town of Masvingo reports that the bodies of two opposition activists have been found after they were abducted. Allies of President Robert Mugabe say the violence is being exaggerated. Another BBC contributor, in the eastern town of Mutare, reports that opposition activists are starting to take ...

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DNA Backs Austrian Incest Fritzl

DNA evidence supports an Austrian man's confession that he fathered six children by his daughter while keeping her prisoner for 24 years, police say.

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China Ready to Talk to Dalai Lama

China appeared to bend to international pressure on Friday as the government announced it would meet with envoys of the Dalai Lama, an unexpected shift that comes as Tibetan unrest in western China has threatened to cast a pall over the Beijing Olympics in August.

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Turkey Attacks PKK in Iraq

Turkey said its warplanes struck Kurdish separatist targets inside northern Iraq on Friday and Saturday in what military sources called the biggest Turkish air operation in northern Iraq this year.

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China Now Biggest User of Internet

China has overtaken the US as the world’s biggest user of the internet, thanks to a rise of more than 61 per cent of people in the country using the web in the past year.

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UK Teacher’s Strike Hits 8,000 Schools

About a third of schools in England and Wales have been disrupted by the first national teachers' strike in 21 years.

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US: Tsvangirai is Zimbabwe Election Winner

Zimbabwe opposition leader was the "clear" victor of last month's poll, a top US envoy says. Jendayi Frazer was speaking in South Africa, at the start of a tour to lobby Zimbabwe's neighbours to put pressure on President Robert Mugabe. The results of the presidential election have not been released. Mr Tsvangirai says he won outright but the ruling party has said no candidate gained 50% of the vote, so a run-off will be needed. The opposition says its supporters are being attacked ahead of the run-off - claims denied ...

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Britain Wants Supermarkets to Spy on Migrants

The Government wants councils to spy on supermarkets shoppers to find out where eastern Europeans are settling in Britain.

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