Colombia protesters back farmers

29 August 2013 Last updated at 18:21 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Riot police tanks try to disperse protesters with a water cannon Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of the...

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UN chief urges Rwanda 'restraint'

30 August 2013 Last updated at 04:26 ET UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has appealed to Rwanda's president for restraint amid escalating tensions with the neighbouring DR Congo. He spoke to President Paul Kagame after Rwanda accused DR Congo...

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US envoy set for North Korea appeal

30 August 2013 Last updated at 04:50 ET A senior US envoy is due to arrive in North Korea on Friday to request the release of a US man jailed in the communist state. Robert King, the US special envoy for North Korean rights, is expected to...

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France backs US on Syria action

30 August 2013 Last updated at 06:53 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Jeremy Bowen reports from Damascus: ''You could sense the tension in the face of what feels here like an impending attack'' ...

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Skype confirms 3D tech research

28 August 2013 Last updated at 19:16 ET By Leo Kelion Technology reporter Skype has confirmed it has developed 3D video calls. The news was revealed by a senior executive in an exclusive interview with the BBC to mark Skype's 10th anniversary....

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India arrests 'top militant leader'

29 August 2013 Last updated at 07:07 ET Police in India have arrested Yasin Bhatkal, the alleged head of the Indian Mujahideen (IM) militant group, which has been blamed for a string of recent attacks, officials say. The group is thought to...

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Colombia 'ready to talk to ELN'

29 August 2013 Last updated at 04:32 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos indicated talks would begin as soon as possible Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos...

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UN chief awaits Syria weapons report

29 August 2013 Last updated at 07:10 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC's Jeremy Bowen in Damascus: "People are going about their daily business but there is a lot of anxiety" UN Secretary...

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Baghdad hit by deadly bombings

28 August 2013 Last updated at 06:52 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC's Haddad Salih in Baghdad: "Several areas were targeted" A series of co-ordinated bombings in the Iraqi capital Baghdad...

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Young boy's eyes gouged out in China

28 August 2013 Last updated at 04:12 ET Police in China have offered a reward for information about an attack on a young boy whose eyes were forcibly removed, state media say. The incident happened in Fenxi, Shanxi province, on 24 August. The...

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US to mark Martin Luther King speech

28 August 2013 Last updated at 06:16 ET The US will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March for Jobs and Freedom, the civil rights rally at which Martin Luther King Jr made his historic "I have a dream" speech. President Barack Obama...

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UK drafts Syria UN resolution

28 August 2013 Last updated at 06:57 ET The UK is to put a resolution to the UN Security Council later on Wednesday "authorising necessary measures to protect civilians" in Syria. The resolution will be put forward at a meeting of the five...

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Police chief lying, says Bo Xilai

25 August 2013 Last updated at 00:29 ET Former top Chinese politician Bo Xilai has accused his ex-police chief of lying over allegations of abuse of power. Mr Bo launched a scathing attack on Wang Lijun, his former associate in the central...

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Five Mumbai rape suspects arrested

25 August 2013 Last updated at 05:37 ET All five men wanted over the gang rape of a 22-year-old photo journalist in the Indian city of Mumbai on Thursday have been arrested. The last suspect was arrested in the capital, Delhi, on Sunday, and...

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US and UK vow 'serious' Syria move

25 August 2013 Last updated at 06:58 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Prime Minister David Cameron and President Barack Obama spoke by phone on Saturday The UK and the US have threatened a "serious...

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Hosni Mubarak appears in court

25 August 2013 Last updated at 07:07 ET The former Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, has appeared in court, three days after being released from prison and placed under house arrest. Mr Mubarak is facing a retrial on charges of complicity...

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China's arsenic risk estimated

23 August 2013 Last updated at 05:11 ET By Rebecca Morelle Science reporter, BBC World Service Nearly 20 million people in China could be exposed to water contaminated with arsenic, a study suggests. Scientists used information about the geology...

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Bo rejects 'crazy' wife's testimony

23 August 2013 Last updated at 06:01 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. BBC's John Sudworth outside the court, which journalists are not allowed in: Bo Xilai said "she has changed, she's gone mad, she...

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Mumbai photojournalist gang-raped

23 August 2013 Last updated at 06:53 ET A 22-year-old photojournalist has been gang-raped by five men in the Indian city of Mumbai, police say. The woman, who was on assignment on Thursday evening in the Lower Parel area when she was attacked,...

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Obama: Syria chemicals grave concern

23 August 2013 Last updated at 07:16 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Bridget Kendall investigates how the attack unfolded, mainly through extremely distressing videos posted online US President...

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