Polio outbreak in Syria confirmed

29 October 2013 Last updated at 06:49 ET The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed 10 cases of polio in Syria - the first outbreak in the country in 14 years. The UN body says a further 12 cases are still being investigated. Most of...

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Tiananmen crash 'suspects' sought

29 October 2013 Last updated at 05:56 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Police have named two suspects linked to a "major incident" Police in China have named two suspects linked to a "major incident"...

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Major US surveillance review ordered

29 October 2013 Last updated at 06:08 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. President Obama says he wants to ''review'' the NSA's operations The US Senate's intelligence committee has announced a major...

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Soldiers jailed for Westgate looting

29 October 2013 Last updated at 07:12 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Security camera footage which emerged shows Kenyan soldiers taking away white shopping bags, as the BBC's Rebecca Donovan reports...

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Staff at G4S SA prison accused

27 October 2013 Last updated at 23:19 ET Staff at one of South Africa's most dangerous prisons, run by British firm G4S, have been accused of "shocking" abuses and of losing control. The South African government has temporarily taken over the...

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China anti-corruption trio on trial

28 October 2013 Last updated at 05:55 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. As Damian Grammaticas reports, the activists were detained after taking photographs with banners urging officials to disclose their...

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Tiananmen car blaze kills three

28 October 2013 Last updated at 06:57 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC's Celia Hatton: "We were quickly pulled over by the police and detained...for about 20 minutes" Chinese state media...

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NSA 'monitored 60m Spanish calls'

28 October 2013 Last updated at 07:12 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Demands are growing in Europe for explanations over US monitoring activities The US National Security Agency (NSA) secretly...

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China paper 'sorry' for Chen reports

27 October 2013 Last updated at 02:01 ET A Chinese newspaper, which made front-page appeals for the release of one its journalists, has issued an apology. The Guangdong-based New Express said a preliminary police investigation found that Chen...

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Bangladesh strike marred by deaths

27 October 2013 Last updated at 06:34 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC's Mahfuz Sadique says Bangladeshis fear further violence At least three people have died in clashes on the first day...

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US 'bugged Merkel's phone from 2002'

27 October 2013 Last updated at 06:42 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Emily Thomas reports on protests in Washington The US has been spying on German Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone since...

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Car bombs cause Baghdad carnage

27 October 2013 Last updated at 06:58 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC's Ahmed Maher says Iraqis are increasingly concerned about another sectarian conflict Several car bombs have exploded...

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Saudi Arabia warns women drivers

25 October 2013 Last updated at 23:44 ET By Sebastian Usher BBC News Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Sebastian Usher reports on the protest plans The authorities in Saudi Arabia have stepped up...

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China reporter 'confesses on TV'

26 October 2013 Last updated at 05:35 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Michael Bristow explains the twist in the tale of Chen Yongzhou's confession An imprisoned Chinese journalist whose newspaper...

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Iran 'hangs 16 rebels' in reprisal

26 October 2013 Last updated at 06:27 ET Sixteen rebels have been hanged in Iran in retaliation for the deaths of at least 14 border guards in an ambush, say Iranian news agencies. The rebels were "linked to groups hostile to the regime", the...

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Serbia state funeral for Tito widow

26 October 2013 Last updated at 06:47 ET The widow of former Yugoslav leader Marshal Tito is being honoured in a state funeral in Belgrade. Jovanka Broz, who died of heart failure at the age of 88 last weekend, is due to be buried next to her...

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North Korea returns six S Koreans

25 October 2013 Last updated at 04:58 ET North Korea has returned six South Korean men to their homeland, South Korean officials say, in a rare move. The men, between the ages of 27 and 67, were handed over on Friday at the truce village of...

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Women gain as gender gap 'narrows'

24 October 2013 Last updated at 18:11 ET The gap between men and women has narrowed slightly in the past year in most countries, according to a World Economic Forum (WEF) report. Iceland, Finland and Norway top the list of 136 nations,...

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ICC rules against Kenya's Ruto

25 October 2013 Last updated at 04:31 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC's Anna Holligan says there had been jokes in court that people could see Mr Ruto's "airline ticket in his pocket" The...

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US spying 'may harm terror fight'

25 October 2013 Last updated at 07:09 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Angela Merkel: "Once the seeds of mistrust have been sown it doesn't facilitate our co-operation... it makes it more difficult"...

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'Little help' for Bangladesh victims

24 October 2013 Last updated at 04:34 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Reshma Begum spent 17 days under rubble: "I still have nightmares" Six months after a major clothing factory collapse in...

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Pakistan 'endorsed US drone strikes'

24 October 2013 Last updated at 04:53 ET Secret US documents reveal that senior Pakistani government officials have for years known of and endorsed CIA drone strikes, an American newspaper reports. The Washington Post obtained CIA documents...

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N Korea detainee reunion 'emotional'

24 October 2013 Last updated at 05:19 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Myunghee Bae: "It was heavenly to see, hold and comfort Kenneth" The mother of American Kenneth Bae, who is imprisoned in North...

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