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Australian PM calls leadership vote

48 min 30 sec ago
Julia Gillard calls on ex-leader Kevin Rudd, her likely challenger, to accept its outcome as final.

Boost for Somali forces battling al-Shabab

1 hour 26 min ago
Troops seize control of Baidoa, a strategic town, as UN adopts resolution to bolster African Union peacekeeping force.

Scores die in Argentina train crash

2 hours 5 min ago
At least 49 passengers killed and 500 more injured after commuter train rams into barrier in a Buenos Aires station.

Reporters among scores dead in Syria shelling

2 hours 17 min ago
British Marie Colvin and French Remi Ochlik killed in deadly assault on Homs as activists warn of humanitarian crisis.

Fitch downgrades Greece on debt swap deal

2 hours 26 min ago
Setback comes as country's parliament debates emergency legislation to implement a eurozone rescue package.

African envoy holds talks in Senegal

2 hours 30 min ago
Nigerian statesman hopes to defuse anger over president's decision to run for third term in weekend's election.

Strauss-Kahn freed after police questioning

3 hours 8 min ago
Former IMF chief to be summoned to appear before magistrates on charges linked to prostitution and corruption.

London stages Olympics security drill

4 hours 12 min ago
Thousands take part in exercise to prepare for the possibility of city's underground system being targeted.

Egypt sets Mubarak trial verdict date

5 hours 43 min ago
Judge to rule on June 2 in case in which the deposed president stands accused of ordering the deaths of protesters.

African envoy meets Senegal politicians

6 hours 16 min ago
Nigerian statesman hoping to defuse anger over president's decision to run for third term in weekend's election.

Foreign journalists killed amid Homs shelling

7 hours 31 min ago
Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik were killed in an assault in Bab Amr as activists warn of a humanitarian crisis.

Officials claim high turnout for Yemen vote

9 hours 34 min ago
Officials say 60 per cent of voters participated in election set to confirm vice president Hadi as Yemen's new leader.

Clashes in Afghanistan over 'Quran burning'

10 hours 25 min ago
At least seven dead in latest clashes after US apologises over reports copies of Quran were burnt at NATO base.

Abkhaz leader survives assassination attempt

12 hours 8 min ago
Two people reported killed in attack on Alexander Ankvab's convoy in Russia-backed separatist region's capital.

Indonesian police storm jail as inmates riot

13 hours 9 min ago
Parts of Bali facility set on fire and reports of gunshots before police took control following

UN watchdog 'denied access to key Iran site'

13 hours 18 min ago
IAEA head says Tehran refused to allow its inspectors to visit the Parchin weapons development complex.

Rudd departure shakes Australian government

13 hours 28 min ago
Foreign minister steps down, saying he has lost support of PM Gillard amid speculation he is plotting return to top job.

Fears grow of humanitarian crisis in Homs

15 hours 32 min ago
Activists say lack of food and water in the opposition stronghold Bab Amr is almost as great a threat as the violence.

New Zealand remembers 2011 quake victims

15 hours 50 min ago
Thousands stand in silence in Christchurch park to commemorate first anniversary of earthquake that killed 185 people.

Megaupload founder released on bail

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 - 12:05am
Kim Dotcom, wanted in US on copyright piracy charges, placed under effective house arrest pending extradition hearing.