German Election: Angela Merkel's Lead Tightens

Will There Be Victory For 'Mutti'? Updated: 11:19pm UK, Friday 20 September 2013 By Robert Nisbet, Europe Correspondent, in Berlin The elections in Germany this weekend could produce a Pizza, a Jamaican or a Lebanon, but "Mutti" is still likely...

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Taliban's Mullah Baradar Released From Custody

By Neville Lazarus, Sky News Asia Producer The most senior leader of the Taliban in Afghanistan has been released from custody in Pakistan to help the struggling Afghan peace process. According to a Sky News source, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar,...

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Nairobi Shopping Mall: Gunmen Kill 'At Least 10'

At least 15 people have reportedly been killed in a suspected terrorist attack on a shopping mall in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. Gunmen opened fire and detonated grenades inside the Westgate centre, a mall popular with expatriates. Police chief...

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Syria Completes Chemical Weapon List Handover

Syria has completed the handover of its chemical arsenal inventory, the world's chemical weapons watchdog says. Confirmation of the handover came ahead of the Saturday deadline issued to Syrian president Bashar al Assad's regime in a US-Russian disarmament...

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Rhino Poaching Deaths Set For Record High

By Alex Crawford, Special Correspondent, in the Eastern Cape The number of rhinos killed in South Africa looks set to exceed last year's record total. With just three months left in 2013, the number of rhinos killed is more than 500 and appears...

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Assad 'Is At Stalemate And Wants Ceasefire'

Bashar al Assad's forces are at a stalemate with rebels and the government will soon call for a ceasefire, Syria's deputy prime minister has said. Speaking on behalf of the Government, Qadri Jamil told The Guardian that neither side was strong enough...

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Mexico Storms: Rescue Helicopter 'Missing'

The number of deaths after the devastating Tropical Storm Manuel and Hurricane Ingrid has risen to 97, Mexican authorities have said. Rescue workers pulled two bodies from the mudslide in La Pintada, where 68 people were reported missing after the village...

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Chicago Park Shooting: Child Among 13 Injured

At least 13 people, including a three-year-old boy, have been shot in a park in Chicago. It is thought the attack happened in the Back of the Yards neighbourhood on the city's South Side at 10.15pm on Thursday. Chicago Fire Department officials said...

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Egypt Troops Surround Kerdasah After Gun Battle

Egyptian troops backed by helicopters have encircled an Islamist stronghold after exchanging gunfire with suspected militants who killed a senior police officer. General Nabil Farag was shot dead as troops stormed into the Kerdasah district to...

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Assad To Destroy Chemical Weapons 'In A Year'

Syrian leader Bashar al Assad has said he is committed to destroying his stockpile of chemical arms - but warned it would take a year to do so. In an interview with Fox News, Mr Assad said he was committed to getting rid of the arsenal but conceded...

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Japan: Fukushima Reactors To Be Demolished

Japan's Prime Minister has ordered the destruction of the two nuclear reactors that survived after a tsunami hit the Fukushima plant in 2011. Shinzo Abe said he stood by his commitment to the International Olympic Committee that the nuclear plant would...

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McCain To Russia: 'Putin Doesn't Respect You'

Vladimir Putin's Letter To America Updated: 1:25pm UK, Thursday 12 September 2013 By Vladimir Putin, Russian President, for The New York Times Recent events surrounding Syria have prompted me to speak directly to the American people and their...

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Greece Strike Amid Anti-Racist Rapper Killing

By Anthee Carassava, in Athens Thousands of civil servants in Greece have taken to the streets in protest against looming jobs cuts, as a 34-year-old anti-racist hip hop artist was stabbed to death by a neo-Nazi. Described by politicians and police...

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Foss Lake: Bodies Found In Submerged Cars

The skeletal remains of at least six people have been discovered inside two cars found at the bottom of a lake in Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said the cars had been found in Foss Lake, near Elk City, during a training session with a new...

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Mexico Storms: Tourists Evacuate Acapulco

Emergency flights are starting to evacuate some of the 40,000 tourists who have been left stranded at a Mexican holiday resort cut off by floods. Landslides, rockslides, floodwaters and collapsed bridges severed links to Acapulco after Tropical Storm...

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Syria: Nato Defends Military Strikes Option

Syria: How The Crisis Has Developed Updated: 11:34am UK, Wednesday 18 September 2013 :: March 2011 - Protesters stage demonstrations in Damascus and security forces in Daraa shoot dead several campaigners, leading to unrest and violence. :: May -...

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Costa Concordia Salvage Operation Completed

By Tom Kington, on Giglio Twenty months after it capsized off the Tuscan island of Giglio, killing 32 people, the Costa Concordia has risen from the Mediterranean after a successful £500m salvage operation Dozens of giant pulleys hauled the cruise...

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Chinese Dissident Arrested After TV Interview

By Mark Stone, Asia Correspondent An outspoken Chinese dissident has been placed under house arrest a day after he appeared in an interview with Sky News. Hu Jia, 40, criticised his government in the interview and in a daily stream of blogs on...

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Washington Navy Base Killer: An Armed Buddhist

Aaron Alexis, who the FBI said carried out a deadly rampage at the Washington Navy Yard, lived a life of dramatic contrasts. The 34-year-old was a former Navy reservist, a defence subcontractor for IT giant Hewlett-Packard and a convert to Buddhism...

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Washington Navy Yard Killer 'Hearing Voices'

US Deadliest Shootings Updated: 10:32am UK, Tuesday 17 September 2013 The shooting at the Washington navy yard has been described by Barack Obama as "yet another mass shooting". It is part of a grim list in modern US history. :: Sandy Hook, Connecticut,...

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Turkey: Police And Protesters In New Clashes

Riot police fired rubber bullets and water cannon at thousands of anti-government protesters overnight in two Turkish cities. In the Kadikoy district of Istanbul a rally began peacefully with a series of concerts, but as night fell chaos erupted when...

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Costa Concordia: Ship Heaved Off Rocky Seabed

By Tom Kington, in Giglio Crews attempting to right the Costa Concordia have successfully detached the wrecked cruise liner from the rocks on which it was impaled. The salvage operation got under way this morning, after a three-hour delay due to...

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Syria: UN Probing 14 Alleged Gas Attacks

The head of a UN panel on war crimes in Syria has revealed it is investigating 14 suspected chemical attacks, as a report appeared to show "clear evidence" of their use. UN Commission chairman Paulo Sergio Pinheiro said the Geneva-based probe had not...

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Shots Fired Inside US Navy Base In Washington

Authorities say they are looking for a gunman after shots were fired inside a building at the Washington Navy Yard. An FBI spokeswoman said there was at least one victim in the attack. The US. Navy said on Twitter three shots were fired inside their...

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Syria: Nervous Children Return To School

By Sky Arthy, Sky News Producer, in Damascus Five million pupils were due back in school today in Syria at the start of the new year. It is a scene that is played out across the world and it looks no different in Damascus. Excited five-year-olds...

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Syria: Chemical Weapons Deal 'A Victory'

The Syrian government has welcomed the international agreement struck on chemical weapons disarmament as "a victory" for the regime. "On one hand, it helps the Syrians emerge from the crisis and on the other it has allowed for averting war against Syria,"...

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Drug Suspects Face Harsh Reality In Peru

The harsh reality for those caught trying to smuggle cocaine out of Peru is that sooner or later the penny drops: plead guilty and get a reduced sentence or fight the case and risk decades behind bars - often up to 20 years. It's a bit like that in...

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Peru Drugs: Melissa Reid 'To Plead Guilty'

Peru Drugs Girl Plea Updated: 2:15pm UK, Sunday 15 September 2013 The harsh reality for those caught trying to smuggle cocaine out of Peru is that sooner or later the penny drops: plead guilty and get a reduced sentence or fight the case and risk decades...

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