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The head of world football's governing authority Fifa says he wants to set up a body to investigate allegations of corruption at his organisation. His comments come several weeks after Fifa suspended two members of its executive committee over allega
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The government of Yemen says two boats crammed with African migrants have capsized off its coast, killing more than 80 people. Rescue teams have found only three survivors. Magdi Abdelhadi reports. The Yemeni interior ministry issued a brief statemen
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One of Pakistan's best-known liberal politicians, the governor of Punjab province Salman Taseer, has been shot dead in Islamabad. Mr Taseer was in a busy market when one of his bodyguards opened fire on him. Orla Guerin reports from Islamabad. Police
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A new Congress has convened in Washington after mid-term elections in which President Obama's Democratic Party suffered heavy losses to the Republican Party. For the first time in more than four years, the Republicans are in control of the House of R
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The internationally recognised winner of the presidential election in Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara, has called on the West African regional grouping Ecowas to send in special forces to remove his rival Laurent Gbagbo from power. Mr Ouattara said Ec
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There's been further rioting in Algeria over food price increases and unemployment, the latest outbreak in several days of unrest. Police have been deployed in force close to mosques and other potential focal points. The government has blamed importe
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A United States congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has been shot in the head during a public event in Arizona. Initial reports suggested she had been killed, but a hospital spokesman said later that she was still alive and in a critical condition. She'
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President Barack Obama has welcomed the successful completion of voting on the first day of southern Sudan's referendum on independence. He said it was a historic step toward implementing the comprehensive peace deal that ended the war between north
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President Obama has led the United States in a moment's silence to honour the victims of Saturday's shooting in Arizona. A single bell tolled for the six people who were killed and for the Democratic congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was critical
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A United States presidential commission investigating last year's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has recommended a series of wide-ranging reforms. In its final report, the commission calls for the creation of an independent safety agenc
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The fragile coalition in Lebanon has collapsed after 12 ministers mostly from Hezbollah and its allies resigned. It follows rising tension after strong indications that some members of Hezbollah could be indicted by a United Nations-backed investigat
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President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia has announced that he'll not stand for re-election in 2014. The president, who has enjoyed almost unchallenged power for more than 20 years, was speaking as violent demonstrations against unemployment and
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The Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali has been forced from power after a month of protests over unemployment and high food prices. The announcement was made on state TV by the Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi, who said he was now assuming p
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A night curfew is back in force in Tunisia after a day of unrest and confusion following the removal from power and flight into exile of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. More than 40 people lost their lives after riots and then a fire swept through
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Security forces in Tunisia have been fighting a gun battle with suspected members of the presidential guard at the presidential palace, several kilometres north of the capital Tunis. The Tunisian Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi told national televi
