Global News

Global News

From BBC World Service

The best stories, interviews and on the spot reporting from around the world including highlights from Newshour, The World Today and World Briefing. Up to 30 minutes compiled twice a day from the 24 hour News coverage from the BBC World Service.

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GlobalNews: 21 May 12 AM Obama and Karzai at NATO ...
05/21/2012 NATO leaders lay out the path towards their withdrawal in 2014 / Libya gets ready to bury the only man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing / A look back at the life of Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees...
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GlobalNews: 20 May 2012 Lockerbie Bomber Dies
05/20/2012 Lockerbie Bomber, Al-Megrahi dies; Italy quake; NATO discusses Afghanistan pull-out....
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GlobalNews: 19 MAY 12 Aborted space launch
05/19/2012 Aborted US space lauch to the International Space Station / Bomb blast in Syria / Call to Prayer / Top Hat....
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GlobalNews: 18 May 12 PM The trading of Facebook shares
05/18/2012 Facebook fanfare on stock market debut / European stock markets hit slump / Legendary Arab singer, Warda, dies....
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GlobalNews: 18 May 12 AM Facebook sets share price in ...
05/18/2012 Social networking company set to release some 420 million shares priced at $38 each/ President Obama holds African food security talks/ The right protocol for a Diamond Jubilee lunch/ Tributes paid to disco icon Donna Summer...
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GlobalNews: 17 May 12 PM Mladic trial suspended
05/17/2012 Cameron's warning about Eurozone / Spain auctions off bonds / Greeks' anxiety over economy / Denmark's push for renewable energy / Is Harry Potter great literature ? / Internet stardom for London's singing fish-seller....
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GlobalNews: 17 May 12 AM Greece: Merkel 'playing poker with ...
05/17/2012 Greek leftist leader George Tsipras accuses the EU and Germany of 'playing poker with people's lives'/ ICC: Congo warlord Bosco Ntaganda 'will be caught'/ Robotic arm controlled by thought/ Cuba's art extravaganza...
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GlobalNews: 16 May PM The trial of Ratko Mladic
05/16/2012 Mladic trial opens in the Hague / Witnesses coerced, says Liberia's Charles Taylor / The pliosaur who suffered painful arthritis....
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GlobalNews: 16 May 12 AM Mladic Trial Begins
05/16/2012 Mladic to face charges of genocide/ Truth Commission in Brazil/ New drug in Russia/ Carlos Fuentes...
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GlobalNews: 15 May 12 PM Greek parties fail to form ...
05/15/2012 Hollande sworn-in as French president / Charges against former Murdoch aide / Palestinians mark anniversary of "The Catastrophe" / How one native American tribe is tackling alcoholism / How a 9 year-old boy became a sensation - with cardboard....
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GlobalNews: 15 May 12 AM Greek currency crisis
05/15/2012 What if Greece quit the Eurozone? / Conflict minerals / Gamers celebrate Diablo's return...
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GlobalNews: 14 May 12 PM Did NATO kill Libyan civilians ...
05/14/2012 Fresh fighting in Syrian city of al-Rastan / How Greeks respond to political stalemate / Reality TV show angers America's Iranian community / The world's longest taxi-journey....
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GlobalNews: 14 May 12 AM Massacre in Monterrey
05/14/2012 Narco-gang massacre in Mexico / Nato under fire for civilian deaths / Historic victory for Manchester City football club...
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GlobalNews: 13 May 12 PM
05/13/2012 Afghan advisor killed / Uganda LRA man caught / Austrian cat cafe...
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GlobalNews: 12 May 12 PM
05/12/2012 New Greek vote likely / Indonesia plane recovery / Berlin train...
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GlobalNews: 11 May 12 PM Contraction of Eurozone economy predicted
05/11/2012 Spain bolsters banks as eurozone contracts / Breivik trial disrupted by relative / London 2012's Olympic tower....
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GlobalNews: 11 May 12 AM JP Morgan lost billions
05/11/2012 JP Morgan lost billions//Algeria elections//Pills to prevent HIV infections//Clooney raises fund for Obama//World Chess Championship returns to Moscow...
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GlobalNews: 10 May 12 PM Suicide car bombs in Damascus.
05/10/2012 Many killed in bombs in Syria / German chancellor says 'No change of course' / London Olympic flame lit....
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GlobalNews 10 May 12 AM: Obama supports gay marriage
05/10/2012 Obama supports gay marriage//Alegria elections//Sukhoi Superjet missing over Indonesia//Fragile ceasefire in Homs//Universal flu vaccine//Vidal Sassoon has died...
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GlobalNews: 09 May 12 PM Roadside bomb explodes near UN ...
05/09/2012 Bomb explodes near UN mission chief in Syria / Breivik killing survivors tell their story / Punch and Judy....
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GlobalNews: 09 May 12 AM Al-Qaeda bomber 'was double agent'
05/09/2012 US officials say would-be bomber 'was working for CIA and Saudi intelligence'/ Kofi Annan warns Syria peace plan 'last chance' to avoid civil war/ US state votes on gay marriage ban/ Snakes alive! How Guam is battling a serpent infestation...
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GlobalNews: 08 May 12 PM Libya Prime Minister's headquarters attacked
05/08/2012 US 'foils underwear-bomb airline plot' / Headquarters of Libya PM attacked / Driverless cars....
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GlobalNews: 08 May 12 AM US 'foils underwear bomb plot'
05/08/2012 US officials say airline bomb plot conceived by al-Qaeda in Yemen, device now in FBI possession/ Greek coalition woes following election/ Nigeria's other Islamist group/ The BBC stages the 'World's Biggest School Assembly'...
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GlobalNews: 07 May 2012 PM Markets react to French and ...
05/07/2012 Mr Hollande takes charge / Are wealthy French people leaving France? / Vladimir Putin is sworn in as President of Russia / Curry ingredient may hold the secret to bowel cancer treatment....
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GlobalNews: 07 MAY 12 AM
05/07/2012 A new president for France/ Greek voters turn on the establishment/ South Korea's eco-border...
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GlobalNews: 06 May 12: Europe Votes
05/06/2012 France's presidential poll / World's oldest graduate / A magic cockerel for Putin?...
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GlobalNews: 9/11 Trial Begins
05/05/2012 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed trial / Japan's nuclear shutdown / French political satire....
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GlobalNews: 4 May 12 PM China says Chen can leave
05/04/2012 New protests in Cairo / UK government suffers setback in local elections / Indian women campaign against sexual harassment / Plight of Nuba refugees in Sudan / Was Hitler mad ? / Why Afghan children are looking to the stars....
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GlobalNews: 4 May 12 AM Chinese activist's plea
05/04/2012 Chinese activist's plea / Microchip eye implants / Japan's last nuclear reactor...
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GlobalNews: 3 May 12 PM Dissident's wish to leave China
05/03/2012 Dutch ministers boycott Euro 2012 over treatment of Tymoshenko / Sailors who brave seas roamed by Somali pirates / Bin Laden documents made public / Are men suffering discrimination ?...
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GlobalNews: 3 May 2012 AM The Chinese activist's story
05/03/2012 Details of Chinese activist's release / France's presidential debate / The world's most expensive painting...
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GlobalNews: 2 May 12 PM Controversy over Chinese activist
05/02/2012 11 killed as Cairo protestors are attacked / Aung San Suu Kyi takes her seat in Burmese parliament / Tensions between ISAF troops and Afghan army / Rodney King looks back on LA riots / The battle to be mayor of London....
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GlobalNews: 2 May 12 PM Obama's surprise visit to Afghanistan
05/02/2012 Barack Obama makes a surprise trip to Afghanistan / One year on since the death of Osama Bin Laden...is Al Qaeda still the threat it once was? / Aung San Suu Kyi and her party take their seats in the new Burmese parliament / Why life is just a case of...
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GlobalNews: 1 May 12 PM Murdoch condemned by UK committee
05/01/2012 A meeting with jailed Baihraini dissident / Marine le Pen addresses her supporters / Libyans enjoy new-found freedoms / Has an effective test for breast-cancer been found ? / A warm reception for Pakistani artists in India / Christian Louboutin on why...
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GlobalNews: 01 May 12 AM Fighting in Mali
05/01/2012 Fighting breaks out once again in Mali's capital Bamako / Ahead of next weeks elections, we hear from Greece's far right / Ukraine about to co-host Europe's top soccer event...but not every top European will be going...
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GlobalNews: 30 Apr 12 PM Bahraini activists to be retried
04/30/2012 What impact are UN monitors having in Syria ? / How US created alert-system for use when children disappear / Why Nobel Prize-winning novelist created "Museum of Innocence" / Manchester's excitement as crucial football match draws near....
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GlobalNews: 30 Apr 12 AM Ban Ki Moon to address ...
04/30/2012 Ban Ki Moon to address Burmese parliament/Impact of Chinese dissident's escape on US-China relations/The hunt for Joesph Kony goes on/Universal Studios at 100...
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GlobalNews: 29 Apr 12:Nigeria attacks
04/29/2012 Deadly attack on Kano university / Supporters of disqualified Egyptian candidate attacked / Is Kate Middleton a good role model for women?...
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GlobalNews: 28 Apr 12: Malaysia protests
04/28/2012 Malaysia police fire tear gas at protesters / EU opens office in Burma / Tymoshenko tax trial delayed / Avaaz / Heathrow Airport delays / Louis Armstrong tapes...
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GlobalNews: 27 Apr 12 PM Chen Guangcheng escapes from house ...
04/27/2012 Chinese dissident escapes house arrest / Explosion in central Damascus "kills 9" / Lady Gaga in Seoul....
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GlobalNews: 27 Apr 12 AM African peacekeepers deployed
04/27/2012 Ecowas sends troops to Mali and Guinea Bissau / Spacecraft heads for the sun / Rare warty pig spotted....
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GlobalNews: 26 Apr 12 PM Taylor aided Sierra Leone crimes
04/26/2012 The former president of Liberia, Charles Taylor, found guilty / Blasts hit Nigerian newspaper group / Bo Xilai suspected of wiretapping Chinese leaders....
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GlobalNews: 26 April 12 AM Taylor war crimes trial
04/26/2012 Sierra Leone war crimes trial / Media influence in UK politics / former Ukrainian PM alleges prison beating...
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GlobalNews: 25 Apr 12 PM Rupert Murdoch at Leveson inquiry
04/25/2012 Rupert Murdoch gives evidence to media inquiry / Britain in double dip recession / Hong Kong hospitals to bar pregnant women from mainland China....
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GlobalNews: 25 Apr 12 AM International anger over Syrian peace ...
04/25/2012 Comparing South Sudan with East Timor / Why one revolution isn't enough for Middle East women / Arizona immigration law goes to US Supreme Court...
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GlobalNews: 24 Apr 12 PM Leader of South Sudan visits ...
04/24/2012 China urges both Sudans to choose peace / James Murdoch grilled at British media inquiry / Crowdfunding and independent filmmaking....
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GlobalNews: 24 Apr 12 AM UN condemns Khartoum over South ...
04/24/2012 Life in a North Korean labour camp / How to mine an asteroid / Syrian forces attack Hama after UN observer visit / Barcelona versus Chelsea, beauty versus beast....
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GlobalNews: 23 Apr 12 PM Sudanese warplanes bomb South
04/23/2012 Sudan's Bashir rules out peace talks / Dutch government quits in deficit crisis / Inquest examines death of London spy....
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GlobalNews: 23 Apr 12 AM French election
04/23/2012 French election / Bahrain Grand Prix / Mysterious spy death...
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GlobalNews: 22 Apr 2012 PM
04/22/2012 Bahrain F1 ends without incident / French vote / Queen Vic letters...
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GlobalNews: 21 Apr 12: Afghan attack ' foiled'
04/21/2012 Afghanistan: ten tonnes of explosives seized / Bahrain increases security ahead of Grand Prix / Anders Breivik trial / Palestinian comedy / Insect food...
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