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Bhutto died of head injury - report
9:07am Friday 8th February 2008
Benazir Bhutto died of a "severe head injury" and not a gunshot wound in an attack by a lone terrorist, Scotland Yard has said.

Hamza faces extradition to US
10:03pm Thursday 7th February 2008
Islamic preacher Abu Hamza is to be extradited to the US to face terrorism charges, the Home Office said.

Discussion on situation in Pakistan
7:34pm Tuesday 5th February 2008
A public meeting to discuss the current situation in Pakistan is being held in Manchester on February 16.

US troops kill parents and teenager
3:49pm Tuesday 5th February 2008
At least three Iraqis were killed and a child was injured after American soldiers stormed a tiny one-room house north of Baghdad and opened fire.

Prince Andrew attacks US over Iraq war
12:13pm Tuesday 5th February 2008
The US administration should have listened and learned more from Britain's experiences in a bid to avoid the problems resulting from the Iraq war, the Duke of York said.
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Protests over lifting of headscarf ban
7:38pm Saturday 2nd February 2008
Some 125,000 flag-waving Turks, mostly women, denounced the Islamic-rooted government over its plans to lift a decades-old ban on Islamic headscarves in universities - a move the foreign minister said would expand Turkish freedoms.

Obama pledges to bridge divide
9:28am Friday 1st February 2008
US presidential hopeful Barack Obama said in an interview with a French magazine that if he wins he wants to help bridge the divide between Muslims and the West.

PM meets President amidst protests
2:19pm Monday 28th January 2008
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has urged Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf to ensure "transparent, credible" elections in his country next month.

Iraq abuse report published
10:38am Friday 25th January 2008
A report into allegations of abuse of Iraqi detainees by British troops is expected to recommend improvements to military training on the handling of prisoners.
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Gaza suffers as world watches on
12:42pm Monday 21st January 2008
Gaza City awoke today to shuttered bread shops and petrol stations as Israel refused to reopen crossings or allow in crucial fuel supplies.

UK has failed Iraqis
9:54am Wednesday 16th January 2008
A failure to protect and rebuild health services in Iraq following the 2003 war has had a "disastrous" impact on the Iraqi people, a report suggests.

Britons face tougher US checks
9:43am Wednesday 16th January 2008
Visitors to America are to face tougher checks, the US's head of homeland security said as he warned that Europe was increasingly seen as a platform for a potential terror attack there.

Travellers warned of cash-limits
4:24pm Tuesday 15th January 2008
Travellers to the Asian sub-continent are being reminded of the rule changes governing the carrying of large amounts of cash in and out of the country.

Flooding situation set to worsen
4:22pm Tuesday 15th January 2008
Whole communities in Mozambique have now been cut off from the rest of the country by flooding, according to international relief agency World Vision.

Husband tells of holiday nightmare
8:32am Tuesday 15th January 2008
A couple's dream Indian holiday turned into a nightmare when the young wife was thrown into jail because she was not carrying the right documents.

Bhutto's son returns to Oxford
9:30am Saturday 12th January 2008
Benazir Bhutto's son, the the new leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party, joined fellow students today as they returned to Oxford University for a new term.

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