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Following the torch through China

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After a controversial world tour, the Olympic torch is now travelling around China in the run-up to the Beijing Games in August.
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Zimbabweans seek refuge with US

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According to the Associated Press, riot police were seen at the embassy as well as people with bundles of possessions.
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Q&A: Colombia hostage situation

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Wimbledon 2008

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India urged to sign nuclear pact

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US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has repeated American warnings to India that time is running out for an oft-delayed nuclear accord.
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Pirate fishing boats target Africa

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Mohammed Abdalla comes from a long line of fishermen, in a fishing village near Malindi, on Kenya's Indian Ocean coast.
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Are doctors earning their crust?

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Some GPs are earning up to £250,000 a year after expenses, according to reports.
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US elections: Battleground map

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US Election issues guide

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Arizona senator and Vietnam war hero would be oldest man to become president.
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US Election polltracker

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Did one man cause market mayhem?

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In a world where fortunes can be made by going against the flow, there is a lot to be gained from being a contrarian or shaking up the consensus view.
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SocGen trader Kerviel is jailed

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The Paris appeals court has ordered the Societe Generale trader Jerome Kerviel to be jailed while massive losses at the bank are being investigated.
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Rogue trader began year in profit

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The French trader that incurred massive losses for Societe Generale was in profit by 1.4bn euros at the start of the year, the BBC has learned.

Polls were busiest since Nixon-Humphrey in '68

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WASHINGTON - Americans voted Tuesday in greater proportions than at any time since 1968, setting records in a band of Southern states dominated by Republicans.

Experts eager to dig in and analyze what election meant

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ALBUQUERQUE - Even though Sen. John Kerry concedes defeat, the vote count goes on. And so does the analysis of what the votes show.

TV networks were in no rush to call presidential election

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TV networks that swore not to prematurely declare presidential winners ended up not declaring a winner at all.

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Mercury's volcanic past revealed

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A fly-by by a Nasa unmanned space probe has revealed evidence of "widespread" volcanism on the planet Mercury.
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Google bets on Android future

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Google has made no secret of its ambitions in the mobile space. There are mobile versions of all its key services, such as search, e-mail and calendar.
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Getting more from Moore's Law

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For more than 40 years the silicon industry has delivered ever faster, cheaper chips.
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Pregnancy timeline

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Fertilisation occurs and a ball of quickly multiplying cells embeds itself in the lining of the uterus.

Cancer: The facts

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One in three of us will be diagnosed with cancer during our life.
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Health care across Europe's borders

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The European Commission wants people to have the right to health care across the EU if they are entitled to receive it in their own country.

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BBC Sport online/interactive schedule

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Details of forthcoming live video and audio coverage on the BBC Sport website.
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Parting company with Friends

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Hit sitcom Friends has come to an end in the US after 10 years on our TV screens. BBC News Online looks back at a comedy which became an international brand.
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Aniston and Cox reunite for drama

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Friends stars Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox are to team up again for the first time since the long-running US sitcom ended in 2004.
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In pictures: A decade of Friends

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The final episode of sitcom Friends has been shown in the US, ahead of its UK screening on Channel 4 on 28 May. Warning - this picture gallery contains details from the finale.

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