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Idelphonse Nizeyimana
Top Rwanda genocide suspect arrested
A top Rwandan genocide suspect, accused of ordering the 1994 murder of a Tutsi queen, is arrested in Uganda.
Profile: Idelphonse Nizeyimana
Rwanda's ghosts
How the genocide happened

Roman Polanski Switzerland denies Polanski bail
Film-maker Roman Polanski is denied bail ahead of his possible extradition to the US, the Swiss Justice Ministry says.

GMail Google targeted in e-mail scam
Google confirms to BBC News that its e-mail system - Gmail - has been targeted as part of an "industry-wide phishing scheme".


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Villagers wade through flood waters in Andhra Pradesh on October 6, 2009 Flood misery
Indian villagers try to cope with destruction
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The McDonalds and the Sanfords Supersize families
US Christians with large and growing 'godly' families

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George Osborne Osborne gambles with cuts plans
George Osborne says "we're all in this together" as he puts a public sector pay freeze at the heart of his planned spending cuts.

UK soldier killed in Afghan blast
Men 'plotted air suicide attacks'

Bella Prowse Lover denies self-poisoning claim
A woman rejects claims she poisoned herself while pregnant to implicate her doctor lover in a plot to induce an abortion.

Shock fall in industrial output
Judge backs tougher gun sentences


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Test case for Zambia HIV policy
AMERICAS
Jail ruling for 'dirty war' pilot
ASIA-PACIFIC
North Korea 'may return to talks'

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Court weighs Berlusconi immunity
MIDDLE EAST
Clashes raise Jerusalem tensions
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UK to cut Pakistanis' visa wait

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DNA sequencing in a holey new way
TECHNOLOGY
Legal threat closes postcode feed


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Satellite image of North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear plant - file photo from 2002 A step forward?
N Korea's offer to talk draws scepticism
Princess Diana and JFK The disbelievers
The sceptics who are taking on the conspiracy theorists
Water trucks carry fresh water to the parched Jordanian capital Amman Water shortage
Searching for the answer to Jordan's water crisis

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US 'to cut immigrant detention'
Downturn is 'climate opportunity'
Nobel honours 'masters of light'
Karadzic makes court appearance
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