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Global News
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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.
European business activity falling fast / Zuma asks court to have portrait removed / Australian mining magnate declared the richest woman in the world.
ICC Blackmail Claim/ The Return of Polio/ New Species/ The Dons of Corleone
Pakistani doctor guilty of treason for helping CIA / Egyptians vote in historic presidential election / Beijing toilets.
audio GlobalNews: 23 May 12 AM Egypt votes
Wed, 23 May 2012 03:33:00 +0100
Egyptians go to the polls / Yemen on the brink of a catastrophic food crisis / Talks on a new government for Somalia / Former Greek Prime Minister on leaving the Euro / Skydiving without a parachute
Five Egyptian policemen given jail sentences / OECD warns of debt vicious cycle / Robofish.
NATO endorses timeable for Afghanistan withdrawal / A violent attack on Mali's interim president / Report says husbands are more dangerous than guns in parts of West Africa / Political debate on the streets of Cairo ahead of Egypt's presidential election
audio GlobalNews: 21 May 12 PM Yemen attack
Mon, 21 May 2012 16:30:00 +0100
Scores killed in Yemen suicide bomb / Lockerbie bomber buried / Chess in India.
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
audio GlobalNews: 20 May 2012 Lockerbie Bomber Dies
Sun, 20 May 2012 16:08:00 +0100
Lockerbie Bomber, Al-Megrahi dies; Italy quake; NATO discusses Afghanistan pull-out.
audio GlobalNews: 19 MAY 12 Aborted space launch
Sat, 19 May 2012 15:43:00 +0100
Aborted US space lauch to the International Space Station / Bomb blast in Syria / Call to Prayer / Top Hat.
Facebook fanfare on stock market debut / European stock markets hit slump / Legendary Arab singer, Warda, dies.
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
audio GlobalNews: 17 May 12 PM Mladic trial suspended
Thu, 17 May 2012 17:05:00 +0100
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.
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
audio GlobalNews: 16 May PM The trial of Ratko Mladic
Wed, 16 May 2012 17:25:00 +0100
Mladic trial opens in the Hague / Witnesses coerced, says Liberia's Charles Taylor / The pliosaur who suffered painful arthritis.
audio GlobalNews: 16 May 12 AM Mladic Trial Begins
Wed, 16 May 2012 04:06:00 +0100
Mladic to face charges of genocide/ Truth Commission in Brazil/ New drug in Russia/ Carlos Fuentes
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.
audio GlobalNews: 15 May 12 AM Greek currency crisis
Tue, 15 May 2012 06:00:00 +0100
What if Greece quit the Eurozone? / Conflict minerals / Gamers celebrate Diablo's return
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.
audio GlobalNews: 14 May 12 AM Massacre in Monterrey
Mon, 14 May 2012 06:00:00 +0100
Narco-gang massacre in Mexico / Nato under fire for civilian deaths / Historic victory for Manchester City football club
audio GlobalNews: 13 May 12 PM
Sun, 13 May 2012 16:21:00 +0100
Afghan advisor killed / Uganda LRA man caught / Austrian cat cafe
audio GlobalNews: 12 May 12 PM
Sat, 12 May 2012 14:24:00 +0100
New Greek vote likely / Indonesia plane recovery / Berlin train
Spain bolsters banks as eurozone contracts / Breivik trial disrupted by relative / London 2012's Olympic tower.
JP Morgan lost billions//Algeria elections//Pills to prevent HIV infections//Clooney raises fund for Obama//World Chess Championship returns to Moscow
Many killed in bombs in Syria / German chancellor says 'No change of course' / London Olympic flame lit.
Obama supports gay marriage//Alegria elections//Sukhoi Superjet missing over Indonesia//Fragile ceasefire in Homs//Universal flu vaccine//Vidal Sassoon has died
Bomb explodes near UN mission chief in Syria / Breivik killing survivors tell their story / Punch and Judy.
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
US 'foils underwear-bomb airline plot' / Headquarters of Libya PM attacked / Driverless cars.
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'
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.
audio GlobalNews: 07 MAY 12 AM
Mon, 07 May 2012 06:03:00 +0100
A new president for France/ Greek voters turn on the establishment/ South Korea's eco-border
audio GlobalNews: 06 May 12: Europe Votes
Sun, 06 May 2012 15:57:00 +0100
France's presidential poll / World's oldest graduate / A magic cockerel for Putin?
audio GlobalNews: 9/11 Trial Begins
Sat, 05 May 2012 15:00:00 +0100
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed trial / Japan's nuclear shutdown / French political satire.
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.
audio GlobalNews: 4 May 12 AM Chinese activist's plea
Fri, 04 May 2012 04:00:00 +0100
Chinese activist's plea / Microchip eye implants / Japan's last nuclear reactor
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 ?
Details of Chinese activist's release / France's presidential debate / The world's most expensive painting
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.
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 monkeying about
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 his shoes mix pain with pleasure.
audio GlobalNews: 01 May 12 AM Fighting in Mali
Tue, 01 May 2012 04:25:00 +0100
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
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.
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
audio GlobalNews: 29 Apr 12:Nigeria attacks
Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:40:00 +0100
Deadly attack on Kano university / Supporters of disqualified Egyptian candidate attacked / Is Kate Middleton a good role model for women?
audio GlobalNews: 28 Apr 12: Malaysia protests
Sat, 28 Apr 2012 15:59:00 +0100
Malaysia police fire tear gas at protesters / EU opens office in Burma / Tymoshenko tax trial delayed / Avaaz / Heathrow Airport delays / Louis Armstrong tapes
Chinese dissident escapes house arrest / Explosion in central Damascus "kills 9" / Lady Gaga in Seoul.
Ecowas sends troops to Mali and Guinea Bissau / Spacecraft heads for the sun / Rare warty pig spotted.
The former president of Liberia, Charles Taylor, found guilty / Blasts hit Nigerian newspaper group / Bo Xilai suspected of wiretapping Chinese leaders.
Sierra Leone war crimes trial / Media influence in UK politics / former Ukrainian PM alleges prison beating
Rupert Murdoch gives evidence to media inquiry / Britain in double dip recession / Hong Kong hospitals to bar pregnant women from mainland China.

Thousands march for peace in Mexico
text Thousands march for peace in Mexico TENS of thousands of people have marched in Mexico's second most populous city, angry at the inability of authorities to end a crime wave. (heraldsun world)
Fake Android apps scam cost users £28,000
text Fake Android apps scam cost users £28,000 Malicious Android apps posed as Angry Birds and Cut the Rope in a scam that used premium rate text messages to defraud customers of £27,850. (telegraph technology)
First creature to walk on land 'dragged itself along' - like it was on crutches
text First creature to walk on land 'dragged itself along' - like it was on crutches The creature lived in floodplains on what is now Greenland during a period known geologically as the Devonian period - about 360 to 410 million years ago. (dailymail sciencetech)