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Taliban hit by fall in opium production
The Taliban are likely to have suffered a drop in funding after it was disclosed that opium cultivation had fallen by a third this year, a report has shown.
Indonesia earthquake: 15 dead
A powerful earthquake rattled Indonesia's main island of Java on Wednesday, killing at least 15 people and forcing thousands to evacuate, the country's disaster management agency said.
US reporters 'dragged across North Korean border' in arrest
Two American television journalists who were seized by North Korean border guards last March, becoming pawns in international negotiations with the rogue Stalinist state, have given their first personal account of how they were arrested.
Greek bombings: stock exchange damaged by blast
Homemade bombs go off in Athens and Salonika, damaging stock exchange and wounding one woman.
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Macaulay Culkin: I didn't father Michael Jackson's child
Macaulay Culkin has rubbished claims that he is the biological father of Michael Jackson's youngest child Blanket.
China lifts ban on table tennis star's romance
China has lifted a ban on table tennis star Wang Hao having a girlfriend.
Zambian president evicts monkeys from residence after urinating incident
Zambia's President Rupiah Banda has banished scores of monkeys from the grounds of his official residence after one urinated on his head during a press conference.
Samoa prepares to drive on the left
Samoa has vowed to go ahead with an unpopular plan to make drivers switch to the left hand side of the road in a week's time despite mounting public anger.
Joseph Stalin's grandson sues Russian newspaper
The grandson of Joseph Stalin has begun a libel suit against one of Russia's leading liberal newspapers, accusing it of lying in an article that stated the wartime leader had killed Soviet citizens.
Obama 'to host Israel-Palestinian talks at UN'
US President expected to host meeting between Israeli and Palestinian leaders at UN the this month.
Swine flu: Colombian president Alvaro Uribe contracts virus
Alvaro Uribe, the Colombian president, has contracted swine flu, prompting officials to contact other South American governments whose leaders attended a summit last week with the Colombian leader.
Hurricane Jimena to strike Mexico
Tourists and residents packed into shelters or fled on the last flights out as Hurricane Jimena swept towards Mexico's Baja California peninsula.
A testing time for parents, too
The outlay on uniforms; the terror of a new term; the dash to school. Cassandra Jardine tries to relax as she sets her alarm.
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