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1. White House staff exodus exposes Obama to charges of disarray
More senior staff including defence secretary Robert Gates, and senior advisor David Axelrod, leave their jobs
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2. How the rescue of British aid worker Linda Norgrove ended in tragedy
Captor detonated suicide vest as US special forces rescuers arrived at the mud-walled compound in eastern Afghanistan
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3. British hostage 'killed by captors' in Afghanistan as US forces led rescue bid
David Cameron defends Nato effort to rescue aid worker Linda Norgrove from compound where she was held by insurgents
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4. William Hague defends decision to try to rescue Linda Norgrove
Foreign secretary makes statement to MPs after David Cameron reveals British aid worker thought to be killed by US forces not Taliban
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5. Carlos the Jackal was my friend
Spanish reporter Antonio Salas infiltrated an international terrorist group and became a trusted confidant of one of the world's most infamous killers. Giles Tremlett hears his extraordinary story
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6. Solomon Burke dies in Amsterdam
Soul singer, whose hits included Everybody Needs Somebody to Love, dies at Schiphol airport aged 70
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7. Aid worker Linda Norgrove may have been killed by US troops
David Cameron reveals General David Petraeus has contacted him to say British hostage may not have died at hands of her captors as thought
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8. Egypt's last leper colony broaches time of integration
Leprosy patients reluctant to leave colony despite change in attitude towards sufferers
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9. Kim Jong-un attends North Korean military parade
Cheers, tears, missiles and goose-steps at parade watched by Kim Jong-il and his heir apparent son and broadcast on live TV
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10. Toxic sludge reservoir damage could lead to repeat of Hungarian flood
Prime minister warns that wall is close to collapse, and describes situation as 'dramatic'
Last 7 days
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1. White House staff exodus exposes Obama to charges of disarray
More senior staff including defence secretary Robert Gates, and senior advisor David Axelrod, leave their jobs
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2. Barack Obama accused of exaggerating terror threat for political gain
Pakistan's high commissioner to Britain launches scathing attack on White House
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3. Christine O'Donnell uses TV ad to tell Americans: 'I'm not a witch'
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4. Lions attack trainers at Ukraine circus
Video shows already injured trainer being pounced on by lions after prodding one with a rod
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5. Court overturns US tycoon's will that left fortune to Panama's poor
Accusations fly after judges rule that Wilson Lucom's $50m to set up foundation for poor children should go to his family instead
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6. Trapped Chilean miners: rescue drill reaches their refuge at last
But days of checks and further work needed to ensure shaft can safely carry the 33 men 700m upwards to freedom
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7. Hungary toxic sludge spill an 'ecological catastrophe' says government
Hungary declares a state of emergency as 1m cubic metres of sludge leaks from an alumina factory killing four and injuring 120 -
8. British hostage 'killed by captors' in Afghanistan as US forces led rescue bid
David Cameron defends Nato effort to rescue aid worker Linda Norgrove from compound where she was held by insurgents
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9. Christine O'Donnell: 'I didn't go to Yale' in latest TV ad | Richard Adams
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10. Chilean miners' ordeal almost over as workers prepare to go free
As the escape tunnel reaches the 33 miners trapped beneath a Chilean mountain, Jonathan Franklin reports on the joy of the families in San José, for whom the end is now in sight
