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EU wants clearer food labelling

Mon, 06/14/2010 - 11:27am
Euro MPs are considering new plans to update food labels, but they are divided over "traffic light" colour-coding.

EU wants clearer food labelling

Mon, 06/14/2010 - 11:27am
Euro MPs are considering new plans to update food labels, but they are divided over "traffic light" colour-coding.

New Iraqi parliament sworn in

Mon, 06/14/2010 - 11:19am
An new Iraqi parliament is sworn in, more than three months after inconclusive elections, but there is deadlock over a government.

New Iraqi parliament sworn in

Mon, 06/14/2010 - 11:19am
An new Iraqi parliament is sworn in, more than three months after inconclusive elections, but there is deadlock over a government.

Korea summit backs biodiversity body

Mon, 06/14/2010 - 10:50am
An international meeting in South Korea gives the green light to the formation of a global "science policy" panel on biodiversity.

Korea summit backs biodiversity body

Mon, 06/14/2010 - 10:50am
An international meeting in South Korea gives the green light to the formation of a global "science policy" panel on biodiversity.

Indonesia jails hotel bomb driver

Mon, 06/14/2010 - 10:30am
An Indonesian man is jailed for eight years over his role in the bombing of two luxury hotels and a plot to kill the president.

Wed after war

Mon, 06/14/2010 - 8:58am
Former Tamil Tigers tie the knot at mass wedding

Wed after war

Mon, 06/14/2010 - 8:58am
Former Tamil Tigers tie the knot at mass wedding

What will Israel's raid inquiry achieve?

Mon, 06/14/2010 - 7:08am
A three-man panel will investigate how nine activists were killed aboard a Gaza aid ship. What is your reaction?

What will Israel's raid inquiry achieve?

Mon, 06/14/2010 - 7:08am
A three-man panel will investigate how nine activists were killed aboard a Gaza aid ship. What is your reaction?

Mutu ordered to pay Chelsea £14m

Mon, 06/14/2010 - 6:40am
Adrian Mutu must pay former club Chelsea £14m after losing his final appeal in a five-year battle to avoid being sued for a breach of contract.

Mutu ordered to pay Chelsea £14m

Mon, 06/14/2010 - 6:40am
Adrian Mutu must pay former club Chelsea £14m after losing his final appeal in a five-year battle to avoid being sued for a breach of contract.

Chavez vision

Mon, 06/14/2010 - 5:54am
Venezuelan leader tells the BBC why socialism works

Chavez vision

Mon, 06/14/2010 - 5:54am
Venezuelan leader tells the BBC why socialism works

Red Cross: Gaza blockade illegal

Mon, 06/14/2010 - 4:16am
Israel's blockade of Gaza violates international humanitarian law, the International Committee of the Red Cross says.

BP bosses to hold dividend talks

Mon, 06/14/2010 - 4:16am
BP directors will meet later to discuss whether to suspend dividends to shareholders, following the Gulf of Mexico spill.

Political fallout

Mon, 06/14/2010 - 4:13am
The long political shadow cast by Bloody Sunday

UK soldier killed is named by MoD

Mon, 06/14/2010 - 4:11am
A British soldier killed in Afghanistan on Saturday is named as L/Cpl Andrew Breeze by the Ministry of Defence.

UN alarm at Kyrgyzstan clashes

Mon, 06/14/2010 - 4:10am
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expresses alarm at the scale of inter-ethnic clashes in southern Kyrgyzstan.