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3 hours 16 min agoSeptember 7, 2008
13:16
Israeli police reportedly recommend to prosecutors that PM Ehud Olmert be indicted in a corruption investigation.
12:55
The US government announces plans for the takeover of failing mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.
12:38
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton is stripped of victory in a dramatic Belgian Grand Prix and demoted to third as the win is handed to Ferrari's Felipe Massa.
12:36
Images of the aftermath of the Cairo rockslide
11:41
Thousands of people hunker down across the Caribbean as Hurricane Ike pounds the region, on course for Cuba.
11:34
Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai challenges President Mugabe to hold new polls if he will not share power.
10:25
Massive flood rescue operation in eastern India
10:22
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper calls an early election in a bid to strengthen his minority government.
09:00
Two suicide bomb blasts kill at least two people and injure 29 in a police station in the Afghan city of Kandahar, officials say.
08:54
Angola's ruling MPLA party is heading for a landslide win in parliamentary polls, preliminary results show.
06:39
England coach Fabio Capello says he vented his fury at Joe Cole and Wayne Rooney for not following instructions against Andorra.
06:02
Workers at the world's biggest aircraft manufacturer, Boeing, go on strike in the US.
04:52
Rescuers in Cairo continue their search for survivors after a rockslide hit dozens of homes in Egypt's capital, killing at least 31.
04:08
Voters in Hong Kong choose between pro-government and more pro-democracy candidates in a hotly contested poll.
03:51
Thailand's PM Samak Sundaravej says the army will not stage a coup against his government, despite weeks of street protests.
00:20
French anger at court's apparent decision to postpone a trial because it was to take place during Ramadan.
September 6, 2008
22:10
People should consider eating less meat as a way to tackle global warming, says the UN's top climate scientist.
21:08
Condoleezza Rice is expected to discuss the so-called war on terror in Morocco.
20:07
The head of the main opposition party in Serbia resigns after colleagues refuse to back efforts to join the EU.
18:47
Poland won the second Eurovision Dance Contest, which was held in Glasgow before a television audience of millions.
