Rescuers work through the night in the rubble of a collapsed school in Haiti, where at least 50 people are known to have died.
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The British government revokes the visas of former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife.
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An ex-Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe official accuses it of failing to warn about the Georgia conflict.
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Hurricane Paloma strengthens to a Category Three storm, with winds of up to 185km/h lashing the Cayman Islands.
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Investigators say a plane crash in Mexico City that killed a minister and at least 12 others was not caused by a bomb.
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African leaders meeting in Nairobi call for an immediate ceasefire and for UN peacekeepers to be given greater powers.
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Spain’s top criminal court suspends the opening of mass graves in the inquiry into disappearances under Franco.
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A suspected Italian mobster is caught by under-cover police as he comes round from a liposuction operation.
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A pilot who suddenly went blind at over 5,000ft is guided in to land by RAF crews from Linton-on-Ouse in North Yorkshire.
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Early results in New Zealand’s general election suggest the centre-right National Party could end nine years of Labour rule.
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