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Scouting founder ‘executed PoW’

Documents suggesting that Boy Scout founder Lord Baden-Powell illegally executed a prisoner-of-war have been sold for ...

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Nigerian police ‘killing at will’

Nigerian police are carrying out a shocking level of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances, Amnesty International says. The rights group's three-year inquiry details cases of prisoners tortured to death and shootings at roadblocks. Amnesty says the police complain they...

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UK to tax bankers’ bonuses

A one-off tax on bankers' bonuses is expected to form the centrepiece of Alistair Darling's pre-Budget report - the last before the general election. The chancellor is under pressure to explain how he will meet his pledge to halve...

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West Bank building criticised

More homes are under construction per inhabitant in the occupied West Bank than inside Israel despite recent curbs on construction, says Peace Now. The rights group said 1,167 homes were being built for every 100,000 West Bank settlers, compared...

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Philippines charges 24 with rebellion

Twenty-four people in the Philippines have been charged with rebellion in connection with a massacre that left 57 dead on the island of Mindanao. Those charged include several figures from the powerful local Ampatuan clan. Two weeks ago a...

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Gatorade drops Tiger Woods drink

Soft drink brand Gatorade says it is to drop a Tiger Woods-endorsed product but said it was not related to revelations about the golfer's private life. PepsiCo-owned Gatorade said the decision to axe the Tiger Focus drink was made...

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Irish abortion case in Strasbourg

Ireland's strict abortion law is due to be challenged in the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. The legal action is being brought by three Irish women who say the effective ban on abortion in Ireland violates the...

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Developing countries split on CO2

By Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News website, Copenhagen A major split between developing countries emerged on the third morning of UN climate talks here. Small island states and poor African nations vulnerable to climate impacts laid out demands...

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Tigers maul trainer at German zoo

An animal trainer is in a critical condition in a hospital in the German city of Hamburg after being attacked by three tigers during a performance. Christian Walliser, 28, tripped over in an enclosure containing five of Bengal tigers...

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Hidden abuse

By Mame Less Camara BBC, Dakar Growing numbers of girls in Senegal are being raped, with abuse often happening while they are at school. "I wanted to be a lawyer, that was my dream," says a young Senegalese girl,...

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