Taliban's Mullah Baradar Released From Custody

By Neville Lazarus, Sky News Asia Producer The most senior leader of the Taliban in Afghanistan has been released from custody in Pakistan to help the struggling Afghan peace process. According to a Sky News source, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar,...

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Syria Completes Chemical Weapon List Handover

Syria has completed the handover of its chemical arsenal inventory, the world's chemical weapons watchdog says. Confirmation of the handover came ahead of the Saturday deadline issued to Syrian president Bashar al Assad's regime in a US-Russian disarmament...

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Nairobi Shopping Mall: Gunmen Kill 'At Least 10'

At least 10 people have been killed in a shootout at a shopping mall in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, according to Sky sources. Police chief Benson Kibue said the gunmen were attempting to rob a shop inside the Westgate centre when the shootout began....

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Rhino Poaching Deaths Set For Record High

By Alex Crawford, Special Correspondent, in the Eastern Cape The number of rhinos killed in South Africa looks set to exceed last year's record total. With just three months left in 2013, the number of rhinos killed is more than 500 and appears...

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Assad 'Is At Stalemate And Wants Ceasefire'

Bashar al Assad's forces are at a stalemate with rebels and the government will soon call for a ceasefire, Syria's deputy prime minister has said. Speaking on behalf of the Government, Qadri Jamil told The Guardian that neither side was strong enough...

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Chicago Park Shooting: Child Among 13 Injured

At least 13 people, including a three-year-old child, have been shot in a park in Chicago. It is thought the attack happened in the Back of the Yards neighbourhood on the city's South Side at 10.15pm on Thursday. Chicago Fire Department officials said...

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Greece Protests After 'Neo-Nazi' Killing

Protesters and police have clashed violently in Greece following the murder of a leftist musician by a suspected neo-Nazi. Police fired tear gas as thousands of people demonstrated against fascism in Athens, the northern city of Thessaloniki and the...

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McCain To Russia: 'Putin Doesn't Respect You'

Vladimir Putin's Letter To America Updated: 1:25pm UK, Thursday 12 September 2013 By Vladimir Putin, Russian President, for The New York Times Recent events surrounding Syria have prompted me to speak directly to the American people and their...

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Assad To Destroy Chemical Weapons 'In A Year'

Syrian leader Bashar al Assad has said he is committed to destroying his stockpile of chemical arms - but warned it would take a year to do so. In an interview with Fox News, Mr Assad said he was committed to getting rid of the arsenal but conceded...

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Syria: Gas Attack Evidence 'Implicates Rebels'

Syria: How The Crisis Has Developed Updated: 11:34am UK, Wednesday 18 September 2013 :: March 2011 - Protesters stage demonstrations in Damascus and security forces in Daraa shoot dead several campaigners, leading to unrest and violence. :: May -...

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Mexico Storms: Tourists Evacuate Acapulco

Emergency flights are starting to evacuate some of the 40,000 tourists who have been left stranded at a Mexican holiday resort cut off by floods. Landslides, rockslides, floodwaters and collapsed bridges severed links to Acapulco after Tropical Storm...

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Greece Strike Amid Anti-Racist Rapper Killing

By Anthee Carassava, in Athens Thousands of civil servants in Greece have taken to the streets in protest against looming jobs cuts, as a 34-year-old anti-racist hip hop artist was stabbed to death by a neo-Nazi. Described by politicians and police...

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Costa Concordia Salvage Operation Completed

By Tom Kington, on Giglio Twenty months after it capsized off the Tuscan island of Giglio, killing 32 people, the Costa Concordia has risen from the Mediterranean after a successful £500m salvage operation Dozens of giant pulleys hauled the cruise...

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Washington Navy Yard Killer's Gun Crime History

US Deadliest Shootings Updated: 10:32am UK, Tuesday 17 September 2013 The shooting at the Washington navy yard has been described by Barack Obama as "yet another mass shooting". It is part of a grim list in modern US history. :: Sandy Hook, Connecticut,...

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Chinese Dissident Arrested After TV Interview

By Mark Stone, Asia Correspondent An outspoken Chinese dissident has been placed under house arrest a day after he appeared in an interview with Sky News. Hu Jia, 40, criticised his government in the interview and in a daily stream of blogs on...

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Turkey: Police And Protesters In New Clashes

Riot police fired rubber bullets and water cannon at thousands of anti-government protesters overnight in two Turkish cities. In the Kadikoy district of Istanbul a rally began peacefully with a series of concerts, but as night fell chaos erupted when...

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Costa Concordia: Ship Heaved Off Rocky Seabed

By Tom Kington, in Giglio Crews attempting to right the Costa Concordia have said they have successfully detached the wrecked cruise liner from the rocks on which it was impaled. The salvage operation got under way this morning, after a three-hour...

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Syria Warned Of 'Consequences' If Deal Fails

Doctors' Plea For Syria Medical Aid Updated: 7:15am UK, Monday 16 September 2013 British doctors have written an open letter in the Lancet medical journal calling for attacks on hospitals and medics to halt in Syria. This is the letter in full: The...

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