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Protesters outside the barracks on 15 March 2010
Thai PM rejects protest ultimatum
Thailand's PM rejects a resignation demand by protesters gathered outside a barracks where he has been holed up.
Red shirts march on barracks
In Thaksin's 'red-shirted' country
Thailand's reds and yellows

Sarkozy party facing poll defeat
President Sarkozy's party faces defeat from the Socialists in regional elections, which also saw a strong National Front showing.

Mission: Impossible actor dies
Peter Graves, star of the TV series Mission: Impossible and the Airplane films, dies of a suspected heart attack in LA, aged 83.


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Girl eats a whale burger in Hakodate, northern Japan Culture clash
Greenpeace takes on Japan young's whaling apathy
Nicolas Sarkozy casts vote Slap for Sarkozy
Gavin Hewitt on how mid-term polls are seen in France
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Best in Show finale brings Crufts Dog Show to a close

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TECHNOLOGY
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ENTERTAINMENT

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HEALTH

No quick fix for diabetes risk

SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

Ivory and tuna top wildlife talks

Apollo men decry Obama Moon plans

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AFRICA

French hostages 'freed in Darfur'

Winnie denies maligning Mandela

AMERICAS

Brazil leader begins Mid-East tour

Obama aide stokes US-Israel row

ASIA-PACIFIC

British minister in China for talks

Kazakh leader's fury over flood

EUROPE

UK government criticises BA strike

EU 'nearing' Greece bail-out deal

MIDDLE EAST

Hamas leader seized in West Bank

PM Maliki extends Iraqi poll lead

SOUTH ASIA

Air strike in Pakistan kills nine

Two held for Mumbai 'attack plot'

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Rape victim in specialist clinic (posed by a model) Call for better rape victim care
A new approach is needed to give greater priority to the care and support of rape victims, a major review says.

Osborne calls for 'honest' Budget

Probe after inmate stabs officers
Trevor Phillips MPs criticise equalities chairman
A parliamentary committee raise concerns over the leadership of UK equalities chief Trevor Phillips and questions his reappointment.

Big rise in online music revenues

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The rules children must obey in Berlin, Paris, Rome and NY
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How German POWs helped build an English icon
Caravaggio programme In pictures
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