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The UN Security Council tries to broker a ceasefire in Gaza, at the end of the eleventh day of the Israeli offensive.

The Bank of England's rate-setters hare cut the base rate by 1%, but could they cut even further?

Canadians go to the polls on 14 October with the world economic crisis an increasingly significant backdrop, reports the BBC's Lee Carter from Toronto.

The month of June is the deadliest for foreign troops in Afghanistan since the 2001 fall of the Taleban, official figures show.

A resurgent Taleban is likely to step up the scope of its attacks around Afghanistan during 2008, the Pentagon warns.

Scientists think a giant asteroid impact can explain why the northern and southern hemispheres of Mars look so different.

The BBC's Martha Kearney reflects on a week of Labour memoirs and mumblings.

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in Bahrain urging Arab states to curb Iran's influence in the region.

The annual mass spawning of corals on the Palau archipelago in the western Pacific occurs right on cue.

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives in Baghdad to promote reconciliation between sectarian groups.

The coral reefs in the tropical western Pacific are on the brink of a spectacular mass spawning.

Scientists find no link from the Sun's effect on cosmic rays to clouds, though space particles may affect polar temperatures.

Campaigners call for restrictions on ships in Antarctic waters to preserve the local environment.

Many Muslim-Americans in Ohio are rallying round Barack Obama ahead of the state's primary on 4 March.

The leading presidential candidates are grappling with an intriguing set of political problems thrown up by Super Tuesday, writes Kevin Connolly.

John McCain's surge towards taking the Republican nomination presents a difficult choice for the party, writes the BBC's Matthew Price.

Campaigners take to the streets of Scotland's largest city over the issue of climate change.

Volcanoes were active on the Moon's surface soon after it was formed, a new study in the journal Nature suggests.

S Africa's equivalent of the FBI, the elite crimebusters known as the Scorpions, are in the spotlight over the Selebi case.

The BBC's Grant Ferrett considers the future for an out-of-control Zimbabwe.

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