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Thousands attend rallies in Paris and other French cities to protest at the government's policy of deporting Roma people.

Police declare an overnight curfew in Christchurch, New Zealand, after a powerful earthquake causes considerable damage but no fatalities.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has formed a committee to seek peace talks with the Taliban, his office says.

Scientists from the US space agency Nasa advise the trapped Chilean miners to exercise and regulate their day and night sleep patterns.

Eggs and shoes are thrown at the former Prime Minister Tony Blair as he attends a book signing in Dublin.

The South Korean Foreign Minister, Yu Myung-hwan, offers to resign after it was revealed that his daughter was offered a job in his ministry.

Talks to form a coalition government in the Netherlands collapse as the leader of the far-right Freedom Party Geert Wilders walks out.

A fire that damaged construction equipment at the site of a Tennessee Islamic centre was arson, investigators say.

Nine people, including four foreigners, are killed when a light aircraft crashes after taking off from Fox Glacier in New Zealand, say reports.

BP replaces the blowout preventer that failed to stem the leaking Gulf of Mexico oil well and says it has paid $8bn (£5.2bn) in damage costs.

A weakened Hurricane Earl is downgraded to a tropical storm as it continues up the US east coast towards Canada.

Reading Arabic 'hard for brain'

An Australian head teacher is under fire after removing the word gay from the famous song Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree.

The US economy shed another 54,000 jobs in August, the third month in a row that jobs have been lost, official figures show.

Nasa is aiming to get closer to the Sun than ever before, with plans to plunge a car-sized unmanned spacecraft into the star's outer atmosphere.

Fidel Castro addresses a rally for the first time since handing the Cuban presidency to his brother Raul in 2006.

Colombian troops storm an ELN guerrilla camp near the Venezuelan border, killing 11 rebels, a day after 14 policemen were killed in an ambush in the south.

Police in Mozambique's capital fire rubber bullets on the third day of riots, as the violence spreads to the central city of Chimoio.

The United Nations' food agency calls a special meeting of policy makers to discuss the recent rapid rises in food prices.

Japan imposes new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme but maintains its oil import schedule.

The first visit of Chinese warships to Burma ends as top Burmese leader Than Shwe prepares to visit Beijing, highlighting the two country's close ties.

Six Portuguese men are sentenced to up to 18 years in jail after being found guilty of multiple charges of sexual abuse at a state-run children's home.

Dublin delays a deal to allow transfers of EU citizens' data to Israel, which is accused of forging passports.

Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair tells the BBC that radical Islam is the greatest threat facing the world.

The US secretary of state warns the current round of Mid-East peace talks may be "the last chance for a very long time".

A bomb kills at least 50 people at a Shia Muslim rally in the south-western city of Quetta, the second attack on Pakistan's religious minority in days.

A lawyer for the three Pakistan players at the centre of allegations of corruption says they are keen for a "timely and satisfactory outcome" to the affair.

HM Revenue and Customs says some 1.4 million people each owe about £1,500 in tax, while 4.3 million will get an average rebate of £418.

A Tory councillor defects to Labour over cuts to the government's schools building programme, saying she was "ashamed to be a Conservative".

The Brazilian state oil company, Petrobras, unveils plans to sell up to $64.5bn of new stock, in one of the world's largest share offers.

Nigeria's economy will hit double-digit growth by the end of 2011 or early 2012, the country's finance minister says.

BP says the cost of its Gulf of Mexico oil spill has risen to $8bn - a rise of more than $2bn in the last month alone.

Roger Federer, Caroline Wozniacki, Maria Sharapova and Novak Djokovic are among the players in action on day six of the US Open at Flushing Meadows.

Rabah Saadane quits as Algeria coach, a day after his team's 1-1 home draw with Tanzania in a 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.

Gerard Houllier is remaining coy amid reports that he is about to be handed a managerial role at Aston Villa.

Crocodile Dundee star Paul Hogan reaches an agreement with tax authorities in Australia allowing him to return to his home in the US.

The American rap star has been released from jail on bail after being arrested on suspicion of possessing ecstasy.

Three of the world's most successful club DJs join forces to pay tribute to those who died at the Love Parade festival in Germany in July.

Plans to build an Islamic centre near Ground Zero in New York have triggered a debate across the US about the limits of religious tolerance.

Eggs and shoes have been thrown by anti-war protestors at former Prime Minister Tony Blair as he arrived at a book signing in Dublin.

Rory Cellan-Jones tries out 3D video equipment and looks at the latest ultra thin and bright OLED TVs.

Mexico has broken its own record for making the longest taco ever prepared in the country.

The South Korean Foreign Minister, Yu Myung-hwan, offers to resign after it was revealed that his daughter was offered a job in his ministry.

A new drill has arrived at the Chilean mine site for an alternative rescue plan, in which a team will drill a separate shaft from a different part of the mountainside.