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Cuba's President Raul Castro says nearly all death sentences are to be commuted to prison terms. More Info...  

Officials from three Palestinian militant groups are in Cairo for talks with the head of Egyptian intelligence. More Info...  

The leader of a group of rebels accused of trying to kill East Timor's president surrenders in Dili. More Info...  

Peter Taylor reflects on the rise of Islamist extremism and how fighting for a "cause" flows from generation to generation. More Info...  

Neo-con Robert Kagan says history has resumed More Info...  

A collapse in revenues from wildlife tourism threatens big cats in Kenya's Maasai Mara reserve. More Info...  

Video game Grand Theft Auto IV goes on sale worldwide with analysts expecting it to smash sales records. More Info...  

A man accused of stalking actress Uma Thurman thought he was being romantic, his lawyer says. More Info...  

Will the internet crumble under video boom strain? More Info...  

Climate change is already affecting the prospects for children in the world's poorer nations, says the UN children's agency. More Info...  

Attending a playgroup cuts a child's risk of developing one common type of leukaemia by around 30%, researchers say. More Info...  

Sniffer dogs save lives in Afghanistan More Info...  

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China-Taiwan talks are due to open in Beijing amid a growing row over the route of the Olympic torch. More Info...  

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Turkey's army warns it is willing to protect the country's secular system after a disputed presidential vote. More Info...  

The EU's foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, calls on the US to hold direct talks with Iran on a range of issues. More Info...  

Half a virtual mouse brain has been built on a supercomputer by IBM researchers. More Info...  

When it comes to Ronald Reagan's 11th commandment -- "Thou shalt not speak ill of thy fellow Republicans" -- GOP presidential candidates seem to be losing their religion.