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News stories

Education bill backs India's poor
21 December 2005
Britain remembers war dead
14 November 2005
Riots continue across France
9 November 2005
Olympic torch controversy
7 November 2005
Rabid Vampire Bats attack humans in Brazil
2 November 2005
A test to be British
31 October 2005
Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks dies
26 October 2005
Brazilians say 'no' to gun control
24 October 2005
International stem cell bank open
19 October 2005
China's space plans
17 October 2005
Blatter blasts football's new money men
12 October 2005
Pakistan rescue work
10 October 2005
New Orleans job losses
5 October 2005
German reunification anniversary
3 October 2005
Scientists find giant squid
28 September 2005
Red card for Brazilian referee
26 September 2005
Growth in air travel harms environment
21 September 2005
Germany's election parties meet
19 September 2005
England win the Ashes
14 September 2005
Koizumi achieves clear election victory
12 September 2005
India EU trade
7 September 2005
Destruction of coral reefs
5 September 2005
Londoners party at street carnival
31 August 2005
World slow to face bird flu threat
29 August 2005
Maradona and the 'Hand of God'
24 August 2005
Pope's message to youth festival
22 August 2005
Australian parliament bans the word 'mate'
19 August 2005
Venezuela plane crash
17 August 2005
Israel begins Gaza Strip pull-out
15 August 2005
Climber rescued from dangerous peak
10 August 2005
Russian submarine rescue
8 August 2005
New York subway search
5 August 2005

Death of John Garang
1 August 2005
Hopes and fears for shuttle Discovery
27 July 2005
Australia approves elephant import
25 July 2005
Spain forest fire
18 July 2005
Japan textbook back in spotlight
13 July 2005
Witch trial girl's 'mother' found
11 July 2005
London bomb attacks
8 July 2005
Live 8 performers' profit question
6 July 2005
Nasa probe strikes comet
4 July 2005
Chile Peru agreement
29 June 2005
World's fastest train
27 June 2005
Solar sail
22 June 2005
Wimbledon begins
20 June 2005
Philippine sedition charges
15 June 2005
Tiny robot cleaners
13 June 2005
Anne Bancroft dies
8 June 2005
Higher salaries for Iraqi professionals
6 June 2005
Dutch EU vote
1 June 2005
Scientists study violence
30 May 2005
EU aid increase
25 May 2005
BBC strike
23 May 2005
WHO to discuss smallpox research
18 May 2005
Hong Kong's holy bun-fight back
16 May 2005
Cannes film festival
11 May 2005
Moscow VE Day
9 May 2005
Labour wins UK election
6 May 2005
Togo's new president
4 May 2005
Royal Mail prize for coming to work
2 May 2005
Paternity dispute in Egypt
27 April 2005
Japan train crash
25 April 2005
New pope elected
20 April 2005

More children miss out on education
18 April 2005
Labs told to destroy deadly virus
13 April 2005
UK visa delay for young Nigerians
11 April 2005
Police in India investigate deaths of Russian circus animals
6 April 2005
Pope John Paul II lies in state
4 April 2005
UN action in Sudan
30 March 2005
Giant pandas in danger
28 March 2005
Kyrgyzstan political crisis
23 March 2005
Bangladesh storms
21 March 2005
Malaysia to act against pirates
16 March 2005
Moscow Olympic bid
14 March 2005
Colombia drug extradition
9 March 2005
New Sony Corporation chairman
7 March 2005
New European anti-smoking campaign
1 March 2005
The Oscars
28 February 2005
Pope’s controversial new book
23 February 2005
Hunter S Thompson commits suicide
21 February 2005
Lebanon lays ex-PM Hariri to rest
16 February 2005
Tests vindicate tsunami baby pair
14 February 2005
New round-the-world record
9 February 2005
Rice visits Ramallah
7 February 2005
Fighting the opium boom in Afghanistan
2 February 2005
Millions of Iraqis vote in election
31 January 2005
Anti-mafia raids net 46 suspects
26 January 2005
Trace gun exports, campaigners urge
24 January 2005
Airbus unveils 'superjumbo' jet
19 January 2005
Steroid testing for baseball players
17 January 2005
Australia bush fires
12 January 2005
Smoking ban in Italy
10 January 2005
UN tsunami disaster summit
7 January 2005
Three minute silence for tsunami victims
5 January 2005

Business stories

Webmaster faces legal action
11 November 2005
US economy a year after President Bush's re-election
4 November 2005
Oxfam says richer governments not helping enough
28 October 2005
Tamiflu supply problems
21 October 2005
Japan's postal reforms
14 October 2005
Amazon levels at 30-year low
07 October 2005
Internet address argument
30 September 2005
Sony to cut jobs
23 September 2005
Two major American airlines face bankruptcy
16 September 2005
Ecuador to discuss oil contracts
9 September 2005
Ecuador to discuss oil contracts
9 September 2005
Calculating the cost of Hurricane Katrina
2 September 2005

Champions' League teams to share half a billion dollars
26 August 2005
Adidas buys rival Reebok
3 August 2005
World trade talks failing
29 July 2005
Debt relief doubts
15 July 2005
Russian economy debate
24 June 2005
Eurotunnel
17 June 2005
Google overtakes Time Warner
10 June 2005
EU Working Time Directive
3 June 2005
Google accused of breaching copyright rules
27 May 2005
No rain in Australia
20 May 2005
French restaurant tax cut
13 May 2005
Diamond mining in Liberia
29 April 2005
Managing pension funds
22 April 2005

Nike openness
15 April 2005
Rover deal with China collapses
08 April 2005
Japan and Mexico free trade agreement
01 April 2005
EU seeks solutions to slow growth
25 March 2005
Tsunami Bank
18 March 2005
Richest people in the world
11 March 2005
US cotton subsidies
4 March 2005
Bush and Putin hold talks
25 February 2005
China's economic boom
18 February 2005
Russia to restrict foreign bids for natural resources
11 February 2005
Five million Germans out of work
4 February 2005
Hong Kong on red ant alert
28 January 2005
Businesses fail to plan for HIV
21 January 2005
Krafts cuts snack ads for children
14 January 2005