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Canoeist missing for five years turns up alive
A canoeist who went missing, presumed drowned, off the Cleveland coast five years ago has turned up alive and well at a London police station, officers said on Monday.
U.S. envoy in North Korea to see nuclear complex
The top U.S. negotiator for North Korea went to the secretive state on Monday to visit an ageing nuclear complex at the heart of its atomic arms programme that Washington wants scrapped.
Tutu calls for compassionate leadership in Aids fight
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu issued a statement last week saying now was not the time for the world to be complacent and apathetic about Aids
Israel begins releasing prisoners
Israel began releasing about 430 Palestinian prisoners on Monday in a bid to bolster President Mahmoud Abbas after a U.S.-sponsored conference last week on Palestinian statehood, Israeli officials said.
Church leaders call for climate justice
As world governments meet in Bali for a major climate conference, European Church leaders have urged the international community to increase its commitment to addressing climate change.
Palestinian Authority to request $5.5 bln in aid
President Mahmoud Abbas's government will ask donors in Paris this month to provide $5.5 billion in aid to strengthen the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority, Palestinian officials said on Sunday.
New blast at Ukraine mine kills 4
An explosion on Sunday, the second in as many days, killed four men in the same colliery in eastern Ukraine hit by the country's worst mining accident two weeks ago.
Hopes rise for release of teacher in Sudan
Two leading British Muslim politicians will meet Sudan's president on Monday, raising hopes that he will grant the early release of a British teacher jailed for allowing her class to name a teddy bear Mohammad.
Mirren wins at European Film Awards
Helen Mirren won another award on Saturday for her performance in Stephen Frears' "The Queen", taking the best actress crown at the 2007 European Film Academy.
Putin's party wins majority in election
President Vladimir Putin's party won a large majority in Russia's election on Sunday, but opposition parties cried foul and vowed to contest results which the Kremlin hailed as a big endorsement for Putin.
Chavez wins Venezuela referendum
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez appeared headed for victory on Sunday in a referendum on allowing him to remain in power as long as he keeps winning elections, two government-linked sources said, citing exit polls.
Church Urban Fund invites people to 'blog your bauble'
Church Urban Fund has launched a new "Blog Your Bauble" page on its website for Christmas year. The idea allows people to have their own Christmas bauble on which they can blog their own thoughts and prayers about poverty in the UK.
Russia votes for parliament
Russians voted on Sunday in a parliamentary election expected to hand President Vladimir Putin a big personal endorsement, but opposition figures said widespread fraud undermined the vote's legitimacy.
Chavez for life? Venezuelans to vote on re-election
Venezuelans voted in a tightly contested referendum on Sunday on whether to allow left-wing President Hugo Chavez to stay in power for as long as he keeps winning elections or hand him his first defeat at the polls.
Hong Kong votes in symbolic by-election
Hong Kong voters cast ballots on Sunday in a legislative by-election, a contest which has been likened to a referendum on democracy in the city that returned to Chinese rule 10 years ago.
U.S. seeks Iraq political gains; Sunnis end boycott
Iraq must take advantage of improved security and enact laws aimed at reconciliation or risk a resumption of sectarian violence, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said on Sunday.