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Page last updated at 11:26 GMT, Wednesday, 19 November 2008

INS Tabar (file photo)
India 'sinks Somali pirate ship'
An Indian navy warship has destroyed a Somali pirate "mother ship" that fired on it in the Gulf of Aden, officials say.
Technology sets sights on piracy
Somali pirates living the high life
Q&A: Somali piracy

Someone queuing for aid in DR Congo Plea to halt DR Congo atrocities
Community groups in DR Congo make an impassioned plea for European troops to be sent to halt atrocities there.

Georgian honour guards bury bodies of 10 soldiers (18 Nov 2008) Fresh Russia-Georgia talks begin
Russia and Georgia open a new round of talks in Geneva aimed at restoring security after their conflict over South Ossetia.


VIDEO AND AUDIO NEWS
Paul Newton Captain: 'I survived a pirate attack'

Brawl at Uruguay football match
Locust swarm Australia locust swarm prompts alert

One-Minute World News

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Cars for sale Motor City misery
Troubles of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler hit Detroit
Kayma Victor Triangle of death
Villagers tell of life at the heart of Africa's war zones
An abandoned furniture factory in Guangdong province, China Work stops
Chinese plants shut as global financial crisis hits

AROUND THE WORLD

AFRICA
Nigerian army gunrunners get life
EU in Kenya poll tribunal threat

AMERICAS
Six-term senator loses in Alaska
Plane to monitor Brazilian tribes

ASIA-PACIFIC
New Zealand cabinet sworn in
Ministry murder mystery in Japan

EUROPE
Politkovskaya trial doors closed
UK to auction carbon permits

MIDDLE EAST
Seized tanker anchors off Somalia
Miliband holds meeting in Lebanon

SOUTH ASIA
Top Pakistan ex-commando killed
UN in talks on Afghan returnees

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
Questioning the ceasefire in Gaza
Close encounter with Mount Etna


FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Gunnar Bergstrom on 1978 visit (photo: Documentation Centre of Cambodia) 'I was wrong'
Ex-Khmer Rouge admirer says sorry, 30 years on
The Facebook logo reflected in a human eye (file image) Net scrutiny
MySpace trial puts social networking sites on the spot
Road sign (BBC) Goodbye tailback
How navigation systems track and treat traffic jams
OTHER TOP STORIES
US car companies seek $25bn aid
Cheney charged over jail 'abuses'
China signs trade deals with Cuba
Windpipe transplant breakthrough
Strong quake hits Panamanian city
Mexico's Interpol chief arrested
'US raid' kills five in Pakistan
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Shoulder injury rules out Walcott
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