Obama endorses bi-partisan plan to cut debt and raise revenues, but will it pass the House? UN declares famine in Somalia, asks what's going on in Eritrea; Cameron faces 130 questions in parliament; Chinese security forces shoot 14 protesters, killing four; Pakistans spends US$4 million lobbying US lawmakers; and more
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World News Brief, Thursday March 3
Battles rage in Libya as Qaddafi recaptures oil town and promises to fight to the end; Analysis of US military options and how this impacts on Iran; Iranian police outmuscle protesters; In Asia, journalists covering protests beaten in China and South Korean activists try to seed revolution in the North; Pakistani minister murdered; and more
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Sanctions and international negotiations begin to support Libyan protesters (+ analysis); Medics say six dead in Oman rallies; Chinese authorities shut down talk of 'jasmine revolution'; US defence boss warns of land wars in Asia; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Thursday July 9
China sends in the troops; Indonesia goes to the polls; acute water shortages in Mumbai; Nobel winner to mediate in Honduras
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Wednesday July 8
Russia and US to dismantle hundreds of nuclear warheads; more Chinese protests defy lockdown (+backgrounders); Italy struggles to prepare for G8; Mousavi vows to fight on; and more
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