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06:24 GMT, Saturday, 31 October 2009
The fourth storm to hit the Philippines in a month has made landfall, bringing heavy rain and winds to the eastern region.
Abdullah Abdullah, the main rival to Hamid Karzai in the Afghan election, is to pull out of the second round, reports say. President Barack Obama says he will end the 22-year ban on people with HIV entering the US from the start of 2010.
Indira Gandhi's legacy 25 years after assassination Jeremy Bowen on President Obama's Mid-East efforts Copenhagen and the battle over climate change
The most comprehensive action of the postal strike will begin later, with 77,000 staff due to down tools across the country. The UK's chief drugs adviser is predicting there will be resignations after he was sacked for criticising government policy.
The good, the bad and the ugly hair day debate The man who won't let civil rights-era cases go cold