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http://news.bbc.co.uk/ - 11/21/09 04:05:36 - 12/30/06 04:07:11
14:50 GMT, Tuesday, 3 November 2009
Ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic says he will not attend his war crimes trial unless he has time to prepare his defence.
Newly re-elected Afghan President Hamid Karzai pledges to eradicate corruption, as the Taliban label him a "puppet". Europe's human rights court rules against hanging crucifixes in Italy's classrooms, saying it violates parents' rights.
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David Cameron vows to state his policy on an EU treaty referendum "later this week" amid claims he has broken a pledge. UK banking giant HSBC is to cut 1,700 jobs in the UK from its retail banking operations, a spokesman tells the BBC.
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