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December 24, 2010

Taliban launch attacks along north Pakistan border

At least 11 soldiers and 24 militants have been killed in clashes near the Afghan border in north-west Pakistan, officials have said. About 150 Taliban launched co-ordinated attacks against five Frontier Corps checkpoints in Mohmand tribal region,…

December 24, 2010

Medvedev and Obama hail ‘historic’ nuclear arms treaty

US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev have hailed the New Start nuclear arms treaty as a…

December 24, 2010

Laurent Gbagbo denied access to Ivory Coast state funds

The Central Bank of West African States has blocked Laurent Gbagbo's access to Ivory Coast's funds and has recognised Alassane Ouattara as president. The bank says only appointed members of Ivory Coast's "legitimate government" will have access to…

December 24, 2010

Assange dismisses threat of extradition to US

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has said it would be "politically impossible" for Britain to extradite him to the…

December 22, 2010

Avatar is ‘most pirated film of 2010’

Sci-fi epic Avatar was the most pirated film of 2010, according to data released by a file-sharing blog. James Cameron's blockbuster was downloaded 16.6m times on one file-sharing site alone, TorrentFreak said. Second on the list was comic book…

December 22, 2010

Barack Obama to sign gay military law

US President Barack Obama is to sign a landmark law allowing gay people serving in the military to be open about…

December 22, 2010

Kew beat Bottle Creek in Soccer

The North Caicos…

December 22, 2010

Players’ union wants 2022 World Cup switched to winter

The world footballers' union believes the 2022 World Cup in Qatar should be held in the winter instead of summer.…

December 22, 2010

Pacquiao-Mosley set for May 7

Former three-division champion Shane Mosley will take on WBO…

December 22, 2010

Mavericks beat new-look Magic for Florida sweep

All the uncertainty around Orlando couldn't have worked out better for the Dallas Mavericks . Not that they've had a problem with anybody lately. Caron Butler scored 20 points, Dirk Nowitzki had 17 and the streaking…