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13 October 2011 Last updated at 15:59 ET

Strauss-Kahn sex case is dropped

The French inquiry into attempted rape allegations against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is dropped by the prosecutor's office.

Doctors snatched from famine camp

Two Spanish women doctors working for a medical charity are seized from the world's largest refugee camp, near the Kenya-Somalia border.

Insider trader Rajaratnam jailed

A former hedge-fund manager is sentenced to 11 years in prison and fined $10m for one of the biggest insider trading cases in American history.

Bomb blasts hit Iraq's Sadr City

Two bombs in Baghdad's predominantly Shia neighbourhood of Sadr City have killed at least 16 people, Iraqi security officials say.
Ai Weiwei named 'most powerful artist'

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is named the most powerful person in the art world by an arts magazine - China complains about political bias.
Top Haqqani 'killed in Pakistan'
Chile commemorates miners' rescue
Slovakia ratifies eurozone fund
Obama censures Iran over 'plot'
Tymoshenko faces corruption probe
Libya detainee 'abuse' condemned
Plane carrying 32 crashes in PNG
Blackberry service 'now restored'

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