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Britain dismisses Iran claim of UK-linked terror arrests
Iran says four terrorists with links to Britain have been arrested on suspicion of carrying out a number of assassination plots. The UK government tells Channel 4 News the claims are “baseless”.
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Al-Qaeda's Coming Home
It seems al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has just pulled off a spectacular coup and scared us all ahead of Halloween, writes Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Rugman.
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Ahmadinejad stirs it up in Lebanon
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit to Lebanon is calculated to emphasise his country’s influence in the region – and much more – writes Lindsey Hilsum.
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Iran President Ahmadinejad tours Lebanon
Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s tour of southern Lebanon is as troubling for some Arab countries as it is for Israel, writes International Editor Lindsey Hilsum.
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Viktor Bout extradition a step closer
Suspected arms dealer Viktor Bout, known as the Merchant of Death, moves a step closer to being extradited to the US after a prolonged trial, writes Asia Correspondent Nick Paton Walsh.
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News stars strut their stuff on stage
From the studio to the stage, TV personalities came out in force last night to battle it out in NewsRoom’s Got Talent. Krishnan Guru-Murthy describes how his performance went down.
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Amnesty: thousands detained in Iraq without trial
As Amnesty International claims tens of thousands of prisoners are being held in Iraq without trial, the wife of one detainee tells Channel 4 News her husband is being tortured.
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New York Times Square bomb attack
How Channel 4 News reported the failed car bombing of New York’s Times Square and Faisal Shahzad’s alleged plan to “kill Americans”.
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ICC denies cricket match-fixing ‘failings’
The head of cricket’s governing anti-corruption chief denies his organisation has failed to do its job as police question three Pakistan players following match-fixing claims.
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Israel and Palestinian leaders begin peace talks
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas have begun negotiations in Washington aimed at establishing an independent Palestinian state.
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Tony Blair: Brown became ‘impossible’
Tony Blair has admitted his relationship with Gordon Brown was “going on impossible” after describing his former rival as “maddening” in his new book.
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Tony Blair endorses David Miliband, nearly
As the Labour Party gets ready to choose its next leader, Political Editor Gary Gibbon reports on former prime minister Tony Blair’s heaviest hint yet that he backs David Miliband for the top job.
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Four Israelis killed in West Bank shooting
As Hamas Islamists in the Gaza Strip claim responsibility for a Hebron shooting, Jonathan Rugman says the attack may put in doubt scaling back of Israeli troops in the West Bank.
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President Obama: holiday over, tough times ahead
As Barack Obama returns from his summer break Felicity Spector asks if he can regain the “hope factor” which won him the 2008 election, in the face of negative ratings ahead of the mid-terms.
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Israel and Palestinians invited to US peace talks
The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has invited the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu to resume direct talks in Washington next month.