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Sierra Leone's education minister finds non-existent teachers invented to embezzle money.

From violet to mauve in your pictures of Africa

The US says it is ready to help Pakistan look after huge numbers of people displaced in fighting close to the Afghan border.

An Australian court rules 86-year-old Charles Zentai can be extradited to Hungary for alleged WWII war crimes.

Hua Guofeng, who briefly succeeded Mao Zedong in 1976, has died in Beijing aged 87, report state media.

Ducati MotoGP rider Marco Melandri will compete for Kawasaki next season.

French birds are moving northwards in response to climate change, but not fast enough, a study suggests.

Musharraf - was he a national hero or a failure?

How conflict reshaped Georgia's restive regions

An alleged high-ranking mafia boss, believed to be a key player in drugs trafficking, is extradited to Italy from Canada.

Details have emerged of the processor family that Intel will be using in servers, desktops and laptops from 2009.

One of Pakistan's most prominent pro-democracy leaders accuses a senior UK diplomat of undermining his country's rule of law.

Barak Obama's senior economic adviser accuses John McCain of proposing huge tax cuts for rich people and large firms.

Reality TV star Jade Goody is back in the UK for tests and treatment after being told she has cervical cancer.

The Beijing Games looks set to become the most widely broadcast event in Olympic history, according to the IOC

Twin bomb attacks hit a hotel and a military barracks south east of the Algerian capital, witnesses say.