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Audio Archives

Burma warned over cyclone delays
The UN's humanitarian chief urges Burma to reconsider its attitude towards allowing aid teams into the country.
Hezbollah takes over west Beirut
Gunmen from militant group Hezbollah drive out government supporters from western Beirut, stoking fears of civil war.
Microsoft contests $1.4bn EU fine
Microsoft appeals against a $1.4bn fine given for defying sanctions imposed on it for anti-competitive behaviour.
Bombing on eve of Sri Lanka polls
A bomb in a cafe in eastern Sri Lanka kills at least 11 people on the eve of the first elections there for years.
Supply fears push oil beyond $126
Crude oil has hit yet another all-time high in Friday trading, as strong demand and supply fears continue.
Gaza mortar attack kills Israeli
A mortar attack from the Gaza Strip kills an Israeli, police and medical officials say.
Militias 'to rig Zimbabwe poll'
Zimbabwe's "war veterans" militia plan to intimidate voters inside polling stations, a policeman tells the BBC.
Judge prolongs Fritzl's custody
The Austrian man accused of locking his daughter in a cellar for 24 years is to be held for another month.
Europeans get drunk 'to have sex'
Some teenagers and young adults get high on drink and drugs to improve their sex lives, research suggests.
US and Russian sailors stage sandwich-making battle
Sailors from the Russian and US navies square off in a sandwich-making contest for Victory Day.
Tags to track Greenland walrus migration
Ten of Greenland's walruses are fitted with sat-tags to confirm whether the blubbery beasts migrate to Canada.
Rivals bullish over title decider
Avram Grant believes Chelsea are playing the best football while Sir Alex Ferguson says Bolton will make it hard for the Blues in Sunday's Premier League finale.
Federer suffers early Rome exit
World number one Roger Federer falls to a surprise quarter-final defeat at the hands of Radek Stepanek at the Rome Masters.
High stakes
Global rifts are fuelling the Lebanese conflict
Day in pictures
Striking images from around the world
Taser parties
Meeting the women shunning kitchen ware for stun guns
Harare diary
Teacher's certificate to prove he's had a beating
In pictures
Russia's military parades through Red Square
It's quiz time!
Could fat on your derriere be a good thing after all?
Zambia seizes 'Chiluba millions'
Assets worth nearly $60m stolen under former President Chiluba have been recovered, Zambia's government says.
Bolivians to hold confidence vote
Bolivia will vote in a referendum on the rule of its leftist president as he struggles to enact reform.
N Korea hands in nuclear records
North Korea hands thousands of pages of documents on its nuclear programme to a US negotiator.
Tanks rejoin Moscow V-Day parade
Tanks and missile launchers are featured in Moscow's Victory Day parade for the first time since the Soviet era.
Iraq al-Qaeda chief not captured
The US military in Iraq says a man detained in Mosul is not in fact the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq.
Pakistan opposes US military aide
Pakistan asks the US not to appoint a military envoy who used to run the prison at Guantanamo.