BBC World Service

BBC World Service From BBC Chinese 中国企业投资英国路遥知马力 菲律宾再拒港府就人质事件道歉要求 From BBC Vietnamese Ukraine thông qua luật về biểu tình Obama nói về bất bình đẳng xã hội From BBC Hindi नौ की जगह अब मिलेंगे 12 सिलेंडर हर साल केजरीवाल के बोल और कांग्रेसी विधायक का हंगामा From BBC Urdu ایم کیوایم......

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Aid convoy fired on in besieged Homs

Aid convoy fired on in besieged Homs An aid convoy bringing supplies into a besieged district of the Syrian city of Homs is trapped for several hours after coming under fire. 'Aid teams run for shelter' Watch 'Both sides accuse one another' Watch 'I am just bones' Watch Homs: Syrian revolution's 'capital' 'Eating grass to survive' A guide to the conflict in Syria Watch $render("top-story","top-story"); ......

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Iran says warships sailing towards U.S.: agency

DUBAI (Reuters) - An Iranian naval officer said a number of warships had been ordered to approach U.S. maritime borders as a response to the stationing of U.S. vessels in the Gulf, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Saturday. "Iran's military fleet is approaching the United States' maritime borders, and this move has a message," the agency quoted Admiral Afshin Rezayee Haddad as saying. Haddad, described as commander of the Iranian navy's northern fleet, said the vessels had started their voyage towards the Atlantic Ocean via "waters near South Africa", Fars......

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Massive Ga. blaze is contained but still burning

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Firefighters battled a giant blaze fueled by 5,600 tons of rubber Saturday at the Port of Savannah, where a towering column of black smoke could be seen from miles away. By late Saturday, the fire department said its crews had contained the fire, but it could take a while for the flames to burn out inside a warehouse covering 226,000 square feet at the port's Ocean Terminal just west of downtown Savannah. "It is contained,"......

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Exclusive: AIDS patients in Obamacare limbo as insurers reject checks

  By Sharon Begley and Julie Steenhuysen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hundreds of people with HIV/AIDS in Louisiana trying to obtain coverage under President Barack Obama's healthcare reform are in danger of being thrown out of the insurance plan they selected in a dispute over federal subsidies and the interpretation of federal rules about preventing Obamacare fraud. Some healthcare advocates see discrimination in the move, but......

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Cuba Frees Jailed Canadian Businessman

Cuba Frees Jailed Canadian Businessman TORONTO February 8, 2014 (AP) By CHARMAINE NORONHA Associated Press A Canadian businessman who served 2 1/2 years of a 9-year prison sentence in Cuba for corruption has returned to Canada. Sarkis Yacoubian, president of Tri-Star Caribbean import company, said Saturday that he's extremely happy and excited to be home in Toronto. However, he says he is still adjusting after he......

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