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Charges over Stockwell shooting

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 0:15
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: London

A man is charged with two counts of attempted murder following the shooting of a five-year-old girl and a man in a south London shop.
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VIDEO: Tsunami dog rescued at sea

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 0:35
related countries: Japan

Coastguards in Japan have rescued a dog from the top of a house washed out to sea by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit the north-east coast of the country three weeks ago.
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Brazil banks 'fund deforestation'

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 0:56
related countries: Brazil
related places: Brasil, Banco

Brazil's biggest bank - the state-owned Banco do Brasil - is sued for allegedly funding illegal deforestation in the Amazon.
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Syria dilemma

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 1:22
related countries: United States

US struggles to react to protests against Assad
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Compensation row

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 1:27
related countries: Poland

Poland delays payments for Nazi and communist-era losses
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VIDEO: New Syrian anti-government protests

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 1:48
related countries: Syria

New anti-government protests have erupted in several Syrian cities after Friday prayers, despite heavy security.
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Gaza air strike kills militants

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 3:29
related countries: Israel

The Palestinian Islamist group, Hamas, warns Israel of "consequences" after an air strike in Gaza killed three members of its military wing.
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Ex-Somali PM to be quizzed in US

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 4:09
related countries: Somalia, United States
related places: Virginia

A judge in the US state of Virginia rules that a former Somali prime minister can be questioned under oath over allegations of abuses and war crimes.
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US jet lands after hole in roof

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 6:57
related countries: United States

An airliner carrying 118 passengers makes an emergency landing in the US with an unexplained hole in the roof.
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Live - India v Sri Lanka World Cup final

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 8:23
related countries: India, Sri Lanka
related places: Mumbai

Gautam Gambhir hits 97 and captain Mahendra Dhoni an unbeaten 91 to steer India to an emphatic six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in an absorbing World Cup final in Mumbai.
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Radioactive leak at Japan plant

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 8:55
related countries: Japan

Radioactive water leaks into the sea from a crack in a concrete containment pit at Japan's quake-hit Fukushima plant, its operator says.
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VIDEO: Japan: Search for 'contaminated' bodies

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 9:01
related countries: Japan

Japan's air force is stepping up the search to find the bodies of the tsunami victims, but radioactivity is hampering their efforts. Chris Hogg reports.
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Retail banks 'aren't competitive'

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 10:21
related countries: United Kingdom

Bank customers are not told enough about charges and it is too hard to switch current accounts, a Treasury committee report says.
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Learning to protest

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 10:59
related countries: Yemen

Alia was shy, until her husband was thrown in a Yemeni jail
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Spanish PM will not seek new term

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 11:01
related countries: Spain

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero says he will not seek a third term in parliamentary elections due next year.
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Gaddafi aide faces more questions

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 11:31
related countries: Libya, United Kingdom
related places: London

The UK is still seeking information from ex-Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa who fled to London on Thursday, Defence Secretary Liam Fox says.
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VIDEO: Libya: Rebels killed in coalition air strike

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 12:02
related countries: Libya

Nato is investigating reports of a coalition air strike on a rebel convoy in Libya.
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VIDEO: US plane makes emergency landing

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 12:30
related countries: United States

An airliner has made an emergency landing in the United States after a gaping hole in the roof caused a sudden drop in cabin pressure.
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Live - Scottish Premier League

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 13:00
related countries: Bermuda, United Kingdom
related places: Hamilton

Rangers can go top of the league with a win over Dundee United, while bottom club Hamilton aim to close the gap on St Mirren.
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VIDEO: 'Fighting an enemy you cannot see'

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 13:08
related countries: Japan
related places: Fukushima

Radioactive water is leaking into the sea from a 20-centimetre (8-inch) crack in a containment pit at Japan's quake-hit Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator Tepco has said.
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Last-minute halt to Nigeria polls

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 13:23
related countries: Nigeria

Key elections across Nigeria are postponed until Monday because of organisational problems, electoral official say.
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Peak in peril

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 13:47
related countries: Bolivia

Bolivia's 'rich mountain' feared to be at risk of collapse
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India police charge ex-minister

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 14:18
related countries: India

India's former telecoms minister, A Raja, is charged with conspiracy, forgery and fraud in connection with a multi-billion dollar corruption scandal.
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Milk fears shut China's dairies

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 14:27
related countries: China
related places: Beijing

Nearly half of China's 1,176 dairies are being shut after failing to obtain new licences, as Beijing tries to shore up its scandal-tainted milk industry.
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VIDEO: Ten killed in Kandahar protest

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 14:41
related countries: Afghanistan, United States
related places: Koran, Kandahar

At least ten people have been killed in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, during a second protest against the burning of a Koran in the United States.
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Kandahar Koran protest 'kills 10'

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 14:47
related countries: Afghanistan

Ten people are killed in the Afghan city of Kandahar in a protest over the burning of a Koran in the US, a day after 14 died in Mazar-e Sharif.
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Swazi serial killer faces hanging

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 15:50
related countries: Swaziland

A judge in Swaziland sentences serial killer David Simelane, responsible for the deaths of 28 people, to death by hanging.
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Rangers 2-3 Dundee United

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 15:52
related countries: United Kingdom

Dundee United come from behind to win at Ibrox and deny Rangers the chance of going top of the Scottish Premier League table.
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Air strike 'kills Libyan rebels'

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 16:27
related countries: Libya

A coalition plane flying over Libya fired on a rebel convoy and killed 13 people, the rebels say.
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India power to World Cup triumph

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 17:24
related countries: India, Sri Lanka

Mahendra Dhoni hits an unbeaten 91 as India beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in a pulsating Mumbai final to deliver World Cup glory to their cricket-mad population for the first time since 1983.
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UK base for giant radio telescope

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 17:54
related countries: United Kingdom

The Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire will be the headquarters for a £1.3bn project to build the world's biggest radio telescope.
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Indians dedicate win to Tendulkar

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 18:19
related countries: Sri Lanka

India's cricketers dedicate their World Cup victory to legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar, after a stunning six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka.
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Azarenka wins second Miami title

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 18:29
related countries: Seychelles

Victoria Azarenka of Belarus beats Russia's Maria Sharapova to win the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami for the second time in her career.
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Mourinho's unbeaten home run ends

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 19:10
related countries: Spain

Jose Mourinho's nine-year unbeaten home league record as a coach comes to an end as his Real Madrid side lose 1-0 to Sporting Gijon
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Guatemala leader's divorce halted

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 20:41
related countries: Guatemala

A Guatemalan court puts the first couple's divorce on hold after complaints it is aimed at bypassing rules banning close relatives from succeeding the president.
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Cricket frenzy

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 21:00
related countries: India, Sri Lanka

Joy in India and desolation in Sri Lanka after World Cup final
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Emirates ship freed from pirates

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 21:14
related countries: United Arab Emirates

Special forces from the United Arab Emirates free the bulk carrier MV Arrilah-I, seized by pirates in the Arabian Sea.
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UN Gaza report 'should be buried'

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 22:14
related countries: Israel

Israel calls on the UN to cancel a report that said it possibly committed war crimes during its 2008-2009 military offensive in Gaza.
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US jets grounded after hole scare

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 22:29
related countries: United States

US carrier Southwest Airlines grounds about 80 of its aircraft after a hole opened up in the roof of one plane in mid-air.
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One-man show

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 23:15
related countries: Kazakhstan

Kazakh presidential poll almost a foregone conclusion
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UN defiant after Afghan killings

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 23:24
related countries: Afghanistan

A UN official says the recent violence in Afghanistan will not drive its mission out of the country.
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Syrian crackdown follows protests

Saturday 2nd of April 2011, 23:44
related countries: Syria

Syrian security forces make dozens of arrests a day after renewed pro-democracy protests and clashes in several cities, activists say.
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