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Social media capitalise on Russian censorship
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Reports of suspected sham marriages in England and Wales rise by 66% in a year, as the Home Office steps up measures to tackle them.
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The strange mix of people at Baghdad airport
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Cuba releases last 'Black Spring' activists
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A US soldier accused of being a part of a rogue squad that killed unarmed Afghan men is sentenced to 24 years in prison.
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Landlocked Bolivia says it will take Chile to international tribunals to recover access to the Pacific Ocean, which it lost in a 19th Century war.
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New Zealand's economy grew slightly in the last three months of the year managing to avoid a feared recession.
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Toyota motors will curb production at some of its factories in North America due to a shortage of parts.
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South Korea issues a report criticising its lack readiness which allowed a North Korean attack on a warship one year ago.
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Fighting has been continuing between rebels and pro-Gaddafi forces in key Libyan cities, after a fifth consecutive night of air strikes.
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At least 10 people are killed after Syrian police open fire on people protesting against the deaths of anti-government demonstrators in Deraa, witnesses say.
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China's health ministry says it plans to ban smoking in most public places by May this year, although smoking will still be permitted in workplaces.
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The US chief of staff for the mission in Libya insists there have been no reports of civilian casualties caused by allied action.
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Engineers resume work to restore the cooling system of reactor 3 at Japan's quake-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, following radiation leaks.
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Incoming Fifa vice-president Jim Boyce believes it is still possible for a united Great Britain team featuring the likes of Wales' Gareth Bale to take part at the London Olympics.
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Argentina marks 'dirty war' 35 years on
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England all-rounder Michael Yardy flies home from the World Cup because he is suffering from depression.
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A Japanese man who admitted killing seven people in Tokyo in 2008 - by driving over some and stabbing others - is given the death penalty.
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India beat World Cup holders Australia by five wickets in Ahmedabad to set up a semi-final against Pakistan.
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At least five people die in a suicide car bomb blast near Hangu in north-west Pakistan, police say.
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Two workers at Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant are taken to hospital after being exposed to high levels of radiation, say officials.
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British observational documentary maker Richard Leacock, who filmed John F Kennedy on his 1960 presidential campaign, dies at the age of 89.
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The government of Nepal launches a multi-million dollar scheme to end an energy crisis crippling many key industries.
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An amateur video posted on YouTube that shows young boys acting out a suicide attack has been condemned by UNICEF and by children's charities in Pakistan.
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Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button are optimistic they can fight for victory in Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix.
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Two soldiers from 1st Battalion Irish Guards are killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, six days before they were due to return to the UK.
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Animal workers rescue a baby porpoise washed into a rice field one mile (2km) inland by Japan's massive tsunami earlier this month.
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Tsunami-hit neighbours in Japan unite to rebuild lives
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Tens of thousands of jobs in the UK will go, as a result of a windfall tax on North Sea oil producers announced in the Budget, the industry warns.
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The volume of UK retail sales fell by more than expected in February, dropping by 0.8% on the previous month.
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Lady Gaga urges fans in Malaysia who are annoyed the lyrics of her single being censored to "make their voices heard".
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The full extent of the devastation caused by the tsunami that struck Japan almost two weeks ago is still emerging.
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Kenyan forces have crossed into Somali territory to fight al-Shabab militants, an official source tells the BBC, although it is denied by the police.
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A hacker who posted pornography on a video billboard above Moscow's inner ring road is jailed for one and a half years.
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China will overtake the US and the world's biggest economy and dominate world trade by 2030, a leading accountancy firm says.
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The Republic of Ireland's economy shrinks 1.6% in the fourth quarter as consumer spending and exports fall.
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Egypt's stock market suffers a second turbulent day following its two-month closure, with trading suspended temporarily.
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Fighting in Libya centres on a number of key cities after a fifth consecutive night of air strikes as Nato members debate who should lead the intervention.
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At least 50 people have been killed over the past fortnight in targeted killings in the Pakistani city of Karachi, rights groups say.
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A British woman who died when a bomb exploded at a crowded bus stop in Jerusalem on Wednesday has been named by the Israeli Foreign Ministry.
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UK forces take part in a fifth night of coalition action to enforce the UN resolution on Libya, launching missiles at air defence targets.
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Gareth Bale will miss Wales' Euro 2012 qualifier against England at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday with a hamstring injury.
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Scientists in Qatar develop artificial clouds to provide shade for stadiums and training grounds at the 2022 World Cup
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North-east Burma is rocked by two 7.0 magnitude earthquakes, close to the borders with Laos and Thailand, the US Geological Survey reports.
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Two workers at Japan's damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have been taken to hospital after being exposed to high levels of radiation.
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A Russian court jails six people for the hijacking of the cargo ship Arctic Sea whose disappearance sparked a global search.
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Lowering wheat prices would create food shortages and encourage smuggling in Pakistan, officials say, after a WFP warning over malnutrition and high food prices.
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Singapore reports finding low levels of radioactivity in vegetables from Japan as more countries ban food imports.
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A plane carrying 86 Madagascan domestic workers who say they have suffered abuse in Lebanon, arrives in the capital, Antananarivo.
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Two more rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel, as cross-border tensions continue to escalate.
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A bid by Spain's Catalonia region to protect small retailers against competition from larger rivals is blocked by EU judges.
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Crowds of Syrian protesters march at the funeral of activists killed in the strife-torn city of Deraa, witnesses say.
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Overseas film-makers redouble efforts to woo the Chinese
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Syria's government announces a series of reforms, aimed at quelling rising unrest in the country's south.
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Delroy Grant is found guilty of a 17-year series of sex attacks on elderly people in south London, Kent and Surrey.
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EU leaders grapple with a new eurozone threat after Portugal's parliament rejected an austerity budget and PM Jose Socrates resigned.
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Yuvraj Singh hits an unbeaten 57 as India, roared on by their supporters in Ahmedabad, knock Australia out of the World Cup.
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Six letters written by Frederic Chopin, thought to be lost in 1939, are found and donated to a Warsaw museum dedicated to the Polish composer.
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Canadian PM Stephen Harper is unlikely to attend Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding because of a probable election, officials say.
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Egypt's authorities are asked to investigate claims women protesters were tortured and forced to take so-called virginity tests.
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Ukrainian ex-President Leonid Kuchma is charged with abuse of power over the murder of journalist Georgy Gongadze in 2000.
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Russian shareholders of oil joint venture TNK-BP succeed in blocking BP's Arctic exploration deal with state-owned Rosneft.
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US aviation officials suspend an air traffic controller who was unavailable to help two jets land at a busy Washington DC airport.
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The French chess federation suspends three top players for violating sporting ethics at a chess olympiad in Siberia.
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England defender Phil Jagielka expects Saturday's Euro 2012 qualifier against Wales to have extra "spice" because of the rivalry between the sides.
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Mexican media organisations agree common guidelines on how to report the country's drug-related violence.
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A French warplane has destroyed a Libyan aircraft - the first since international forces imposed a no-fly zone over Libya.
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Cycling's world governing body confirms it will press for Tour de France winner Alberto Contador to receive a doping ban.
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Great Britain's women win gold in the team pursuit, while Victoria Pendleton and Jess Varnish take silver in the team sprint on day two of the 2011 Track World Championships in Apeldoorn.
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A French jet destroys a Libyan plane which had breached the UN no-fly zone - the first incident of its kind since enforcement of the zone began.
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A European Union summit has started in Brussels a day after the collapse of the Portuguese government raised the prospect of another crisis within the eurozone.
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Can Syrian reforms appease protesters?
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Great Britain's women's team pursuit trio claim gold at the track cycling World Championships in the Netherlands.
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Nato agrees to take command of enforcing the no-fly zone over Libya, while making clear that other aspects of the operation will remain in coalition hands.
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More than a quarter of a century after police constable Yvonne Fletcher was shot dead during a protest outside the Libyan Embassy in London, a member of the embassy staff has spoken publicly about the atrocity.
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More than half of the 350 aircraft taking part in Nato strikes against Colonel Gaddafi's forces are from the US.
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