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JapanTeenagers' behaviour in classrooms is getting better rather than worse - according to an OECD study which places Japan at the top of a global behaviour league.
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SpainSpain's ruling Socialist party is licking its political wounds, after voters punished the government of the prime minister in local and regional elections.
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South KoreaSouth Korea's Hyundai has warned of serious disruption to car production because of a strike at a key supplier of engine parts.
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United StatesNew Yorker Gary Shteyngart is to have a pig named in his honour after becoming the first American to win the Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction.
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Libya, 
France, 
United KingdomNato launches some of its biggest air strikes yet on Libya's capital Tripoli, with UK and French attack helicopters also set to join the campaign.
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JapanTokyo Electric Power confirms there were extra partial meltdowns in fuel rods at its damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant.
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FranceInternet and media bosses gather in Paris for talks on the internet's future, ahead of the web being discussed at the upcoming G8 summit.
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Israel, United StatesIsraeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu again rejects a return to the "indefensible" 1967 borders, on the eve of addressing the US Congress.
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ChinaCisco Systems rejects a Falun Gong lawsuit that alleges it helps the Chinese government repress the spiritual group via the Golden Shield project.
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JapanJapanese industrial conglomerate Toshiba says plans to win orders for nuclear reactors will have to be pushed back.
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United States, ChinaTwo executives resign from Wal-Mart's China business, at a time when the US retail giant is trying to expand in the reigon.
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Saudi ArabiaSaudi authorities dampen demands for political reform
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North Korea, United StatesThe United States envoy for human rights in North Korea, Robert King, starts a rare visit to the North to assess possible food needs.
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IndiaTen policemen are killed and dismembered by Maoist rebels in a densely-forested area of the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, officials say.
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Malaysia, 
AustraliaThe UN commissioner on human rights warns Australia that its plan to send 800 asylum seekers to Malaysia may be illegal.
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ColombiaColombia makes one of the biggest drug seizures in recent years, while a Mexican man is stopped in Bogota with $2.8m in his luggage.
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ChinaTechnology manufacturer Foxconn suspends production at its Chinese workshops that handle electronics polishing.
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Iraq, Libya, United KingdomThe former head of the British army, General Lord Richard Dannatt, has told BBC HARDtalk that Nato's operations in Libya are reminiscent of the campaign in Baghdad in 2003.
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United KingdomThe credit health of 14 UK banks and building societies is under review because of the expected withdrawal of government support.
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FranceBritons Elena Baltacha and Andy Murray ease through on day three of the French Open, while Rafael Nadal survives a five-setter against John Isner and Kim Clijsters stumbles into round two.
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Libya, France, United KingdomNato launches some of its biggest air strikes yet on Libya's capital Tripoli, with UK and French attack helicopters also set to join the campaign.
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United KingdomA collection of film documentaries dating back more than 100 years that was found in the basement of a disused shop in 2002 is added to a UN heritage list.
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United StatesBette Midler has been cast alongside Al Pacino in a TV film about the jailed music producer Phil Spector, according to US reports.
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Sudan, United StatesNorth Sudan has put at risk possible debt relief worth billions of dollars by seizing the disputed town of Abyei, US envoy Princeton Lyman says.
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United KingdomBritain sees its worst April public sector net borrowing on record last month as tax receipts fell.
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UkraineUkrainian ex-premier Yulia Tymoshenko, who is facing charges of abuse of office, is taken in for questioning in Kiev.
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Cuba, United StatesCuba's favourite American, Ernest Hemingway, is honoured by an annual carnival and fishing tournament in a village near Havana.
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France, United KingdomBritain's Andy Murray begins his French Open campaign with a 6-4 6-1 6-3 win over home qualifier Eric Prodon.
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ChinaRare liger cubs - a cross between a lion and a tiger - are nursed by a dog in eastern China after their mother abandons them.
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IranAt least one person is killed and 20 hurt in an explosion at an Iranian oil refinery coinciding with a visit by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, reports say.
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United KingdomOscar winner Cate Blanchett leads the line-up for the Barbican's 30th anniversary celebrations next year, which also includes the UK's biggest Bauhaus exhibition for 40 years.
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FrancePresident Nicolas Sarkozy has kicked off the first ever e-G8 forum in Paris, seeking to explain why the net needs controls.
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Libya, United StatesUS official Jeffrey Feltman says Libya's rebels will open an office in Washington, after the heaviest night of Nato raids on the capital Tripoli so far.
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United StatesAs he walked around the US city of Joplin, resident Dominic Puller filmed the destruction caused by a tornado.
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United KingdomThe fourth instalment in The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise becomes the biggest UK box office of the year, taking £11.6m over its first weekend.
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Sri LankaSri Lanka turn down an offer to tour Pakistan because of ongoing security concerns.
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SudanA southern minister in Sudan's national government resigns over "war crimes" in the disputed Abyei region, seized by northern troops at the weekend.
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United StatesUS President Barack Obama is to visit the tornado-hit state of Missouri on Sunday, straight after returning from a six-day tour of Europe.
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North KoreaThousands of South Korean riot police break up a sit-in protest at a car parts factory that was threatening production of Hyundai and Kia cars.
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IsraelIsrael's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, once again said he thought any plan based on the country's 1967 borders was unacceptable because it would leave the country without security.
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RussiaA Moscow court upholds ex-tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky's second conviction for fraud but cuts his sentence by one year.
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AfghanistanAt least 10 people are killed in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar after a truck carrying labourers hits a roadside bomb.
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United StatesFootage of actor Sir Ian McKellen appearing in his first television role is rediscovered in the US, decades after it was feared lost for good.
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GreeceAny Greek debt default would likely hurt other peripheral eurozone countries, the ratings agency Moody's warns.
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IndiaIndia's prime minister tells African heads of state that he will offer $5bn (£3.1bn) credit to African nations to help them meet development goals.
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LibyaNato has carried out some of its heaviest air strikes so far on the Libyan capital, Tripoli.
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Israel, United StatesIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses US Congress over the deadlocked peace talks between the Palestinians and Israel.
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United Kingdom, 
CyprusTory peer Lord Ashcroft is to advise on a government review of the UK's military bases in Cyprus - despite objections from deputy PM Nick Clegg.
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EgyptEgypt's ousted President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons are to be tried over the killing of anti-government protesters, judicial officials say.
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LebanonA Shia cleric critical of Hezbollah is arrested in Lebanon on suspicion of spying for Israel, according to security sources.
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MexicoManchester United's Rio Ferdinand backs team-mate Javier Hernandez to star, if the Mexican plays in the Champions League final against Barcelona at Wembley
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France, United StatesDefending champion Rafael Nadal survives a five-set scare as he overcomes American John Isner to reach the second round of the French Open while Britain's Andy Murray begins his campaign with a comfortable win.
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Egypt, 
TunisiaThe World Bank pledges $6bn in loans for Egypt and Tunisia as the international community rallies to finance the Arab Spring.
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NigeriaA Nigerian family planning expert tells the BBC it would be difficult to implement the suggestion that Nigerians should only have three children to limit the country's booming population.
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SyriaA Syrian site bombed by Israeli jets in 2007 was "very likely" a nuclear reactor, says the UN's atomic watchdog.
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Venezuela, 
Jersey, 
Monaco, Iran, United StatesThe US imposes sanctions against seven foreign firms which trade with Iran, including companies based in Venezuela, Israel, Monaco and Jersey.
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Israel, United StatesPM Benjamin Netanyahu tells the US Congress Israel will be generous with a Palestinian state but that the border would not rest at pre-1967 lines.
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IndiaThe Economist magazine accuses India of hostile censorship after being forced by the country's authorities to cover up a map in its latest edition.
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United StatesDominique Strauss-Kahn's DNA matches a sample found on the clothes of a New York hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault, US reports say.
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Pakistan, United StatesPakistan returns the wreckage of a US helicopter destroyed during the raid which killed al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, the Pentagon says.
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Canada, United StatesUS car giant Chrysler repays $7.6bn in US and Canadian government loans that helped it stay afloat in 2009, years ahead of schedule.
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IcelandLife under the ash cloud created by Iceland's Grimsvotn volcano
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United StatesTiger Woods expects his knee, Achilles and calf injuries to heal in time for the US Open in June.
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Libya, Syria, United StatesWhy the muted US backing for Syrian protests?
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United StatesUS new home sales rose for the second month in a row in April, climbing 7.3% on the month before, figures show.
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EgyptTrying ex-president forms part of a tussle for power in Egypt
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United Kingdom, United StatesBarack Obama has met the Queen and senior royals at the start of a three-day state visit as he hails the "essential relationship" between the US and UK.
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United StatesA mother accused of killing her toddler in 2008 began crying in a courtroom in Florida during a prosecutor's opening statement in the first-degree murder trial.
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YemenA second day of heavy fighting in Yemen's capital Sanaa between security forces and anti-government tribesmen leaves 38 people dead.
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Iceland, 
GermanyGermany is to close parts of its northern airspace from early on Wednesday due to ash drifting from an erupting volcano in Iceland.
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Iceland, United KingdomThousands of passengers in Scotland and parts of northern England struggle with flight cancellations as ash from an Icelandic volcanic eruption blows in.
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United Kingdom, United StatesUS President Barack Obama hails his country's "special relationship" with the UK in a speech delivered at a state banquet at Buckingham Palace.
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ChileChilean police arrest two suspected members of the secretive Colonia Dignidad sect and issue a warrant for its missing deputy leader.
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DenmarkAn alleged plot to attack a Danish newspaper that published controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad is outlined in a Chicago court.
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IsraelIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he recognises that Israel would have to give up parts of the ancestral Jewish homeland to make a deal with the Palestinians.
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United StatesDid America’s love of skyscrapers disappear into this hole?
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EgyptSeventeen lost pyramids are among buildings identified from new infra-red images in a satellite survey of Egypt.
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United KingdomPlans for a tough crackdown on sectarianism are being put before the first meeting of the new Scottish cabinet later.
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Libya, France, United KingdomNo decision has been made on whether to deploy UK Apache helicopters to Libya, the government says, contradicting claims by a French minister.
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IndonesiaIndonesian human rights widow's fight for justice
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