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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney aims for a clean sweep in five US primaries, which could force dogged rival Newt Gingrich from the race.
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Shares in Chinese search engine Baidu fall more than 10% in after hours trading after a weaker-than-expected revenue forecast.
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The UN special envoy, Kofi Annan, has told the Security Council that Syria is still witnessing unacceptable levels of violence, despite a ceasefire being in place since 12 April.
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The 2012 International German Beard and Moustache Championships have been held in Germany, with entrants competing in categories including Imperial Moustaches and Dali Moustaches.
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Campaigners in Bangladesh are stepping up their efforts to put a stop to child marriages.
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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney vows to take the White House from President Barack Obama, as he racks up a series of primary wins.
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Figures out on Wednesday will show whether the UK economy grew in the first three months of the year or has returned to recession.
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Kofi Annan tells the UN Security Council he is alarmed that reports of killings in Syria continue, despite the ceasefire he brokered being in place.
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The Israel Prison Service says more than 1,300 Palestinian prisoners remain on hunger strike, more than a week after they began their protest.
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German industrial giant Siemens cuts its full-year profit forecast for 2012 as losses continue in its wind power division.
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Brazil's Congress delays a final vote on controversial changes to the country's forest code which enviromentalists say will spur Amazon deforestation.
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The son of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai defends his lifestyle in a letter to his university and expresses "deep concern" about his family.
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President Obama describes US Secret Service agents caught up in the Colombia sex scandal as "knuckleheads", saying that most do an "incredible" job.
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South African authorities are taking extreme measures to protect endangered rhinos from poachers in the country's national parks.
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The US says it is concerned about reports that the Israeli government has decided to make legal under Israeli law three West Bank settlement outposts.
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Annual joint military exercises involving thousands of US and Philippine troops are taking place in the South China Sea.
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The US Department of Agriculture confirms it has detected a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or 'mad cow' disease, in a California dairy cow.
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Sierra Leone victims share hopes over Charles Taylor verdict
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Ahmed Shafiq becomes the latest candidate to be disqualified from Egypt's presidential election, after a law bans Mubarak-era officials from standing.
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At least 10 Philippine soldiers have been killed in an ambush by communist rebels in the north of the country, officials say.
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Pakistan test fires a nuclear-capable ballistic missile, military officials say, less than a week after India also test-launched a long-range missile.
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British Bobsleigh confirms that one of its athletes has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for a banned substance.
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Ratings agency Standard and Poor's warns that India's worsening deficits and diminishing growth prospects could lead to a downgrade of its economy.
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Shares in Wal-Mart fall another 3% as the supermarket giant moved to limit a bribery scandal in Mexico.
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Two of South Korea's biggest retailers halt sales of US beef after the discovery of a case of "mad cow" disease in California.
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The African Union calls on Sudan and South Sudan to end hostilities and pull their forces out of a disputed border area following weeks of clashes.
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Director Peter Jackson unveils 10 minutes of footage of The Hobbit to a mixed reaction at the CinemaCon convention in the US.
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Eight flood warnings are in force in south-west England, which is in drought, but experts say the current rain will not be enough to replenish groundwater.
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Anger grows in Colombia at US sex scandal fallout
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Five people are killed, and 10 injured, in two attacks in central Nigeria, one targeting a venue showing the Chelsea-Barcelona match, officials say.
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Bavaria plans to publish Hitler's manifesto, Mein Kampf, in German for the first time since 1945, before the book's copyright expires.
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The head of the Israeli military says he does not think Iran will develop nuclear weapons, partly because international pressure is bearing fruit.
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Troops and firefighters are battling to contain wildfires that have engulfed parts of the La Primavera forest, near Guadalajara.
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The Jordanian authorities are violating people's right to free speech and undermining the credibility of reform efforts, Human Rights Watch says.
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The UK returns to recession, after a sharp fall in construction leads to the economy shrinking by 0.2% in the first three months of 2012.
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British police reviewing the evidence around Madeleine McCann's disappearance in Portugal five years ago issue an image of what she might look like now.
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The German radar satellite TerraSAR-X is returning regular images of the Pine Island Glacier ice shelf, to try to catch the birth of a giant berg.
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Star German high-jumper Ariane Friedrich names an alleged stalker on Facebook, citing self-defence, and the move sparks a new debate about privacy.
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One of Ireland's most renowned artists, Louis le Brocquy, dies at his Dublin home at the age of 95.
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A former head of Swedish police says there is no evidence that late Indian leader Rajiv Gandhi took a bribe in an arms scandal that helped end his term as PM.
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The British Library is publishing a series of letters between former Poet Laureate Ted Hughes and critic and academic Keith Sagar.
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Hong Kong hospitals will limit maternity services to most pregnant women from mainland China from next year, under new proposals.
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Hungary's government agrees to strengthen its central bank's independence, opening the way to an EU bailout package.
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Libyan authorities ban the formation of political parties based on religious principles, tribe or ethnicity ahead of elections scheduled for June.
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Kenya's Olympic selectors spring a surprise and leave marathon world record holder Patrick Makau out of their London 2012 squad.
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Anders Behring Breivik has told his trial in Oslo that a psychiatric report finding him insane in relation to the 77 killings he carried out was a "lie".
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Orders for durable goods in the US fell 4.2% in March, the Commerce Department says, pointing to weakening growth.
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China's Ding Junhui adds to the controversy at the Crucible as he hits out at fans and conditions following his defeat by Wales' Ryan Day.
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The interim president of Mali announces a new government, appointing three military personnel to key posts.
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Swaziland's king receives a luxury jet as a gift from "anonymous sponsors", a spokesperson says - denying claims meagre public funds were used.
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Syrian security forces have fired mortar shells and machine-guns at two suburbs of Damascus recently visited by UN monitors, activists say.
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Battleship tops the UK and Ireland box office chart for a second consecutive week, fending off Salmon Fishing In The Yemen.
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A bomb explosion has wounded four members of Bahrain's police force - two of them seriously - during clashes with protesters, officials say.
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People in Sierra Leone are awaiting the verdict of former Liberian President Charles Taylor's war crimes trial, 10 years on from the end of the civil war.
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Four senior judges in Kenya are declared unfit for office in a landmark ruling by a new committee investigating the impartiality of the judiciary.
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A polar bear cub is getting used to life at the Yakutsk zoo in eastern Russia after ecologists found it on its own on the Arctic shore.
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A Swedish student has been named as the winner of the Google Photography Prize.
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US President Barack Obama was not endangered by a prostitution scandal involving a dozen Secret Service agents in Colombia, a Senate panel is told.
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Nicolas Sarkozy rules out a re-election deal with the far right as Socialist Francois Hollande sets out plans to revise the EU fiscal compact.
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Two young Cuban actors starring in a film about defectors, presented at the Tribeca Film Festival, disappear in Miami on their way to New York.
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Anders Behring Breivik has told his trial in Oslo that a psychiatric report finding him insane in relation to the 77 killings he carried out was a "lie".
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A young woman has her child "marriage" legally annulled in northern Rajasthan state, in what is thought to be the first case of its kind in India.
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Anders Behring Breivik tells his Oslo trial that a psychiatric report finding him insane in relation to his 77 killings last July is a fabrication.
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The Federal Reserve's interest rate setters raise their forecasts for US economic growth in 2012 but leave rates unchanged.
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A US Marine sergeant who criticised President Barack Obama as an enemy on Facebook is to face an other-than-honourable discharge.
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France says the UN Security Council should consider the use of force in Syria if a UN-backed peace plan fails to stop violence in the country.
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A Russian man branded a political prisoner is freed after being pardoned by President Dmitry Medvedev - but opposition activists say he is only one of many.
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Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich will suspend his long-shot campaign next week, his spokesman tells US media.
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US Supreme Court justices appear sceptical of challenges to a controversial Arizona immigrant law requiring immigrants to produce ID on demand.
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Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy signs the repeal of the death penalty into law, making the state the 17th in the US to end capital punishment.
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Bayern Munich will face Chelsea in the Champions League final after beating Real Madrid in a penalty shoot-out.
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Egypt's election commission reinstates ex-Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq as a candidate in the country's presidential poll, a day after barring him.
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Is Argentina's economy heading back to bad old days?
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US prosecutors charge two Taiwanese nationals with attempting to export US military technology - for the alleged benefit of the Chinese government.
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Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho wants Chelsea to beat Bayern Munich in the Champions League final after his side lost to the German club on penalties.
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