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The police watchdog for England and Wales wants new powers to force officers to attend interviews if they witness a fatal shooting by a colleague.
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Four current and former security screeners at Los Angeles international airport are arrested and charged with drug-trafficking and bribery.
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Students protesting for free quality education have clashed with police in Santiago, Chile.
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Chilean students take part in fresh protests for education reform, saying measures proposed by President Sebastian Pinera do not go far enough.
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South Korea's growth picks up in the first quarter but analysts warn of challenging times for Asia's fourth-largest economy.
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The imprisoned former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is refusing to give up a hunger strike, according to her daughter.
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The bonds and burdens of US presidents
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A former Morgan Stanley executive pleads guilty to bribing a Chinese official in exchange for business and personal gains.
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The brother of ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai steps down from the board of China Everbright International, a Hong Kong-listed company.
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Police in Albuquerque say an increasing number of teenagers are getting drunk by consuming hand sanitiser and mouthwash.
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Influential Japanese politician and backroom power-broker Ichiro Ozawa is found not guilty in a funding scandal.
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The Argentine Senate approves the nationalisation of the oil company YPF, a subsidiary of Spanish firm Repsol, which has sparked a spat with the EU.
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The former president of Liberia, Charles Taylor, will hear in The Hague whether he's been found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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A row has broken out between Austria and Slovenia over the name of a sausage.
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Pakistan's Supreme Court has found Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani guilty in a contempt of court case.
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There is still no evidence mobile phones harm human health, says a major safety review for the UK's Health Protection Agency.
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Brazil's Congress approves controversial changes to the country's forest code which environmentalists say will spur Amazon deforestation.
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UK bank Barclays says it made an "encouraging" start to the year as it reports its first-quarter results.
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Non-native plant species are extending the growing season in eastern US forests by an average of four weeks, a study suggests.
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Man Without a Cellphone by Sameh Zoabi tops the bill at this year's Palestine film festival in London.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returns home after 11 days in Cuba for further radiation treatment for cancer.
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Showing Lowry and suburbia to Saudi art lovers
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Disgraced politician Bo Xilai ran a wire-tapping system that extended as far as China's president, the New York Times has reported.
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Raleigh Cycle, one of the best-known and oldest bicycle makers in the UK, is bought by Dutch rival Accell for $100m (£62m).
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France's presidential contender prompts EU austerity rethink
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Profits at the Spanish banking giant Santander are hit again after it sets aside 3bn euros to cover property loan losses in Spain.
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The man chosen by China to be Tibet's second highest spiritual leader makes his first appearance outside the Chinese mainland.
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A puppy in the US is up for adoption after being found alone and covered with cactus spines.
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Muslims in eastern Sri Lanka are on strike following threats against a mosque in the town of Dambulla.
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International judges begin giving a verdict in the war crimes case against former Liberian leader Charles Taylor, after a historic five-year trial.
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Sudanese civil servants have been told to donate two days' salary to help pay for the conflict with South Sudan over the Heglig oilfield.
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Could the US learn to love state intervention in the economy?
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Twenty-six years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine, a new protective covering is being built over the section of the reactor that exploded.
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Royal Dutch Shell reports a rise in profits as strong demand for energy keeps oil prices high - but rival Exxon saw oil production and profits fall.
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Former All Blacks assistant coach Wayne Smith ponders whether to accept a coaching role with England, with Mike Catt set to take a temporary role on the South Africa tour.
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Portuguese authorities say they are not going to reopen the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.
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At least 70 people are killed in an attack on a house in Hama, Syrian activists say, but the government says 16 died in a blast at an arms factory.
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The German president turns down a visit to Ukraine and the EU says it is "deeply preoccupied" by the treatment of jailed former PM Yulia Tymoshenko.
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Veteran actor Robert Redford has criticised David Cameron after he suggested that UK film-makers should focus on commercially viable movies.
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Great Britain's men's and women's football teams will face Brazil and Sweden respectively in Olympic warm-up games at Middlesbrough.
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Some 40,000 people gather in Oslo to sing a peace song which mass killer Anders Behring Breivik condemned at his trial.
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Chilean students demanding more funding for the country's education system clash with police in Santiago.
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The final list of candidates in Egypt's first post-Mubarak presidential election is published, with 13 candidates allowed to stand.
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London 2012 Festival organisers unveil the final line-up of the 12-week celebration of the arts that runs alongside the Olympic Games.
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The mother of three dead babies found in the German state of Hesse denies murdering them, prosecutors say.
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Top Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar is recommended by the prime minister for a seat in India's upper house of parliament.
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Leading Cambodian environmentalist Chut Wutty is shot dead in an apparent shoot-out with police while investigating illegal logging.
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Turkey begins drilling for oil and gas onshore in northern Cyprus despite protests from the Republic of Cyprus that the action is illegal.
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Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is set to hear a Supreme Court verdict in a contempt of court case that could see him jailed.
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Tajikistan's new national library is asking the public to donate 7.5 million books to help fill its shelves.
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Disgraced politician Bo Xilai ran a wire-tapping system that extended as far as China's president, the New York Times has reported.
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A US soldier serving with the Isaf force is shot dead in southern Afghanistan by a man wearing an Afghan army uniform, Isaf says, in the latest of a series of similar incidents.
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Former Liberian leader Charles Taylor is convicted of aiding and abetting war crimes during the Sierra Leone civil war at his trial in The Hague.
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Jordan's prime minister resigns after failing to deliver on promises of economic and political reform, after only six months in the job.
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William Hague denies claims that Neil Heywood - who died in China last November - might have been a member of British intelligence.
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Rupert Murdoch tells the Leveson Inquiry into media ethics there was a "cover-up" at the News of the World but that it was kept hidden from him.
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Unexploded and deadly cluster munitions have been found for the first time in Sri Lanka, a UN expert on land mines claims.
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At least six people are killed in bomb attacks on newspaper offices in two Nigerian cities, witnesses say.
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International judges have found Charles Taylor guilty of aiding and abetting war crimes during the Sierra Leone civil war.
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Usain Bolt's hopes of breaking the 100m world record at the London Olympics may be harmed by the British weather, says his coach.
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At least eight people are killed and 15 others injured in two bomb blasts at a cafe in Iraq's restive province of Diyala, officials say.
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Five Dutch political parties have reached an agreement over budget cuts, days after the government collapsed over the measures.
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World number two Luke Donald says there should be more European Tour events taking place in his native England.
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US Congressman Paul Ryan's defends this budget plan in a speech at Georgetown University, after faculty and priests at the school criticised the plan.
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Extremely strong winds caused planes to sway as they attempted to land in Spain earlier this month.
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Syria is "in contravention" of an internationally agreed peace plan, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warns, amid reports of continuing fighting.
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Ratings agency Standard & Poor's cuts Spain's credit rating because of the risks it could take on more debt to support its banks.
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A US military judge refuses to dismiss the most serious charge against alleged Wikileaks source Bradley Manning, who will face trial in September.
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UK Business Secretary Vince Cable says all UK exports to Argentine armed forces are being halted amid tension over the Falkland Islands.
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Fernando Llorente's late goal books Athletic Bilbao's spot in the Europa League final as they overcome Sporting Lisbon.
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The three widows and children of Osama Bin Laden are deported to Saudi Arabia following a year in Pakistani custody since the al-Qaeda leader was killed.
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US taxpayers are unlikely to see a return on the $700bn Tarp rescue fund for financial sector, according to a report.
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Both candidates in France's presidential run-off - Socialist Francois Hollande and incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy - appear on TV, 10 days before the vote.
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West African leaders agree to send troops immediately to Mali and Guinea-Bissau to monitor transitions to civilian rule following their coups.
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