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ColombiaColombia's leftist Farc rebels have released their last 10 police and military hostages.
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RussiaRussian fire crews have tackled a spectacular fire that engulfed the top of a Moscow skyscraper still under construction.
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SyriaSyria has agreed to a 10 April deadline to begin implementing a six-point peace plan.
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Malaysia, 
United KingdomCIMB says it will acquire most of Royal Bank of Scotland's Asia-Pacific units in a deal worth 431.8m Malaysian ringgit ($141m; £88m).
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Canada, 
United States, 
MexicoCombating drugs and reducing trade barriers dominate a one-day summit between the leaders of the US, Canada and Mexico at the White House.
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United StatesUS President Barack Obama warns that a rejection of his healthcare reform by the US Supreme Court would amount to "judicial activism".
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Cambodia, 
Burma, 
North KoreaAsean leaders are meeting in Cambodia, with North Korea's planned rocket launch, Burma's by-election and the South China Sea topping the summit agenda.
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United StatesA senior US government official resigns after it emerges her agency spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on a training conference near Las Vegas.
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United Kingdom, United StatesTwo British crew members injured during the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race have safely arrived in California following a dramatic rescue.
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FijiFiji's government sends teams to assess damage caused by days of severe flooding that killed at least five and forced thousands from their homes.
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Colombia, 
Ecuador, 
CubaPresident Rafael Correa of Ecuador says he will boycott this month's Summit of the Americas in Colombia because Cuba is not invited.
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MaliWest African leaders announce they are imposing sanctions on Mali's military coup leaders, after a deadline expired for them to step down.
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ChinaServices on two of China's biggest micro-blogging sites are back after being partially suspended three days ago to "clean up" coup rumours.
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ChinaSamsung Electronics, the world's biggest memory chip maker, unveils plans to invest $7bn (£4.4bn) to build its first chip factory in China.
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UgandaScientists are baffled by a mysterious disease which has swept across parts of northern Uganda.
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UgandaUgandan families tell of struggles with incurable nodding disease
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United KingdomThe Hammer film studio announces a sequel to the Woman in Black, the highest grosssing British horror film in twenty years.
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United KingdomBritish Airways repaints the first of nine planes with a dove design to mark the London 2012 Olympics.
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ItalyItalian footballer Andrea Masiello is arrested after reportedly admitting to match-fixing while he played for Bari.
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NorwayOil explorer Cairn Energy announces it is to buy Norwegian rival Agora Oil and Gas in a $450m cash and share deal.
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IndiaWorkers at India's Kingfisher Airlines call off a strike after an assurance from the management that their dues will be paid by 10 April.
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United StatesOakland police chief Howard Jordan has said the first officers to enter the Californian college where a gunman killed seven people found students and teachers hiding behind desks in locked rooms.
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South AfricaA thief in South Africa cuts the horn off a fibreglass rhino during a burglary at a lodge in a game reserve in the Eastern Cape.
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United KingdomThe UK economy has shown a few signs of improvement in the first three months of this year but is still weak, the British Chambers of Commerce says.
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New Zealand, United KingdomEngland centre Riki Flutey will quit Wasps at the end of the season to return to his native New Zealand.
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SwitzerlandSwiss pharmaceuticals giant Roche says it is disappointed as gene sequencing firm Illumina rejects its raised takeover bid.
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United StatesHollywood star Robert Redford is to produce a documentary about Watergate, more than 30 years after he appeared in a film about the US political scandal.
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Pakistan, United StatesThe US offers a $10m bounty for Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, the founder of Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba - blamed for the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
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United KingdomCardiff Blues confirm Wales centre Jamie Roberts is to have surgery on his injured knee and will miss the rest of the season.
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United StatesA 43-year-old former student is arrested after seven people are shot dead at a private college in Oakland, California, police say.
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SyriaSyrian President Bashar al-Assad is unlikely to be able to hold on to power much longer, his exiled uncle Rifaat tells the BBC.
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United KingdomBritish Airways repaints the first of nine A319s with a dove design to mark the London 2012 Olympic Games.
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SpainThe number of Spanish people claiming unemployment benefits rises for the eighth month in a row to a record 4.75 million in March.
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Aruba, United StatesThe Australian yacht struck by a huge wave during the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race injuring the sailors onboard has docked at the Port of Oakland.
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Egypt, SpainEgypt has accepted Spain's conditions for the extradition of a tycoon who was a close associate of Hosni Mubarak, legal sources tell BBC Arabic.
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Cambodia, BurmaAssociation of South East Asian Nations (Asean) leaders meeting in Cambodia call for economic sanctions against Burma to be lifted.
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NigeriaSome Shell workers in Nigeria are being held as part of a protest to demand electricity for a local community, a youth leader tells the BBC.
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RussiaSeventeen people died when a fire swept through a market warehouse in southern Moscow, shortly after another blaze at a skyscraper in the city.
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FranceSuspected Islamist militants arrested in France were plotting to kidnap a Jewish judge, sources close to the investigation tell French media.
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RussiaRussian investigators rule out engine failure as the cause of an air crash in Siberia, amid reports that the plane may have iced over.
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Ethiopia, 
LebanonThe UN special rapporteur on slavery urges the Lebanese government to carry out a full investigation into the death of an Ethiopian domestic worker.
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AfghanistanMilitants kill four Afghan policemen and two civilians by poisoning their yoghurt before launching an attack, officials say.
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United StatesUS activist group Invisible Children is to release a sequel to its video highlighting the activities of Joseph Kony.
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Sri LankaEngland fight back with two late wickets after Mahela Jayawardene's second century in as many Tests leads Sri Lanka's recovery.
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ChinaChinese artist Ai Weiwei sets up four live webcams in his Beijing home and studio, referring to his constant surveillance by the state.
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Venezuela, 
LibyaThe EU bans all Libyan airlines from its airspace until November at the earliest because of safety concerns, and also bans a Venezuelan carrier.
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GreeceAn "ancient" Greek statue found in a sheep pen north-west of Athens has now been deemed a fake.
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NetherlandsAn 11-year-old boy's plan to save the eurozone has been commended in a major competition that has attracted some of the world's top economists.
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United KingdomJames Bond star Daniel Craig says he will continue to play the British spy 'until they tell me to stop'.
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FranceSome 13 suspected Islamic militants detained in raids on Friday are to face terror charges in France, the Paris prosecutor says.
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United KingdomJames Murdoch steps down as chairman of BSkyB to try to distance the broadcaster from the phone-hacking scandal at his father's UK newspapers.
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SyriaKofi Annan's spokesman says a UN team are due to arrive in Damascus within the next 48 hours as violence continues across Syria.
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ColombiaThe last 10 police and military hostages held by Colombia's Farc rebels are released after more than a decade but an unknown number of civilians remain in captivity.
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MaliThe UN warns fighting in Mali could damage the World Heritage Site of Timbuktu as the Africa Union joins West African nations in imposing sanctions following the coup.
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South AfricaThe six most senior leaders of the ANC in South Africa denounce expelled youth leader Julius Malema after he criticised president Jacob Zuma for being a "dictator".
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United StatesUS Open champion Rory McIlroy is drawn with Angel Cabrera and Bubba Watson for the opening two rounds of the Masters.
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MaliMali's military coup leaders say they are considering charging ousted President Amadou Toumani Toure with high treason.
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United StatesThe US central bank is concerned that the gains in employment recently will dissipate if growth does not pick up.
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SyriaTurkey PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan accuses the UN Security Council of indirectly supporting the oppression of the Syrian people by failing to adopt a united stance.
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United StatesA truck trailer park has been devastated after a tornado touched down in Dallas County in Texas.
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United KingdomWintry weather returns to much of Scotland - with about six inches of snow in many parts of Aberdeenshire.
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LibyaAt least 14 people have been killed and many more injured in clashes between different ethnic groups in western Libya, officials say.
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Guatemala, MexicoGuatemala arrests suspected drug baron Horst Walther Overdick, who is accused of helping Mexico's Zetas cartel establish a presence in the country.
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MauritaniaThousands of protesters in Mauritania hold demonstrations across the capital, Nouakchott, calling for President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz to resign.
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CanadaA 23-year-old would-be Canadian Miss Universe contestant who was born male says the rule used to ban her from the pageant her should be dropped.
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SyriaThe uncle of Bashar al-Assad says it is unlikely that the Syrian president will be to hold onto power for much longer.
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Pakistan, India, United StatesThe US has offered a $10m (£6.2m) bounty for Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, the founder of Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, which is linked to the 2008 Mumbai attacks in India.
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IsraelIsrael's prime minister asks his defence minister to delay the eviction of Jewish settlers who took over a house in the Arab part of Hebron.
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Syria, United StatesThe US ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice, says the Security Council must respond urgently and seriously if Syria fails to honour a ceasefire deadline.
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