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India's regional politicians flex their muscles
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Strong winds and rain bring down trees and power lines across England and Wales and lead to flood warnings in some areas.
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The UN Secretary General has said the winds of change are blowing in Burma but more needs to be done to achieve democracy.
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The US has sent 100 special forces soldiers to the Central African Republic to help co-ordinate the fight against the Lords' Resistance Army (LRA) led by Joseph Kony.
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Without a majority, the Congress party in India has to rely on a number of small regional party leaders who are growing in stature and influence.
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Japanese PM Yoshihiko Noda is meeting US President Barack Obama in Washington to boost ties amid tension over North Korea's recent rocket launch.
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Three sailors die and a fourth is missing during a California yacht race, only weeks after another fatal accident off the same coast.
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Nine people are dead and 15 others are injured as lightning strikes a temple in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, police say.
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Shares in electronics components-maker Hon Hai, which owns Foxconn, dip 7%, after it reports weaker-than-expected profits.
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Clive Palmer, one of Australia's richest men, is commissioning a Chinese state-owned company to build a 21st Century version of the Titanic.
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In Estonia, Tallinn is to become the first European capital to offer its citizens free tickets on buses and trains.
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Greece has opened its first purpose-built detention centre for illegal migrants.
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An al-Qaeda-linked group offers to free a hostage if Britain deports cleric Abu Qatada to a country other than Jordan.
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The Clydesdale and Yorkshire banks will cut 1,400 jobs by 2015 due to the worsening outlook for the UK economy, the banks' owner has announced.
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urges Burma's president and its opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to work as partners on a path to change.
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Berlin Brandenburg Airport is set to open on June 3 but before the first flight takes off everything must be ready on the ground to ensure the passengers have a smooth journey through the terminal.
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Spain is back in recession after the economy contracted by 0.3% in the first quarter, official figures show.
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South Korea arrests nine Chinese sailors after officials were injured in a scuffle when they boarded a ship suspected of illegal fishing in the Yellow Sea.
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Scientists in Peru hunt the cause of the mysterious deaths of hundreds of pelicans on the coast in the north of the country.
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Former White Stripes frontman Jack White goes straight in at number one on the UK album chart with his solo debut, Blunderbuss.
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Dating comedy Think Like a Man remains the top film at the North American box office in the absence of The Avengers, which opens in the US on Friday.
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A gun and bomb attack at a university in northern Nigeria leaves at least 16 people dead and six seriously injured, the Nigerian Red Cross says.
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"Every effort" was made to free kidnapped UK aid worker Khalil Dale before he was murdered, the British government and the International Committee of the Red Cross says.
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Sportswear giant Adidas says that "commercial irregularities" at its Reebok unit in India could cost the firm up to 125m euros ($165m, £101m).
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UK model questions her fate if she had remained in Somalia
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Survivors of a Libyan prison massacre tell their story
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The cast and crew of the new Bond film, Skyfall, are in Turkey filming scenes for the latest 007 adventure.
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Australia lists the koala as a threatened species in parts of the country due to its dwindling population, officials say.
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The inaugural Sundance London festival draws to a close, with pundits declaring the four-day film and music showcase "a qualified success".
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Aung San Suu Kyi says she will take the Burmese parliamentary oath despite disputing the wording of it, as the UN's Ban Ki-moon urges political engagement.
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China has moved a step closer to completing its own navigation and positioning satellite network Beidou with the launch of two more navigation satellites.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy is to file a complaint against a website that claimed Libya's Col Gaddafi offered to fund his 2007 election campaign.
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There have been demonstrations in Spain as new figures show the country has dipped back into recession.
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The EU urges China to exercise 'restraint' in the case of escaped activist Chen Guangcheng, amid reports family members and associates have been rounded up.
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Former Libyan oil minister Shukri Ghanem died by drowning, according to preliminary post-mortem results in Austria.
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Harry Redknapp wishes Roy Hodgson well after the FA approaches the West Brom manager to coach England.
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Top Bahrain activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja - jailed for life by a military court and on hunger strike - is to get a retrial in a civil court.
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The leader of the Greek Socialist Pasok party, Evangelos Venizelos, warns of the rise of the far right in up-coming elections.
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West African regional bloc Ecowas imposes targeted sanctions on Guinea-Bissau's military junta after talks to restore civilian rule break down.
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A man dies after his car becomes submerged in a swollen ford as heavy rainfall raises the threat of flooding across large parts of England.
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The Ugandan army says the Lord's Resistance Army led by Joseph Kony is being supported and supplied by the Sudanese government.
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Preparations begin for a major Olympics security exercise as it revealed surface-to-air missiles could be deployed at six sites across London.
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A number of people are killed in twin explosions targeting security offices in the north-western Syrian city of Idlib, activists and state TV say.
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Animal rights activists storm a dog breeding facility in Italy and free dozens of puppies.
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Contestants at a Taiwan beauty pageant will this year be required not to partake in extra-marital love affairs, the contest's organisers have said.
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Hundreds of families begin fleeing a district in the Pakistani city of Karachi as a stand-off between police and gunmen enters its fourth day.
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Several European leaders cancel visits to Ukraine amid growing concern over alleged mistreatment of the jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko.
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US consumer data shows that spending rose 0.3% and personal income increased 0.4% during March - another sign of recovery for the US economy.
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Five major UK internet service providers are ordered by the High Court to prevent users from accessing popular file-sharing site The Pirate Bay.
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Troops loyal to Bosco Ntaganda, wanted by the International Criminal Court, take control of two towns near Goma in eastern DR Congo after fierce fighting.
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UK champion Judd Trump suffers a shock 13-12 defeat to Ali Carter, while Matthew Stevens beats Barry Hawkins 13-11.
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At least 11 people are killed in a bomb attack on a police convoy in north-eastern Nigeria, police say, a day after churches were targeted.
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Some of Osama Bin Laden's documents are to be published online this week, one year after the al-Qaeda leader's death, says a White House official.
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US forces join jungle hunt for one of Africa's most wanted warlords
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Iraq's fugitive Vice-President Tariq al-Hashemi will face charges of murder, including those of six judges, when his trial opens this week, officials say.
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The family of leading Bahraini opposition activist Abdulhadi al-khawaja denounce the decision to retry him and 20 other activists.
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The eurozone's finance chair backs calls by French presidential candidate Francois Hollande for a bigger European Investment Bank.
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A ferry in north-eastern India's Assam state capsizes in bad weather, killing at least 103 passengers, police say.
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The UK's Border Force will ensure all immigration desks are fully staffed during summer peak times, Immigration Minister Damian Green tells MPs.
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The motorcycle was inside a container and was registered in the Miyagi Prefecture, an area hit by the tsunami last year.
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A Peruvian policeman who had been missing for 17 days in the jungle after surviving a clash with Shining Path rebels is reunited with his family.
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Iran's moral police are arresting women who according to them are inappropriately dressed. Some of them resemble those who campaigned in favour of the regime back in February.
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US President Barack Obama refuses to comment on the Chinese dissident who fled house arrest and is now reported to be at the US embassy in Beijing.
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US President Obama and Japanese PM Noda warn North Korea its "old pattern of provocation" - including a recent failed rocket launch - is over.
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Members of Mali's presidential guard exchange fire in the capital Bamako with soldiers who took part in a coup last month, reports say.
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Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng is thought to be under American protection since he escaped house arrest, but exactly how is not yet clear.
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Apple is facing a wider inquiry over its "4G" advertising of the latest iPad in the UK, the BBC understands.
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How economic crisis is an opportunity for Greek far right
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BBC reporter on how attacks have changed his Nigerian home
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Roy Hodgson is expected to be presented as England manager at a news conference at 1600 BST on Tuesday.
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How Taiwan's last traditional word-smith fights to stay alive
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Ukraine is under growing pressure from Europe over the treatment of its jailed former prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko who is serving seven years in jail for abuse of office.
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Mexican lawmakers pass a bill recognising and protecting the rights of crime victims, following a passionate campaign by victims' groups.
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