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China is now the world's largest market for food and grocery retail, surpassing the US, a study showed.
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Hong Kong residents ask where new leader's loyalties lie
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Clashes between ethnic Berbers and their Arab neighbours have killed at least 14 people and injured many more in Libya, officials say.
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The African Union has announced sanctions against Mali's new military leadership, as well as armed rebel groups who have seized control in the north of the country.
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Some 200 US Marines, the first contingent of up to 2,500 to be deployed in northern Australia, arrive in Darwin as the two sides deepen defence ties.
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An 80-year-old US woman with little flying experience successfully lands a plane after her husband suffers a fatal heart attack at the controls.
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British youths from African communities could become radicalised as al-Qaeda looks to Africa to build its strength, a think tank report suggests.
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At least six tornadoes carve a trail of devastation in the US state of Texas, injuring several people, wrecking homes and grounding flights.
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A severe storm has left four people dead in Japan and injured many more, with telecommunications and transport affected in the north.
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An 80-year-old US woman with little flying experience has staged an emergency landing in Wisconsin after her pilot husband collapsed and died.
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Russia's anti-government street protests may have petered out since President Putin's re-election, but Muscovites' renewed interest in politics has far from waned.
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A series of website adverts by US clothing chain American Apparel is banned by a UK watchdog for showing "gratuitous nudity".
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The 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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The Republic of Ireland's services sector saw employment levels rise in March for the first time in 11 months, a report says.
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A group of North Korean refugees arrives in Seoul after three years in a South Korean diplomatic mission in China, South Korean media reports say.
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Indian officials reject as baseless a newspaper report that the unannounced movement of two key army units towards Delhi in January sparked fears of a coup.
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Colombian soldiers and police speaking a day after being released by rebels tell of years chained to each other and the constant fear of death.
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A severe storm has left four people dead in Japan and injured many more, with telecommunications and transport affected in the north.
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HMS Dauntless, one of the UK's largest and most powerful air defence destroyers, has set sail for the Falkland Islands on a routine deployment.
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US sculptor and printmaker Elizabeth Catlett, renowned for her politically-charged artwork, dies at the age of 96.
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Britain's team pursuit men win a spectacular gold at the World Track Championships as they beat Australia with a world record.
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China, the world's second-largest economy, is looking to increase investment and competition in its financial and banking sectors.
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At least 10 people are arrested as French police conduct new raids on Islamist suspects in the wake of the killings by gunman Mohamed Merah.
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The two surviving leaders of Turkey's 1980 military coup go on trial charged with overthrowing the government.
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India formally commissions a Russian-built nuclear-powered submarine into its navy, joining an elite group of nations with such a weapon.
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A suicide bomb attack in the northern Afghan province of Faryab leaves at least 10 people dead and more than 20 injured, officials say.
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Mali's junta says it is considering charging the ousted president with high treason as long queues form at petrol stations following the imposition of sanctions.
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Skype plans to create 400 new jobs, including 100 in London, however reports suggest Yahoo is about to axe 2,000 jobs.
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At least six people are dead and other residents are believed to be trapped after huge boulders hit a slum in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, officials say.
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US customs officials have seized 16 luxury cars which had been stolen and were being smuggled out of the country on cargo ships.
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With almost 10,000 victims of landmines in the last 20 years, authorities in Colombia are now training rats to sniff out landmines.
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Israeli security forces have evicted a group of Jewish settlers who took over a house in the Arab part of the West Bank city of Hebron, officials say.
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Mitt Romney tightens his grip on the Republican nomination with three primary wins, but his main challenger Rick Santorum vows to fight on.
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Openers Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook share a 122-run stand to put England in a strong position in the second Test against Sri Lanka.
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Visions of national greatness dominate election
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What the French really think of The Artist
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Graeme Swann calls on England to bat Sri Lanka out of the second Test in Colombo as the tourists close day two on 154-1.
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Days before his trial, Norway's self-confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik challenges a psychiatric report which finds him insane.
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India's new nuclear sub is a sign of its growing clout
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Russian political activist and rockstar Yuri Shevchuk, often described as "the conscience and the voice of the nation", plays an ambitious new show in London.
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Chinese artist Ai Weiwei says he has been ordered to shut down four live webcams at his home, which he set up as a nod to the 24-hour police surveillance he has lived under for the last year.
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The founder of Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba describes a $10m (£6.2m) US bounty on his head as "ridiculous and misguided".
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There is confusion in Iraq over much-heralded political reconciliation talks, which were scheduled to be held in the capital, Baghdad, on Thursday.
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Fuel from Israel arrives in the Gaza Strip as a result of a deal between the territory's Hamas-led government and the rival Palestinian Authority.
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At least four people have been killed, as a powerful storm swept across Japan, with gales of 156 km/hour (97mph) recorded.
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Prosecutors in Italy investigate the right-wing Northern League party - formerly allied to ex-PM Silvio Berlusconi - for suspected fraud.
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A cat called Poldi missing for 15 years is to be reunited with its owner after being found southern Germany.
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The head of one of France's most prestigious academic institutions has been found dead in the nude in a New York hotel room, police say.
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Civil authorities in Mexico City have rolled out a free app for Blackberry phones that will warn people when an earthquake is imminent.
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The home secretary has been warned by 11 airlines that Britain "risks gridlock" at airports over the Easter break because of staff shortages.
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The heads of Somalia's Olympic committee and football association are among eight people killed by a bomb blast in Mogadishu's newly reopened national theatre.
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School notebooks featuring a portrait of the Russian dictator Josef Stalin spark controversy after going on sale this week.
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Vietnamese authorities charge 18 people with plotting to overthrow the government, state media say.
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Greece's athletics federation suspends domestic events because of spending cuts - although they will still compete in London 2012.
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Chinese artist Ai Weiwei says he was forced to shut the webcams in his Beijing home, following orders from the Chinese authorities.
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Film maker Richard Fittousi documents the remarkable life of a Cambodian landmine victim.
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The head of Somalia's Olympic committee and its football chief are among eight people killed in a bomb attack on a high-profile event in Mogadishu.
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The Ugandan government bans the opposition activist group Action For Change on the eve of a march planned for Thursday.
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US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney rebuts President Obama's attack on Republicans, in a speech to the media the day after three primary wins.
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Thousands of homes and businesses in England are without electricity after gales and ice brought down power lines.
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The film censor in Thailand bans a new adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth on grounds it is "likely to cause divisions" among the Thai people.
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Stock markets decline on fears over the state of the US and European economies, led by a disappointing Spanish bond sale.
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The US formally sends to trial five suspected al-Qaeda militants, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused of planning the 9/11 terror attacks.
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The International Criminal Court rejects a Libyan request to delay the handover of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, who is wanted for war crimes.
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New tests are ordered on the body of French academic Richard Descoings, whose naked body was found in a New York hotel.
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Cristiano Ronaldo scores twice as Real set up a Champions League semi-final against Bayern Munich with a 5-2 win over Apoel.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Syria's opposition will never defeat the country's armed forces even if it is "armed to the teeth".
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The US has formally sent to trial five suspected al-Qaeda militants believed to have planned the 9/11 terror attacks.
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Mexico extradites one of the country's biggest drug lords, Jesus Zambada, to the US to face charges.
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The Supreme Court in Chile has approved a plan to build a hydroelectric complex in the Patagonian wilderness, dismissing concerns by environmentalists.
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The Greek athletics federation has suspended all domestic sporting activities saying there is no money to pay coaches and staff.
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Despite a huge bounty on his head, the man who the US blames for masterminding the 2008 attacks on Mumbai, has appeared in public in Pakistan.
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Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho says he does not expect to meet former club Chelsea in the Champions League final.
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Italian firms cheer labour reforms, but workers are angry
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Inside US desert base that trains pilots to fly unmanned planes
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The UN Security Council calls for an end to hostilities in northern Mali and a return to constitutional rule two weeks after the country's coup.
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Challenges ahead in Burma despite poll landslide
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Kabul's reluctant mayor rises to the challenge
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Perils of rural Zimbabwe life depicted in art
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