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A leader of the Colombian left-wing Farc rebel group denies claims the movement has been weakened, as it kills six soldiers at a military checkpoint.
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Japan's flowering gift to the US capital - 100 years on
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Up to 135 people are now feared dead in an avalanche which hit a military camp in the disputed Kashmir region, a Pakistan army spokesman says.
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At least 20 people die and many others are injured after a lorry carrying retail traders runs off the road, officials say.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez travels to Cuba for more treatment on a cancerous growth in his pelvic area.
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Pakistan's military resumes a search for 135 people, including 124 soldiers, buried by an avalanche in the disputed Kashmir region.
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Yemen's main airport has re-opened after air force troops protested at the sacking of their commander, the half-brother of former President Saleh.
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Kevin Pietersen says playing in the Indian Premier League will help improve his batting technique on the sub-continent.
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The British Olympic Association chairman Colin Moynihan says it 'just takes one idiot' to ruin a London 2012 event.
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Several people are reported dead in a suspected bomb attack in the Nigerian city of Kaduna, the scene of religious conflict over recent years.
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In his last Easter sermon, Rowan Williams stresses the importance of religious education in schools, amid a growing debate about secularisation in Britain.
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State owned power supplier Abu Dhabi National Energy sells its stake in Tesla electric cars at a profit of $113m.
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Syrian activists say as many as 160 people have been killed by government forces in an escalation of violence ahead of a ceasefire backed by the UN.
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Damon Albarn says he believes Blur's summer gig in London's Hyde Park will be the band's last.
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Pope Benedict XVI delivers his traditional Easter message of peace in front of thousands of pilgrims in Rome's St Peter's Square.
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The Afghan government and US special forces sign a deal on the conduct of controversial night raids.
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The President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, has met the Indian prime minister in the first visit by a Pakistani head of state to India in seven years.
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Syria wants "written guarantees" from the opposition before withdrawing troops from flashpoints parts of the country, the foreign ministry says.
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The top legal body in Bahrain rejects a Danish request to transfer political prisoner Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, said to be close to death on hunger strike.
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Rescue teams in Peru are trying to free nine mine workers trapped underground by a rockfall at the Cabeza de Negro copper and gold mine in the south of the country.
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The German writer and Nobel laureate Guenter Grass is declared persona non grata by Israel over what it describes as a "mendacious poem".
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North Korea moves its long-range Unha-3 rocket into place for a controversial launch, amid reports it is also planning a nuclear test.
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President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan holds "friendly" talks with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on a rare visit to India.
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Veteran journalist Mike Wallace, famed for his tough interviews on US news programme 60 Minutes over four decades, dies aged 93.
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Doubts grow about the planned ceasefire in Syria after the government makes a new demand and rebels say they believe the deal is doomed to fail.
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A six-year-old child dies and many are injured, including two seriously, when the first floor of a Protestant house of worship north of Paris collapsed, police say
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President Amadou Toumani Toure of Mali formally resigns as part of a deal with coup leaders to end the crisis gripping the west African state.
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The Afghan government has signed a deal with the US, giving Afghanistan full responsibility for special forces carrying out night raids against insurgents.
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The President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, has been meeting the Indian prime minister in Delhi.
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A British soldier dies in a UK hospital from injuries sustained in an explosion in Afghanistan.
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The Russian authorities allow opposition supporters to roam freely around Red Square in Moscow but prevent a small group from pitching a tent.
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The operation to rescue nine men trapped underground in a mine near the city of Ica in the south of Peru could take days, the government has said.
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The deadline for registering as a presidential candidate has passed in Egypt, ahead of the country's first post-revolutionary polls.
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Five things I'd change about Saudi Arabia
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American Bubba Watson wins a thrilling Masters play-off with Louis Oosthuizen to secure his first major title.
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Some 100,000 more people will be without a job before the end of the summer, says the IPPR think tank.
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