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United KingdomThe drought in parts of England could have a serious impact on wildlife, the Environment Agency warns.
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TongaA period of mourning has been declared in the South Pacific nation of Tonga following the death of King George Tupou V.
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CubaDozens of Cuban opposition activists are arrested in Havana, a week before Pope Benedict XVI is due to visit the Communist island.
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Liberia'My mother's house was burned and my church has banned me'
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United KingdomA report from England's children's commissioner finds evidence that some schools are illegally excluding pupils.
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UruguayTwo male nurses in Uruguay are charged over several deaths at Montevideo hospitals, amid suspicions they may have killed dozens of patients.
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Libya, United KingdomTwo British journalists detained in Libya after admitting entering the country illegally have been released, the Foreign Office has confirmed.
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Turkey, 
SyriaThe Yemeni Nobel Peace Prize Winner Tawakul Karman has visited a refugee camp in Turkey for displaced Syrians.
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ChinaProperty prices in most Chinese cities fall for a fifth consecutive month, as government policies to curb speculation in the market show results.
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ThailandHow a Bangkok taxi driver scooped the world's media
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United KingdomA study suggests that the internet contributes to 8.3% of UK GDP, a bigger share than for any of the other G20 major economies.
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GreeceA game between local rivals Olympiakos and Panathinaikos had to be abandoned after it was interrupted by crowd violence.
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Tonga, 
Hong KongKing George Tupou V of the South Pacific nation of Tonga dies in Hong Kong at the age of 63, officials confirm.
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IndiaIndia's Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi resigns after his party protested against his decision to increase passenger fares.
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East TimorEast Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta admits defeat and congratulates his rivals after the first round of the country's presidential election.
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AustraliaOne of Australia's most photographed and recognisable landmarks, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, is celebrating its 80th birthday.
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ChinaInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) head Christine Lagarde says China must stop its economy being too dependent on exports and investment.
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CubaCuban police have arrested dozens of opposition activists from the protest group Ladies in White, who are demanding the release of political prisoners.
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United StatesThe Lewis McChord military facility has the worst record for dealing with post traumatic stress disorder, according to the independent military newspaper Stars and Stripes.
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Bolivia, 
PeruWater levels on Lake Titicaca, which straddles the border between Bolivia and Peru, have risen to their highest for decades.
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SwitzerlandRising unemployment and cuts in salaries across large parts of the eurozone are leading many citizens to look for work beyond its borders, to countries like Switzerland.
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Libya, United KingdomTwo British journalists detained in Libya after admitting entering the country illegally have been released, the Foreign Office confirms.
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India, United StatesIndian cricketer Yuvraj Singh says he has completed his cancer treatment in the US and "can’t wait to return home".
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IndiaIndian journalist tells of attack while bystanders watched
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RussiaA group of grannies from a remote village in the Ural mountains are Russia's surprise entry for the next Eurovision contest in May.
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Israel, 
Iran, United StatesIs an Israeli strike against Iran avoidable or inevitable?
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United StatesA big screen version of 1980s TV show 21 Jump Street comes top of the North American box office chart in its first weekend of release.
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NetherlandsAnna Holligan visits a hotel in the Netherlands where people arrive married and leave single.
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ItalyItalian Consul General Joel Melchiori says he is "hopeful" two Italians kidnapped by Maoist rebels in the eastern state of Orissa will be released.
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Canada, United KingdomRioters fought with firefighters and police in the Canadian city of London, Ontario, as St Patrick's Day parties spiralled out of control overnight.
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ChinaA Chinese man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for stealing nine pieces of art from the Forbidden City in Beijing.
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United KingdomThe general who hid from Churchill a plan to arm Vichy France
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ArubaMcLaren say their new car is strong enough to compete for wins at all circuits following Jenson Button’s victory in the Australian Grand Prix.
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SomaliaA Somali family of four are among six people killed as militants fire mortars on a refugee camp near the presidential palace in Mogadishu, officials say.
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IndonesiaIndonesian anti-terror police shoot dead five men suspected of planning robberies to fund terror attacks on the island of Bali, officials say.
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TongaThe South Pacific nation of Tonga is in mourning following the death of its king, George Tupou V, at the age of 63.
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India, 
Sri LankaIndian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says India is "inclined" to support a UN Human Rights Council resolution on alleged Sri Lankan war crimes.
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FranceA gunman on a scooter has opened fire on a Jewish school in the French city of Toulouse, killing three children and a teacher, police say.
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United KingdomUK Prime Minister David Cameron says much more private investment is needed in England's road network.
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United KingdomThe street-by-street route for the London 2012 Olympic torch relay is set out as over 7,000 torchbearers are confirmed.
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BelarusBelarus executes two men convicted of a metro bombing in Minsk in April which killed 15 people, drawing EU condemnation.
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ItalyItalian police arrest 16 judges in what is described as a big anti-mafia operation centred on the southern city of Naples.
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EgyptNewspapers in Egypt are grappling with the impact Pope Shenouda's death will have on national unity at a time of rising tensions between religious faiths.
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CambodiaA second judge resigns from the UN-backed international war crimes trial in Cambodia, saying efforts to pursue the regime are being blocked.
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United StatesJoseph Kony's victims back online campaign - and want US troops
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Russia, 
Democratic Republic of the CongoCongo's Christopher Samba, who had a banana thrown at him while playing for Russians Anzhi Makhachkala, laments the fact that the incident happened so close to children.
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MaldivesPolice in the Maldives use tear gas against opposition demonstrators trying to disrupt the opening of parliament by the new president, officials say.
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Puerto Rico, United StatesFresh from victory in Puerto Rico, Republican candidate Mitt Romney campaigns hard in Illinois, while rival Rick Santorum vows to fight on.
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Guinea-Bissau, 
GuineaThe former head of military intelligence in Guinea-Bissau is shot dead by uniformed men just hours after polls closed in the unstable country, officials say.
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Sweden, IndiaIndia's weapons spending is behind a 24% jump in the global arms trade in the last five years, says a think tank based in Sweden.
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LibyaHuman rights group Amnesty International calls on Nato to investigate civilian deaths from its bombing campaign in Libya last year.
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FranceThree children and a teacher are shot dead by a gunman at a Jewish school in the French city of Toulouse - it is being linked to shootings last week.
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Egypt, 
TunisiaA Zimbabwean court convicts six activists of inciting public violence for discussing the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia.
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United StatesStudents in the US state of Florida rally to demand the arrest of a community watch volunteer who shot dead an unarmed black teenager.
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SyriaA firefight erupts in Damascus, one of the fiercest clashes in the Syrian capital since the year-long uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began.
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Iran, Hong KongIran's best foreign language film winner A Separation collects four prizes at the Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong.
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BotswanaFormer Fifa president and IOC member Joao Havelange, aged 95, is in hospital with a serious infection, a Brazilian hospital says.
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FranceTen French politicians have been confirmed as candidates in the 2012 presidential election, one of the most closely fought in decades.
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ChinaWill a Chinese tea grown using panda poo as fertiliser prove to be a delicacy, or publicity stunt?
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SomaliaThe Somali National Theatre reopens in Mogadishu more than two decades after it was closed amid civil war.
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North KoreaThe UN nuclear watchdog says it has been invited to visit North Korea - three years after its inspectors were expelled from the country.
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United Kingdom, 
SpainSix people are arrested in the UK and Spain on suspicion of importing and selling fake drugs including Viagra.
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Afghanistan, United StatesA lawyer for Robert Bales, the US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians this month, meets the suspect at a US army prison for the first time.
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NorwayFive foreign tourists die and one is in hospital after an avalanche hits a group of skiers in northern Norway, police say.
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Syria, RussiaRussia calls for daily humanitarian ceasefires in Syria to allow aid into the areas worst affected by fighting, following a meeting with the Red Cross.
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United KingdomFabrice Muamba can recognise family and breathe by himself, his hospital and his club Bolton confirm in a joint statement.
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Afghanistan, United StatesAfghan massacre prompts US debate over post-traumatic stress
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IraqTens of thousands of Iraqi Shias hold a large rally in the southern city of Basra demanding better living conditions.
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Libya, 
MauritaniaAs the Libyan authorities try to secure the extradition of Abdullah al-Senussi - the head of intelligence in Col Gaddafi's government - from neighbouring Mauritania, details have emerged about the number of people that may have been killed and abduct
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Syria, RussiaRussia has joined the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in calling for a daily two-hour humanitarian ceasefire in Syria.
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MexicoTwelve Mexican police officers are killed in an ambush as they search for the bodies of 10 people whose heads were found on Sunday.
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United KingdomThe government's planned changes to the NHS in England have cleared their final reading in the House of Lords.
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AustraliaOne of Australia's most recognisable landmarks, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, has celebrated its 80th birthday.
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FranceFrench police say one of the guns used in a fatal shooting at a Jewish school in Toulouse was also used in the killings of three French soldiers.
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