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Game sales surpassed video in UK
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 0:06related countries:
United KingdomComputer game sales overtook those of videos for the first time last year, an industry report suggests.
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South Korean shanty town on sought-after real estate
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 0:16related countries:
North KoreaShanty town church in South Korean capital's wealthiest area
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The man who helped 'simplify' Chinese
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 0:22related countries:
ChinaMeet the man who helped make learning Chinese simple
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Portugal's quiet poverty crisis
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 0:46related countries:
PortugalPortuguese feel the growing burden of austerity
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Liver disease deaths 'increasing'
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 0:51related countries:
United KingdomDeaths from liver disease in England have reached record levels, rising by 25% in less than a decade, according to new NHS figures.
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Moscow becomes major Muslim city
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 1:03related countries:
Russiarelated places: Moscow
Moscow's two million Muslims run out of space
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VIDEO: The faces and changes in Havana
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 1:07related countries:
CubaThe faces and changes in Old Havana
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In pictures: Russian Empire in colour photos
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 1:24related countries:
RussiaThe amazing 100-year-old photos of Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii
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China lawyers in allegiance oath
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 2:23related countries:
ChinaThe Justice Ministry in China says lawyers are now required to swear allegiance to the ruling Communist Party, a move critics see as "inappropriate".
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VIDEO: Troops in Mali attack palace
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 3:46related countries:
Malirelated places: Bamako
Troops in Mali have attacked the presidential palace in the capital Bamako hours after staging a mutiny.
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India market gutted in huge fire
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 4:05related countries:
Indiarelated places: Calcutta
A massive fire sweeps through one of the oldest markets in the eastern Indian city of Calcutta, destroying the majority of the shops.
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Australia's most wanted man held
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 4:17related countries:
AustraliaAustralia's most wanted man, who managed to evade a police manhunt for seven years, is finally captured and charged with murder.
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Shell in shale gas pact in China
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 4:32related countries:
Netherlands, ChinaRoyal Dutch Shell signs its first-ever production sharing contract for shale gas in China with China National Petroleum Corporation.
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VIDEO: Australia's most wanted man caught
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 5:11related countries:
AustraliaAustralia's most wanted man Malcolm Naden, who evaded police for seven years, is finally caught.
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Norway 'not to release' children
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 5:42related countries:
India, 
NorwayNorwegian social services say they cannot hand over two Indian children taken into foster care to their uncle because of reports of family "conflicts".
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Mahon Tribunal report due later
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 6:26related countries:
IrelandThe longest running public inquiry in the history of the Irish Republic is expected to conclude later with the publication of the Mahon Tribunal report.
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Japan in surprise trade surplus
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 6:34related countries:
Japan, 
United Statesrelated places: February
Japan posted a surprise trade surplus for February, after a record high deficit the previous month, as external demand picks up.
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Freed UK hostage set to fly home
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 7:52related countries:
Kenya, 
Somalia, United KingdomA woman kidnapped from a remote beach resort in Kenya and held hostage in Somalia for more than six months is preparing to return home to Britain.
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Portugal's young eye life abroad
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 8:26related countries:
PortugalPortugal's young look abroad for work
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In pictures: Learning to be racist in South Africa
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 8:55related countries:
South AfricaPictures of South Africa's white extremist training camps
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Court makes order on Force India
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 9:04related countries:
ItalyA High Court judge has ordered Force India to pay more than £700,000 in unpaid fees to Italian race car design company Aerolab.
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Profit up at B&Q owner Kingfisher
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 9:11related countries:
Ireland, United KingdomB&Q owner Kingfisher has reported a 19% rise in annual profit, but sales in the UK and Irish Republic fell last year.
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Screenwriter Tonino Guerra dies
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 9:39related countries:
Italyrelated places: Rimini
Guerra, whose work helped define post-war Italian cinema, dies in Rimini after a short illness.
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French gunman siege 'nearing end'
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 10:37related countries:
Francerelated places: Toulouse
The siege of a gunman suspected of seven killings in southern France is nearing an end, police sources say, with AFP reporting he has been killed.
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Sharp decline in UK retail sales
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 10:42related countries:
United KingdomUK retail sales volumes fell by 0.8% in February compared with the previous month, official figures show, a sharper decline than expected.
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Uganda arrest after police death
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 10:44related countries:
Ugandarelated places: Kampala
Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye is held under house arrest after the death of a policeman during clashes in the capital, his party says.
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Police to examine Mahon findings
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 11:03related countries:
IrelandA report into corruption in the Republic's planning process finds that former Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern failed to truthfully account for a number of financial transactions.
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'Hanging out' with One Direction in the US
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 11:07related countries:
United States'Hanging out' with One Direction in the US
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China manufacturing activity dips
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 11:12related countries:
ChinaChina's manufacturing activity continues to slow, raising fears the global slowdown is harming its economy.
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Rebel Mali soldiers claim control
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 11:12related countries:
Malirelated places: Bamako
Renegade soldiers appear on Malian state TV to announce they have seized control of the country, hours after attacking the presidential palace.
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Thirteen dead in Turkish clashes
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 11:22related countries:
TurkeySeven Kurdish rebels and six members of the security forces die in fighting in the far south-east of the country, sources say.
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VIDEO: 'He jumped from window firing a gun'
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 11:31related countries:
Francerelated places: Toulouse
A police siege in the French city of Toulouse has ended with a man suspected of killing seven people now dead, the French interior minister has said.
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Outrage over India coal scandal
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 11:42related countries:
IndiaThere is outrage in India's parliament after a draft report by government auditors estimated the country lost $210bn by selling coalfields too cheaply.
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Randgold shares plunge after coup
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 12:18related countries:
MaliShares in Randgold Resources plunge 13% after a coup in Mali where the company has three gold mines.
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VIDEO: Gunman dead as French siege ends
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 12:38related countries:
Francerelated places: Toulouse
A police siege in the French city of Toulouse has ended with a man suspected of killing seven people now dead, the French interior minister has said.
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Ireland falls back into recession
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 12:53related countries:
IrelandThe Republic of Ireland fell back into recession in the last three months of 2011, official figures show.
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VIDEO: Toulouse inquiry: Did gunman act alone?
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 12:58related countries:
Francerelated places: Toulouse
French President Nicholas Sarkozy has appealed for unity following the dramatic end to the siege in Toulouse.
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Rebel Mali soldiers call for calm
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 13:22related countries:
MaliRenegade troops in Mali call for calm and say all borders are closed after announcing that they have seized control of the country on state TV.
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Glaxo invests £500m in UK sites
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 13:33related countries:
United Kingdomrelated places: Ulverston
UK drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline says it will invest £500m in manufacturing in the nation, including building a new factory in Ulverston, Cumbria.
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Kashmir car explosion kills one
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 13:58related countries:
Indiarelated places: Srinagar, At
At least one person has been killed and 25 others critically wounded in a blast south of Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir, officials say.
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UN adopts S Lanka war resolution
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 15:09related countries:
Sri LankaThe UN Human Rights Council adopts a resolution urging Sri Lanka to investigate alleged abuses during the final phase of war with Tamil rebels.
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Team GB 2012 Olympic kit revealed
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 15:21related countries:
United KingdomStella McCartney's design for Team GB's London 2012 kit puts athletes in blue-based clothing, with a motif inspired by the union flag, and vivid red shoes.
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Hermes bags record 2011 profits
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 15:46related countries:
Francerelated places: Hermes
French accessories maker Hermes reports a record rise in profits, the latest luxury goods firm to be doing well despite the global economic gloom.
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Al-Qaeda 'German hostage threat'
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 15:52related countries:
GermanyAl-Qaeda's North African affiliate reportedly demands in a video that Germany free a woman jailed on terror charges in return for a German hostage.
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Boy sentenced over London riots
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 15:55related countries:
United Kingdomrelated places: London
A 12-year-old boy who smashed a florist's window becomes one of the youngest to be sentenced over last summer's riots in London.
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VIDEO: French Muslims react to death of gunman
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 16:53related countries:
Francerelated places: Paris, Toulouse
French Muslims in Paris react to the killing of the Toulouse gunman Mohammed Merah.
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Belgium buries more crash victims
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 16:59related countries:
Belgiumrelated places: Leuven
Thousands of mourners attend a funeral ceremony in the Belgian town of Leuven, to bury seven more of the 22 children killed in a bus accident last week.
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Portuguese workers stage strike
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 17:08related countries:
PortugalPublic sector workers stage a general strike in Portugal to protest against job cuts and tax rises.
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Grace suffers lost ball in bunker
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 17:20related countries:
South Africa, 
MoroccoSouth African Branden Grace's progress at the Hassan Trophy in Morocco is hampered when he loses his ball in a bunker.
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Obama backs south Keystone route
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 17:24related countries:
United Statesrelated places: Keystone
US President Barack Obama pledges to fast-track federal approval for the southern leg of the much-disputed Keystone XL pipeline project.
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Row over Maasai cricketing attire
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 17:42related countries:
KenyaA team of Maasai cricketers in Kenya is engaged in a row with their coach over whether to play in their traditional custom at an upcoming tournament.
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Pakistan edge to Asia Cup glory
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 17:50related countries:
Pakistan, 
Bangladeshrelated places: Dhaka
Pakistan win a thrilling Asia Cup final against Bangladesh in Dhaka by two runs, to deny the hosts a first major trophy.
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Cuba 'ramps up rights crackdown'
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 17:51related countries:
CubaCuba intensifies its harassment of dissidents and human rights activists, according to Amnesty International.
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Anzhi angered in Samba banana row
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 17:58related countries:
RussiaAnzhi Makhachkala hit back at "interference" after Lokomotiv Moscow claim an Anzhi fan - not a Lokomotiv supporter - threw a banana at Christopher Samba.
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VIDEO: UN adopts Sri Lanka war resolution
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 18:10related countries:
Sri LankaThe UN Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution urging Sri Lanka to investigate alleged abuses during the final phase of war with Tamil rebels.
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More Costa Concordia bodies found
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 18:46related countries:
ItalyFive more bodies are found near the wreck of the Costa Concordia, more than two months after the cruise ship capsized off the Italian coast.
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UK soldier killed in blast named
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 19:06related countries:
Afghanistan, United KingdomA soldier killed in a roadside bomb blast in Afghanistan on Wednesday is named by the Ministry of Defence as Capt Rupert Bowers.
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Toulouse gunman killed by sniper
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 19:38related countries:
Francerelated places: Toulouse
A police sniper shot and killed the gunman who carried out a spate of murders in southern France, prosecutors say, after a 32-hour siege.
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Attack on Syrian bus 'kills 10'
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 20:18related countries:
SyriaOpposition groups in Syria say at least 10 civilians have died on a bus trying to flee to Turkey, with about 60 people killed throughout the country.
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Police ballot on right to strike
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 20:26related countries:
United KingdomPolice officers in England and Wales are to be balloted on whether they want to be given the right to strike, the Police Federation says.
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Pair found dead 'with shirts off'
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 21:20related countries:
United KingdomA Florida court hears two British men shot dead last year were found with their shirts off and trousers round their thighs.
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VIDEO: Mali soldiers say they have seized power
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 21:40related countries:
MaliRebel troops in Mali have looted the presidential palace after a coup and claim they are now in power.
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Party moves to expel Bertie Ahern
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 22:46related countries:
IrelandIrish political party Fianna Fail says it will seek to expel former leader and prime minister Bertie Ahern in the wake of the Mahon Tribunal.
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VIDEO: US army helicopter spins out of control
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 22:48related countries:
Afghanistan, United Statesrelated places: February
Video footage has been released of a US Apache helicopter which went out of control and crashed into a mountain in Afghanistan in February.
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Houston drowned after cocaine use
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 22:49related countries:
United StatesWhitney Houston's death was caused by accidental drowning, but her chronic use of cocaine was also a factor, a coroner rules.
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US soldier to face murder charges
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 23:16related countries:
Afghanistan, United StatesThe US soldier suspected of killing Afghan civilians, Robert Bales, is to be charged with 17 counts of murder, US officials tell the BBC.
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Rival marches over Ecuador mining
Thursday 22nd of March 2012, 23:30related countries:
EcuadorIndigenous people from Ecuador's Amazon region stage a march against mining plans, as government supporters hold their own rally in favour.
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