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Semi-detached houses and cornflakes in corner of Pakistan
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How much progress is Japan making with Fukushima clean-up?
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A Japanese researcher spins thousands of strands of spider silk into violin strings, said to have a "soft and profound timbre" relative to standard strings.
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Get to know China's next generation of leaders
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BBC visits Somali town seized from Islamists by Ethiopian troops
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Authorities in India's Uttar Pradesh state uncover statues of Chief Minister Mayawati and her party symbols two months after they were shrouded to avoid "swaying" voters.
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Bailed out US insurance giant AIG is selling shares worth $6bn (£3.8bn) in Hong-Kong based AIA, to help repay the US government.
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Rapid urbanisation in India is leaving its cities huge volumes of waste.
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Hong Kong extends trading hours despite protests from some brokers and traders, who say they need a long lunch break to meet clients.
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev orders a review of the legality of the conviction of former tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
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An anonymous donor is giving away mysterious wads of money in the German town of Braunschweig.
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Secret documents reveal the Lockerbie bomber told investigators he may have visited Malta to have sex shortly before the 1988 atrocity.
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Fifa secretary general Jerome Valcke says the FAs of Scotland, Wales and Ireland should support the GB Olympic football team.
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A Unesco team arrives in Australia to investigate possible damage to the Great Barrier Reef by the mining industry.
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At least two people are killed and thousands forced from their homes as flooding continues across areas in three Australian states.
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An earthquake of magnitude 4.9 shakes buildings in the Indian capital, Delhi, but no casualties or damage are reported.
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China's premier opens the last parliament session before a leadership change with a wide-ranging speech on the economy, land rights and the military.
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Vladimir Putin celebrates an election victory that will see him return to the Russian presidency, but a leading watchdog says the poll was not fair.
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An aquarium in Tokyo is trying to locate a one-year-old escaped Humboldt penguin last seen heading for Tokyo Bay.
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Russell Brand, Coldplay and a host of other acts take part in a Secret Policeman's Ball gala in New York - the first to take place outside the UK.
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The Maldives has one of the largest colonies of manta rays in the world but it needs legal protection, as John McIntyre reports.
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3D animation The Lorax has the best opening weekend of the year so far at the US box office, making more than $70m in its first three days in cinemas.
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The Red Cross is to try for a fourth consecutive day to get relief aid into the shattered Baba Amr district of the central Syrian city of Homs.
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The head of the Pakistani Taliban has removed his deputy commander, the militant group confirms to the BBC, the latest sign of a growing power struggle.
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US Vice-President Joe Biden is visiting Mexico and Honduras amid calls by regional leaders for a renewed debate on decriminalising drugs.
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The US government formally calls on New Zealand to hand over the founder of the Megaupload file-sharing site and three of his co-workers.
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Malawi's President Bingu wa Mutharika tells foreign donors to 'go to hell', accusing them of plotting with civil society groups to topple his government.
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Great Britain's rhythmic gymnasts are set to compete at the London 2012 Olympics having won an appeal against their governing body.
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Ghanaian presidential candidate Nana Akufo-Addo tells HARDtalk why he believes the Chinese have a healthy interest in Ghana.
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People fleeing the Syrian city of Homs have accused the security forces of committing atrocities, including summary executions and cutting the throats of prisoners.
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India bans cotton exports with immediate effect, as a boom in exports and lower-than-expected production has local mill owners worried about rising prices.
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Gunmen in Somalia shoot dead a journalist in the north-central town of Galkayo - the third such killing this year.
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An Indonesian court sentences an Islamist militant to 18 years in jail for a parcel-bombing campaign targeting moderate Muslim leaders and police.
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Two Tibetan women have died in separate incidents of self-immolation in Western China, Tibetan rights activists and exiles say.
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Does a German town have its very own Robin Hood?
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People in trial areas will soon be able to find out from police if partners have a history of domestic violence, under a scheme dubbed Clare's Law.
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Tate Modern buys part of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's sunflower seeds installation with plans to display it in a conical structure.
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The trial of former Icelandic Prime Minister Geir Haarde, on charges of negligence over the 2008 financial crisis, begins in Reykjavik.
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A Hindu trust in India's Bihar state begins construction of a temple that will be a replica of Cambodia's Angkor Wat, only larger.
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West Indies cricket mourns the loss of batsman Runako Morton, who has died in a car crash in Trinidad at the age of 33.
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Damian Grammaticas reports on one man's story of alleged bullying and corruption by local Communist Party officials and the police.
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Iran's Supreme Court overturns the death sentence imposed on an Iranian-American national accused of spying for the CIA and orders a retrial.
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US President Barack Obama and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu are to meet at the White House for key talks on Iran's nuclear programme.
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At least 27 policemen have been killed in a wave of shootings blamed on al-Qaeda in the western Iraqi city of Haditha.
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Talks with Jordan's government over the deportation of radical cleric Abu Qatada have been "positive", Home Secretary Theresa May says.
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A small Greek tanker carrying more than 2,000 tonnes of oil sinks near the capital, Athens, with the captain on board.
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Two men are convicted of taking part in the UK's biggest "Ponzi" fraud scheme in which investors lost £115m.
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At least two civilians are killed in a suspected suicide attack at the entrance to the Bagram air base in Afghanistan, officials say.
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Expert surgeons in the UK say patients should no longer be given all-metal hip replacements, despite assurances from regulators following safety concerns.
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The US service sector expanded at its fastest rate in a year in February, lifted by a rise in new orders, a survey indicates
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The death of one of Italy's most popular singers, Lucio Dalla, sparks debate about attitudes towards homosexuality in the country.
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More than 100 people, both soldiers and militants, are now said to have been killed in fighting near an Islamist-held part of southern Yemen, officials say.
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Blasts at an arms depot, which killed at least 146 people in Congo's capital Brazzaville, were caused by a short-circuit that led to a fire, officials say.
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A Polish rail traffic controller is to be prosecuted over a train crash that left 16 people dead and more than 50 others injured.
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Amateur video has emerged of the devastating tornadoes which wreaked havoc in the US at the weekend.
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Ex-New Zealand cricket all-rounder Chris Cairns sues Lalit Modi, the former chairman of the IPL, for libel over claims of involvement in match fixing.
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Russia's presidential election was "clearly skewed" in favour of Vladimir Putin, international monitors say as police arrest protesters at rallies.
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A newly elected MP in the Egyptian parliament quits after covering up his plastic surgery as a car-jack attack, his party says.
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A Sri Lankan man dies while trying to break an informal local record for the longest time spent being buried alive, police say.
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It is still too dangerous to enter the area where ammunition stockpiles exploded in Congo's capital, Brazzaville, killing at least 146 people, rescue workers say.
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Prince Harry has attended a stadium event to celebrate the achievements of youth in the Bahamas as part of his Jubilee tour on behalf of the Queen.
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The main gas pipeline sending supplies from Egypt to Jordan and Israel is attacked, causing two large explosions, officials say.
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A toddler found alive after her home was destroyed by a tornado that killed her family in the US state of Indiana dies in hospital.
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People fleeing Homs tell a BBC correspondent outside the Syrian city that security forces are committing atrocities, including summary executions.
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A Briton extradited to the United States over allegations of arms dealing is denied bail.
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Eurostar services between London and the continent suffer serious delays due to an overhead power cable fault, with many passengers stranded on trains.
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Germany says a remark by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko that he would rather be a dictator than gay says more about him than anything else.
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Police in Colombia arrest a businessman they accuse of providing a powerful criminal gang with weapons and communications equipment.
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Russian protest leader Alexey Navalny is briefly held as police arrest 550 people after a rally against Vladimir Putin's election as president.
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