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American novelist Harper Lee, author of Pulitzer Prize-winning To Kill a Mockingbird, dies aged 89.
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Turkish composer AyseDeniz Gokcin has reworked some of Nirvana's most famous tracks to mark what would have been Kurt Cobain's 49th birthday
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Defence correspondent Jonathan Beale reports on locals' hopes for the future, 34 years on from the Falklands War.
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Hundreds of migrants living in part of a camp in the French port of Calais known as the Jungle are ordered to leave by Tuesday or face eviction.
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The Italian writer and philosopher Umberto Eco, best known for his 1980s novel The Name of the Rose, dies at the age of 84.
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Brazilian Senator Delcidio do Amaral, accused of obstructing a major corruption investigation, leaves prison after a judge orders his release.
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The fallout from one man's French language reforms
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US President Barack Obama pays tribute to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia who died last week, throwing the court into uncertainty.
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President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia indicates for the first time that peace talks with the Farc rebels will not go beyond a 23 March deadline.
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The Syrian refugees now waiting for families to join them
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About 3,000 couples from around the world take part in a mass wedding at the South Korean headquarters of the controversial Unification Church.
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The Afghan families stuck between IS and the Taliban
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A new exhibition marks 50 years since Brazil's 1966 World Cup stars made their home in a Cheshire village.
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The longest-serving prisoner to be held in solitary confinement in US history, Albert Woodfox, walks free after 43 years.
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China replaces the head of its securities regulator as it tries to tackle major volatility in its stock markets.
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About 3,000 couples from around the world take part in a mass wedding at the South Korean headquarters of the controversial Unification Church.
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David Cameron is to present his deal on the UK's EU membership to the cabinet - with a referendum date to be announced afterwards.
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Ugandan leader Yoweri Museveni takes a strong lead in presidential elections, results show, with main rival Kizza Besigye meanwhile put under house arrest.
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A powerful storm makes landfall on Fiji's main island, bringing strong winds and torrential rain to the Pacific nation.
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The longest-serving prisoner to be held in solitary confinement in US history, Albert Woodfox, is freed after 43 years.
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Uganda's electoral commission announces that Yoweri Museveni has won a fifth term as president amid allegations of intimidation and vote rigging.
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Militants in Indian-administered Kashmir are surrounded by the security forces after attacking a convoy of Indian soldiers, military officials say.
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Plummeting oil prices drag down Venezuela's economy
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Swedish carmaker Volvo is recalling 59,000 cars across 40 markets over a fault that can briefly shut down the engine.
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At least five people die in a second day of violence related to caste rights in the northern Indian state of Haryana, police say.
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A funeral Mass is held in Washington for US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who died last weekend at the age of 79.
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Police in eastern Germany defend the action taken when a bus carrying migrants was surrounded by loud protesters in the village of Clausnitz.
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Former Prime Minister Faustin Touadera is elected president of the Central African Republic, provisional results in the run-off show.
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Fire at Sea, a documentary about Europe's migrant crisis, wins the Golden Bear award for best movie at the Berlin Film Festival.
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Two Serbian captives are confirmed to have died in Friday's US air strikes against the Islamic State group in western Libya, Serbia says.
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The contest for Republican and Democratic contenders to become US presidential candidates enters a third round, in Nevada and South Carolina.
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US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has won the Nevada Democratic caucuses, US media report.
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Samuel Willenberg, the last survivor of Nazi Germany's Treblinka death camp in Poland, dies in Israel at the age of 93.
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Authorities are assessing damage in Fiji after the most powerful cyclone in the Pacific nation's history, with reports entire villages have been flattened.
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Syrian journalist Rami Jarrah, who was arrested on Wednesday in Turkey, has announced his own release without charge.
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The UK will vote on whether to remain in the EU on Thursday 23 June, Prime Minister David Cameron says, as six ministers back the leave campaign.
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