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Meet Saudi Arabia's stars of social media

Thursday 3rd of March 2016, 0:09
related countries: Saudi Arabia

Who is the "Brad Pitt" of Muslim clerics?
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How to fake a US presidential campaign

Thursday 3rd of March 2016, 0:31
related countries: Italy, United States

How an Italian novelist faked a US presidential campaign
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Namibia’s battle with passion killings

Thursday 3rd of March 2016, 0:43
related countries: Namibia

Could dating contracts save the lives of Namibian lovers?
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Author thought A$200k prize was spam

Thursday 3rd of March 2016, 0:49
related countries: Aruba

An Australian author says she "fell off her chair" when she discovered an email about a $150,000 (A$207,000; £106,000) literary award was not a hoax.
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Plane debris probed for MH370 link

Thursday 3rd of March 2016, 4:29
related countries: Malaysia, Mozambique

Malaysia says there is a "high possibility" debris found off Mozambique came from a Boeing 777, the same model as missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
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VIDEO: The man who built a Calais 'Jungle' school

Thursday 3rd of March 2016, 5:48
related countries: Nigeria

Nigerian migrant Zimako Jones told BBC News about the school he built in the Calais "Jungle"
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VIDEO: Ecuador volcano erupts

Thursday 3rd of March 2016, 8:58
related countries: Ecuador

Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano has erupted, spewing columns of ash and smoke into the air.
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VIDEO: Slovakia's PM takes anti-migrant stance

Thursday 3rd of March 2016, 9:34
related countries: Slovakia

Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico is hoping his anti-migrant position will get him re-elected in 5 March elections.
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VIDEO: Richard Gere: 'Trump's campaign is disgusting'

Thursday 3rd of March 2016, 9:55
related countries: Seychelles

Hollywood actor Richard Gere has spoken to the BBC about the American presidential campaign.
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Are laptops more important than desks in Kenya's schools?

Thursday 3rd of March 2016, 10:17
related countries: Kenya

But many Kenyan schoolchildren still lack desks
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VIDEO: 'We are not animals, we are human beings'

Thursday 3rd of March 2016, 11:03
related countries: Greece

More than 25,000 migrants are now stranded in Greece as border controls further north are tightened.
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Clashes in Venezuela over court ruling

Thursday 3rd of March 2016, 12:02
related countries: Venezuela
related places: San Cristobal

Students in the Venezuelan city of San Cristobal clash with police as they protest against a court ruling curtailing the legislature's powers.
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VIDEO: Dramatic smash-and-grab at US gun store

Thursday 3rd of March 2016, 12:05
related countries: United States
related places: Houston, Texas

Dramatic CCTV footage shows at least 10 masked robbers break into a gun store in Houston, Texas, and steal more than 50 weapons.
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Surge in LRA child soldier abductions

Thursday 3rd of March 2016, 12:29
related countries: Central African Republic

The LRA rebel force abducts 217 people, including 54 children, in Central African Republic (CAR), in a sharp rise in attacks, a campaign group says.
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Russian man on trial in 'no God' row

Thursday 3rd of March 2016, 12:34
related countries: Russia

A man on trial in southern Russia faces a possible one-year prison sentence for having written "there is no God" on the internet.
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North Korea 'fires missiles' into sea

Thursday 3rd of March 2016, 13:42
related countries: South Korea, North Korea

North Korea fires six short-range projectiles off its coast, according to South Korea, hours after tough new UN sanctions.
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VIDEO: 'I ate my friends to survive'

Thursday 3rd of March 2016, 14:35
related countries: Seychelles

In 1972, Roberto Canessa was one of 45 people aboard a plane that crashed high in the Andes mountains.
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Clinton employee 'gets email immunity'

Thursday 3rd of March 2016, 14:41
related countries: United States

An ex-state department employee who set up the private email server used by Hillary Clinton when she was secretary of state has been granted immunity, according to US media reports.
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Two women killed in Turkey shootout

Thursday 3rd of March 2016, 14:50
related countries: Turkey
related places: Istanbul

Two women reported to be members of a far-left militant group are killed after attacking police in Istanbul, the Turkish city's governor says.
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Massive power blackout in Syria

Thursday 3rd of March 2016, 15:36
related countries: Syria

Syria's electricity network suffers a massive breakdown across the country for unknown reasons, state media say.
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Honduran indigenous activist killed

Thursday 3rd of March 2016, 15:42
related countries: Honduras

Award-winning Honduran indigenous and environmental rights activist Berta Caceres is killed by two armed men in her home in western Honduras.
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Trump-jibe student faces US deportation

Thursday 3rd of March 2016, 16:19
related countries: Egypt, United States

A student pilot from Egypt is facing deportation from the US after posting on Facebook that the world would thank him if he killed Donald Trump.
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Pistorius denied leave to appeal

Thursday 3rd of March 2016, 17:02
related countries: South Africa

South African athlete Oscar Pistorius is denied leave to appeal against his conviction for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
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Ukraine pilot vows hunger strike at trial

Thursday 3rd of March 2016, 17:31
related countries: Ukraine, Russia

A Ukrainian pilot accused of killing two Russian journalists vows to go on hunger strike after being denied a closing statement at her trial.
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Egypt extradites 'Air Cocaine' suspect

Thursday 3rd of March 2016, 17:52
related countries: Egypt, Dominican Republic, Dominica

Egypt says it has extradited a Frenchman to the Dominican Republic for allegedly aiding the escape of two pilots sentenced in a drug case.
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Why did Pakistan admit to hosting the Afghan Taliban?

Thursday 3rd of March 2016, 18:18
related countries: Afghanistan, Pakistan

Why did Pakistan say it is hosting Afghan Taliban leaders?
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Greek Cup cancelled after violence

Thursday 3rd of March 2016, 18:35
related countries: Greece

This season's Greek Cup is cancelled after the semi-final between PAOK Salonika and Olympiakos was abandoned.
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Al-Shabab journalist sentenced to death

Thursday 3rd of March 2016, 19:06
related countries: Somalia

A Somali military court sentences to death a former journalist accused of helping al-Shabab murder five of his fellow reporters.
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'Do not come to Europe' - EU's Tusk

Thursday 3rd of March 2016, 19:50
related countries: Greece, Turkey

European Council President Donald Tusk warns illegal economic migrants against coming to Europe, during a new push to solve the EU migrant crisis.
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VIDEO: 'Don't come to Greece', migrants warn

Thursday 3rd of March 2016, 19:53
related countries: Greece

The BBC's Danny Savage reports from the Greece-Macedonia border - where thousands of refugees and migrants are stranded.
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VIDEO: Driver saved from lorry in Peru floods

Thursday 3rd of March 2016, 22:03
related countries: Peru

Dramatic footage shows the moment a truck driver was saved from the top of a lorry after flood waters swept over it in Peru.
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Brazil's speaker on corruption charges

Thursday 3rd of March 2016, 22:08
related countries: Botswana

The Brazilian Supreme Court votes to back corruption charges against the speaker of the lower house of Congress, Eduardo Cunha.
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Spanish princess appears at fraud trial

Thursday 3rd of March 2016, 22:11
related countries: Spain

Spain's Princess Cristina testifies for the first time at her trial for alleged tax fraud, answering only the questions posed by her own lawyer.
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VIDEO: Rare albino whale and calf filmed

Thursday 3rd of March 2016, 22:18
related countries: Mexico

A rare albino whale has been filmed off Mexico's Pacific coast - apparently gliding through the waters with its calf.
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NK leader urges nuclear readiness

Thursday 3rd of March 2016, 22:53
related countries: North Korea

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un says his country's nuclear weapons should be ready for use "at any time", state media report.
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