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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Serbia offers Srebrenica apology The Serbian parliament condemns the massacre of Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica in 1995, ending years of denial. |
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| PM Putin demands bombers caught Vladimir Putin says catching the organisers of Monday's Moscow suicide attacks is a "matter of honour" for the security services. | |
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| Colombia rebels release hostage Left-wing guerrillas in Colombia free a soldier held captive for 12 years - the second soldier to be freed in recent days. | |
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| Allawi accuses Iran over election Iyad Allawi, the man who won Iraq's parliamentary elections, accuses Iran of trying to prevent him from becoming prime minister. | |
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| US-French push for Iran sanctions President Obama and French President Sarkozy vow to push for tougher nuclear sanctions against Iran. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Zimbabwe farmers win SA property South African authorities hand over the ownership documents of a Zimbabwe government house to white farmers. |
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| Semenya vows to race this season World 800m champion Caster Semenya says she will race again this season, hours after being told to wait for results of her gender-verification tests to be revealed. | |
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| Sharia court confirms Twitter ban A Sharia court in northern Nigeria permanently bans a civil rights group from debating punishment amputations on the internet. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Colombia rebels release hostage Left-wing guerrillas in Colombia free a soldier held captive for 12 years - the second soldier to be freed in recent days. |
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| US-French push for Iran sanctions President Obama and French President Sarkozy vow to push for tougher nuclear sanctions against Iran. | |
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| Ricky Martin announces he is gay Puerto Rican pop singer Ricky Martin announces he is gay, ending years of speculation over his sexuality. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Diver dies at S Korea rescue site A South Korean military diver searching for survivors from a warship that sank after a mysterious explosion dies. |
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| Barbs traded over Rio Tinto case China and Australia trade criticism in the wake of the jailing of four Rio Tinto executives for corruption. | |
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| Stalemate at Thai red-shirt talks Thailand's opposition red-shirt protest leaders say peace talks with the government have stopped, for the moment. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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| Serbia offers Srebrenica apology The Serbian parliament condemns the massacre of Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica in 1995, ending years of denial. |
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| France advised against veil ban France's State Council says any total ban on face-covering Islamic veils could be unconstitutional. | |
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| Collapse at Nero's golden palace Part of the ceiling over the palace of the Roman emperor Nero in Rome collapses, prompting concern over the site's stability. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Allawi accuses Iran over election Iyad Allawi, the man who won Iraq's parliamentary elections, accuses Iran of trying to prevent him from becoming prime minister. |
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| Death penalty over Kuwaiti fire A 23-year-old woman is sentenced to death in Kuwait for starting a deadly blaze at her former husband's wedding. | |
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| Iran diplomat 'freed in Pakistan' An Iranian diplomat taken hostage in Pakistan in 2008 is freed and returned to Iran, Iranian diplomatic sources say. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | UN report on Bhutto death delayed A United Nations report into the assassination of Benazir Bhutto is delayed until mid-April at Pakistan's request. |
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| Pakistan court in corruption vow Pakistan's Supreme Court says it will jail the head of the country's anti-corruption agency unless he reopens corruption cases. | |
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| India guru quits after sex claims A Hindu holy man in India quits as head of a religious organisation after police launch a probe into allegations of obscenity. | |
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| UK | |
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 | Legal attempt to stop rail strike Network Rail is taking legal action in a bid to avert planned strikes by signallers in a row over jobs and weekend working. |
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| Bad weather causing NI disruption About 30,000 homes in Northern Ireland are without power as severe weather hits a range of services. | |
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| Wales completing digital switch Wales becomes the first nation in the UK to go completely digital as the analogue TV signal is switched off. | |
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| UK EDUCATION | |
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 | Teaching support 'raises results' Increasing the number of teaching assistants in a school boosts results, a report suggests. |
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| School smacking loophole closed Smacking is to be banned for anyone working with children outside the family, closing a loophole for part-time schools. | |
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| Teachers bullied by 'hate sites' Pupils are using social networking sites to bully their teachers, a teachers' conference has been told. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Father jailed for child murders A father who made a farewell video of his two children before he strangled them is jailed for at least 28 years. |
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| Man summoned over Milly murder An ex-doorman is summoned to appear in court on charges of kidnapping and murdering 13-year-old Milly Dowler in 2002. | |
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| Nuclear plant proposals submitted Plans are unveiled for a new nuclear power station employing thousands of people in South Gloucestershire. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Irish banks to get fresh billions The Irish government will inject another 8.3bn euros (£7.4bn, $9.9bn) into the nationalised Anglo Irish Bank, it is announced. |
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| Miners in landmark iron ore deals Two of the world's biggest mining firms agree landmark deals to buy iron ore on quarterly contracts rather than annual ones. | |
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| IMF cuts German growth projection The International Monetary Fund cuts its 2010 growth projection for the German economy to 1.2% from 1.5%. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Ricky Martin announces he is gay Puerto Rican pop singer Ricky Martin announces he is gay, ending years of speculation over his sexuality. |
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| Hollywood star Havoc dies aged 97 June Havoc, the Hollywood actress whose childhood partly inspired the musical Gypsy, has died in Connecticut at the age of 97, it is announced. | |
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| Ballet Russes regalia to be shown An exhibition of works celebrating one of the world's most influential ballet companies will open at the V&A in London later this year. | |
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| SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT | |
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 | Collider sees high-energy success The Large Hadron Collider marks a new era in science as it achieves record-breaking high-energy particle collisions. |
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| 'Roadrunner' dinosaur discovered One the smallest and most agile dinosaurs yet discovered is unearthed in China. | |
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| Probe sees 'Pac-man in the moon' The Cassini spacecraft in orbit around Saturn catches an interesting new view of the tiny moon Mimas. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Technical error hits Google China Google says that a problem with its Chinese service was an internal error rather than an official block, as reports had suggested. |
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| Sony disables PlayStation feature Sony says it will disable features of its PlayStation 3 in a move some consider to be a re-emptive strike to guard against piracy. | |
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| Greenpeace warns on data centres Greenpeace calls on technology companies to use more renewable energy sources to power their data centres. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Breast screening 'is beneficial' Breast cancer screening does more good than harm even if some women have unnecessary surgery, a large study concludes. |
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| New meningitis jab for travellers Travellers can have a new vaccine which protects against strains of meningitis predominant in sub-Saharan Africa. | |
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| Easter eggs 'may be healthy' Easter eggs and other chocolate can be good for you, as long as you eat only small amounts, latest research suggests. | |
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| 1981: President Reagan is shot President Ronald Reagan is shot and wounded when a lone gunman opens fire in Washington. | |||
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| 1979: Car bomb kills Airey Neave Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Airey Neave is killed by a car bomb as he leaves the House of Commons car park. | |||
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| 1951: Rosenbergs guilty of espionage An American electrical engineer and his wife are found guilty by the Federal Court in New York of passing secrets about the atomic bomb to Russia. | |||
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Bayern Munich 2-1 Man Utd Wayne Rooney limps off with an ankle injury after Bayern Munich grab an injury-time winner to beat Manchester United and draw first blood in their Champions League quarter-final first-leg clash. |
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| Mourinho fed up with Italian game Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho has sparked speculation about his future in Italian football after insisting: "I don't like it and it doesn't like me." | |
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| Lyon 3-1 Bordeaux Lyon take a giant step towards their first Champions League semi-final with victory over French rivals Bordeaux. | |
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| Semenya vows to race this season World 800m champion Caster Semenya says she will race again this season, hours after being told to wait for results of her gender-verification tests to be revealed. | |
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| Wenger undaunted by Barca threat Arsene Wenger insists his Arsenal team will not be intimidated by Barcelona in Wednesday's Champions League quarter-final first-leg tie at the Emirates. | |
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| FOOTBALL | |
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| Bayern Munich 2-1 Man Utd Wayne Rooney limps off with an ankle injury after Bayern Munich grab an injury-time winner to beat Manchester United and draw first blood in their Champions League quarter-final first-leg clash. |
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| Mourinho fed up with Italian game Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho has sparked speculation about his future in Italian football after insisting: "I don't like it and it doesn't like me." | |
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| Lyon 3-1 Bordeaux Lyon take a giant step towards their first Champions League semi-final with victory over French rivals Bordeaux. | |
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| CRICKET | |
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 | Australia move closer to Test win Mitchell Johnson takes three wickets as Australia move closer to a series victory on day four of the second Test against New Zealand. |
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| Bresnan on a high after 'fantastic' winter Yorkshire's Tim Bresnan hopes he's done enough to keep his England Test place after a strong showing in Bangladesh, and tips his county side to make an impact in the upcoming club season. | |
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| England to reveal Twenty20 squad Injuries mean England may have to select an inexperienced pace attack when they reveal their World Twenty20 squad at 1300 BST on Wednesday. | |
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| TENNIS | |
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 | Roddick into last eight in Miami Andy Roddick recovers from a poor start to eventually book his place in the quarter-finals of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. |
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| Venus reaches last four in Miami Venus Williams beats Agnieszka Radwanska 6-3 6-1 to reach the semi-finals of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. | |
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| Bartoli beats top seed Kuznetsova Top seed Svetlana Kuznetsova is beaten by Marion Bartoli in the fourth round of the Sony Ericsson Open. | |
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| MOTORSPORT | |
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 | Vettel exit 'not down to brakes' Red Bull's brake supplier Brembo has denied that failure of its system was to blame for Sebastian Vettel's Australian Grand Prix retirement. |
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| Stoner sets pace in Qatar testing Former world champion Casey Stoner sets the fastest lap time in the final MotoGP pre-season test in Qatar. | |
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| Raikkonen buoyed by rally debut Former Formula 1 world champion Kimi Raikkonen says he is encouraged by his World Rally Championship debut for Citroen after finishing 30th in Sweden. | |
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