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Sun, 26 May 2013 06:41:45 GMT
Two rockets hit a Hezbollah-run area of Beirut, hours after the Lebanese Shia group's leader promised victory for his fighters in neighbouring Syria.
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Sun, 26 May 2013 09:02:50 GMT
French anti-terrorist investigators are handling the case of a soldier stabbed while on duty in Paris, prosecutors confirm.
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Sun, 26 May 2013 06:03:21 GMT
The head of India's Congress Party, Sonia Gandhi, says she is "devastated" by an attack on party officials in Chhattisgarh, which left 23 people dead.
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Sun, 26 May 2013 09:38:16 GMT
A state funeral is taking place near Belgrade for Yugoslavia's last king, Peter II, and three other members of his family.
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Sun, 26 May 2013 06:57:56 GMT
Italians go to the polls in two days of local elections seen as a test for the new coalition government, with the focus on Rome's mayoral vote.
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Sat, 25 May 2013 21:18:18 GMT
David Cameron is to set up a taskforce to "look again" at the government's strategy for dealing with extremism and radicalisation in the wake of the killing of a soldier in Woolwich.
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Sun, 26 May 2013 09:07:26 GMT
Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou says suicide bombers who attacked two targets in his country last week came from southern Libya.
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Sat, 25 May 2013 23:39:14 GMT
Thousands of runners complete the final mile of Boston Marathon, five weeks after they were forced to abandon the race after two bombs exploded.
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Sat, 25 May 2013 21:30:13 GMT
Brazil says it will cancel or restructure almost $900m (£600m) worth of debt owed by African countries, to boost economic ties with the continent.
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Sun, 26 May 2013 09:31:13 GMT
Two men are charged with endangering an aircraft after RAF Typhoon jets escorted a passenger plane over the UK.
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Sat, 25 May 2013 21:43:13 GMT
Arjen Robben scores a dramatic late winner as Bayern Munich beat Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League final.
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Sat, 25 May 2013 16:41:39 GMT
An original Apple 1 computer from 1976 - one of the first built in Steve Jobs' garage - sells at auction for more than 500,000 euros ($650,000).
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Sat, 25 May 2013 23:05:56 GMT
Hundreds of professional clowns celebrate Clown Day in the Peruvian capital, Lima
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Fri, 24 May 2013 18:50:12 GMT
Aleem Maqbool visits the Imam Hussein Mosque in the Iraqi city of Karbala, the site of a holy pilgrimage for Shia Muslims.
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Sun, 26 May 2013 03:20:13 GMT
What's thought to be one of the last remaining original Apple computers, made in a family garage in California, has sold for a record price at auction in Germany.
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Sun, 26 May 2013 07:24:59 GMT
Watch the latest news summary from BBC World News. International news updated 24 hours a day.
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Sat, 25 May 2013 20:05:01 GMT
The death of a zoo worker attacked by a tiger could have been due to "human or technical factors", police said.
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Sat, 25 May 2013 07:46:59 GMT
The area of Scampia outside Naples, has the infamous reputation of being one of the biggest drug-trafficking sites in Europe.
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Fri, 24 May 2013 20:46:31 GMT
An opera singer gets down on bended knee in front of 700 audience members to ask his girlfriend to marry him.
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Fri, 24 May 2013 23:50:09 GMT
Hollywood star Will Smith and son Jaden surprised schoolchildren gathered for an event at London's City Hall.
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Fri, 24 May 2013 11:03:24 GMT
Footage has emerged from on board a plane that had to return to Heathrow Airport to make an emergency landing after black smoke was seen coming from an engine.
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Fri, 24 May 2013 08:53:22 GMT
Germany's economy barely grew in the first quarter of the year, figures show, as private consumption helped offset shrinking exports and investment.
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Fri, 24 May 2013 15:21:38 GMT
News Corp announces it will officially split its publishing and entertainment businesses on 28 June, two years after the UK phone-hacking scandal involving the News of the World.
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Fri, 24 May 2013 11:46:41 GMT
Social networking giant postpones the launch of its "Facebook phone" after negative feedback and disappointing sales.
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Fri, 24 May 2013 11:41:33 GMT
Fan fiction authors will be able to publish and sell some titles in the US via new e-book platform Kindle Worlds.
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Fri, 24 May 2013 12:01:30 GMT
An intimate love story between two young women receives rave reviews in Cannes days before the winner of the Palme d'Or is announced.
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Fri, 24 May 2013 09:34:02 GMT
Damian Lewis and Sienna Miller are among the British stars nominated for the annual US Critics' Choice Awards.
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Fri, 24 May 2013 00:18:40 GMT
Cockroaches are outsmarting our efforts to kill them by evolving to avoid the taste of sugar traps, a study reveals.
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Thu, 23 May 2013 16:23:12 GMT
Chinese scientists trace the rare white colouration in Bengal tigers to a single change in a gene that affects a host of animals, including humans.
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Sat, 25 May 2013 02:11:56 GMT
The reason we struggle to recall memories from our early childhood is down to high levels of neuron production during the first years of life, say Canadian researchers.
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Fri, 24 May 2013 06:44:51 GMT
Some drugs taken to protect the heart may increase the risk of developing Type-2 diabetes, according to researchers in Canada.
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Sun, 26 May 2013 07:22:03 GMT
Brazil striker Neymar agrees to join Spanish champions Barcelona from Santos on a five-year contract.
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Sat, 25 May 2013 19:18:40 GMT
England batsman Joe Root hopes his maiden Test century can help secure a victory against New Zealand at Headingley.
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Thu, 23 May 2013 23:43:52 GMT
Alan Johnston reports on the stories behind the cobblestones in Italy's capital.
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Fri, 24 May 2013 15:11:37 GMT
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Sat, 25 May 2013 19:45:55 GMT
Ethiopia's prime minister opens a ceremony of Africa's 54 leaders celebrating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Organisation of African Unity.
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Sat, 25 May 2013 11:07:22 GMT
At least 16 children and a teacher are killed in a fire on their school bus in the eastern Pakistan city of Gujrat, police say.
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Sat, 25 May 2013 15:16:48 GMT
A suicide bomber has blown herself up close to an interior ministry building in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan, officials say.
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Fri, 24 May 2013 17:53:52 GMT
Ecuador's President, Rafael Correa, is sworn into office for an unprecedented third term in the capital, Quito.
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Fri, 24 May 2013 16:16:18 GMT
The UK government's response to claims that British troops abused and unlawfully killed civilians in Iraq is inadequate, the High Court rules, but it stops short of ordering a public inquiry.
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Sat, 25 May 2013 14:12:45 GMT
Two goods trains collide in the US state of Missouri, bringing down a road bridge and leaving seven people injured.
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Sun, 26 May 2013 09:20:44 GMT
Thousands of people are potentially at risk of being radicalised, says Home Secretary Theresa May says.
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Sun, 26 May 2013 02:17:11 GMT
Councils in the UK are destroying wildlife habitats by cutting grass verges too often, charity Plantlife warns.
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Sun, 26 May 2013 00:17:14 GMT
A 55-year-old man is killed in an attack at a betting shop next door to a police station in south London.
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Sat, 25 May 2013 20:50:35 GMT
A security alert in south Belfast on Friday night was a viable pipe bomb which had partially exploded, police say.
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Fri, 24 May 2013 16:00:01 GMT
News photos from around the world
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Fri, 24 May 2013 11:27:13 GMT
Twenty-four hours of news photoss: 24 May
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Thu, 23 May 2013 01:02:39 GMT
Afghan education - through skateboarding
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Thu, 23 May 2013 01:33:23 GMT
The male masseurs of Mumbai
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Wed, 22 May 2013 12:29:46 GMT
In the grip of a scorching heat wave
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Thu, 23 May 2013 11:21:15 GMT
Twenty-four hours of news photos: 23 May
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Wed, 22 May 2013 11:18:56 GMT
Twenty-four hours of news photoss: 22 May
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Mon, 20 May 2013 23:19:20 GMT
India's last remaining tramcars
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Sat, 25 May 2013 23:09:50 GMT
Wagner, stereotypes and the German sense of humour
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Sat, 25 May 2013 23:08:30 GMT
Is Ryanair really Europe's most punctual airline?
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Sun, 26 May 2013 00:08:35 GMT
What Karbala means to Shias and Sunnis
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Sun, 26 May 2013 01:17:23 GMT
Back injuries that can affect anyone anytime
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Sun, 26 May 2013 00:31:18 GMT
Designer adapts light socket to power "hanging" radio
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Sat, 25 May 2013 11:35:15 GMT
Why this weekend's Grand Prix is so special
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Sat, 25 May 2013 15:06:35 GMT
Argentines polarised over the Kirchner decade
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Wed, 22 May 2013 13:43:45 GMT
Readers' photos on the theme of small things
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Fri, 24 May 2013 23:19:14 GMT
How will Nawaz Sharif cope with the army, asks Ilyas Khan
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