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- Army in Egypt protest crackdown
- Gunman kills five in Dutch mall
- Troubled Nigerian poll under way
- Pile-up in freak German sandstorm
- RAF jets destroy tanks in Libya
- Leading Bahrain activist arrested
- US government shut-down averted
- Japanese minister visits reactors
- Death toll mounts in Gaza strikes
- Iceland votes on Icesave payment
- Carbon linked to hay fever rise
- St Francis of Assisi's tomb reopens after restoration
- Pakistan to launch Urdu version of Sesame Street
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- Bomb 'could have caused carnage'
- Man arrested over baby stabbing
- Soldier dies year after Afghan bomb
- Tributes to shot submarine sailor
- Cathedral funeral for lorry chief
- Woman burned in flats gas blast
- Teenager charged over stab death
- Relatives request Koussa meeting
- Kerr murder: third man arrested
- McIlroy leads by two at Augusta
- Nine injured after city bus crash
- Second arrest in murder inquiry
- US court acquits Cuban militant
- Brazil mourns murdered Rio pupils
- Guatemala leader granted divorce
- Gbagbo forces make gains, says UN
- Djibouti leader wins third term
- Italy and France in migrant deal
- Council leader 'disarmed gunman'
- Indian hunger striker ends fast
- Thailand seizes smuggled lizards
- Banks report to back 'firewalls'
- Pinewood studios gets £87.8m bid
- Facebook shares green technology
- Strangely silent star system seen
- Man jailed over £4.7m fake drugs
- Shacking up, princess camp and sweeties
- VIDEO: Doubt over fair Nigerian election
- VIDEO: US building implodes in planned blast
- VIDEO: Obama: 'Both sides gave ground'
- VIDEO: Yemeni forces fire on protesters
- VIDEO: The battle for Libya's oil resources
- VIDEO: Closing the net 'frighteningly easy'
- VIDEO: Pnk diamond may sell for £7m
- VIDEO: Monkeys steal tourists' sunglasses
- The Book of Khalid
- Against the clock
- Leadership race
- Power of knowledge
- Doomsday bugs
- Royal wedding quiz
| Army in Egypt protest crackdown Posted: 09 Apr 2011 07:33 AM PDT Egypt's army cracks down on protests in Cairo's symbolic Tahrir Square, leaving at least one person dead and dozens injured. |
| Gunman kills five in Dutch mall Posted: 09 Apr 2011 07:25 AM PDT A gunman has gone on the rampage in a shopping centre south-west of Amsterdam, killing five people before taking his own life. |
| Troubled Nigerian poll under way Posted: 09 Apr 2011 07:44 AM PDT Polling begins in Nigeria in parliamentary elections that have been marred by bloody attacks and chaotic delays. |
| Pile-up in freak German sandstorm Posted: 09 Apr 2011 01:07 AM PDT A freak sandstorm sweeps across a motorway in northern Germany causing a multiple pile-up and leaving eight people dead. |
| RAF jets destroy tanks in Libya Posted: 09 Apr 2011 07:17 AM PDT RAF Tornados destroyed seven battle tanks in Libya as air strikes in the North African country continue, the Ministry of Defence says. |
| Leading Bahrain activist arrested Posted: 09 Apr 2011 03:11 AM PDT Security forces in Bahrain have arrested and beaten one of the country's leading human rights activists, Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, his daughter says. |
| US government shut-down averted Posted: 09 Apr 2011 04:24 AM PDT US politicians agree to slash spending, in a deal reached just one hour before a government shutdown would have been enforced. |
| Japanese minister visits reactors Posted: 09 Apr 2011 07:56 AM PDT The first minister to visit Japan's stricken Fukushima plant since last month's tsunami thanks workers trying to control nuclear radiation. |
| Death toll mounts in Gaza strikes Posted: 09 Apr 2011 03:57 AM PDT Three Hamas militants are killed in an Israeli strike on the Gaza Strip as the death toll climbs to 17 after three days of violence. |
| Iceland votes on Icesave payment Posted: 09 Apr 2011 04:48 AM PDT Iceland votes in a referendum on repaying billions of dollars to the UK and Netherlands after the collapse of banks in 2008. |
| Carbon linked to hay fever rise Posted: 08 Apr 2011 05:13 PM PDT Carbon dioxide emissions may be raising pollen counts in European cities, according to a continent-wide study. |
| St Francis of Assisi's tomb reopens after restoration Posted: 09 Apr 2011 07:50 AM PDT The tomb of St Francis of Assisi reopens to the public after the first restoration in its nearly 800-year history. |
| Pakistan to launch Urdu version of Sesame Street Posted: 08 Apr 2011 10:38 AM PDT USAID, the development arm of the US, is funding a $20m (£12m) remake of Sesame Street in Pakistan as part of efforts to improve education. |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2011 04:54 AM PDT Ballabriggs wins the 2011 Grand National under Jason Maguire, with Oscar Time and Sam Waley-Cohen second. |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2011 04:10 AM PDT Leaders Man Utd and Chelsea are among the teams in action on a busy Saturday in the Premier League and there is a full programme in the Football League, after Everton thump Wolves in the day's early kick-off. |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2011 07:33 AM PDT Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy leads the Masters by two shots going into "Moving Day" at Augusta. |
| Bomb 'could have caused carnage' Posted: 09 Apr 2011 07:10 AM PDT Police say that a van left under the main Belfast to Dublin road in Northern Ireland contained a "very substantial" bomb. |
| Man arrested over baby stabbing Posted: 09 Apr 2011 08:02 AM PDT A 37-year-old man is arrested after a two-month-old baby was stabbed in Birmingham. |
| Soldier dies year after Afghan bomb Posted: 09 Apr 2011 05:27 AM PDT A soldier injured by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan last year has died, the Ministry of Defence says. |
| Tributes to shot submarine sailor Posted: 09 Apr 2011 08:33 AM PDT Tributes are paid to a Royal Navy crewman who was shot dead on board a nuclear submarine. |
| Cathedral funeral for lorry chief Posted: 09 Apr 2011 05:46 AM PDT Mourners gather at Carlisle Cathedral for the funeral of haulage magnate Edward Stobart. |
| Woman burned in flats gas blast Posted: 09 Apr 2011 03:16 AM PDT A gas explosion in south London partly destroys a building and leaves a woman with burns. |
| Teenager charged over stab death Posted: 09 Apr 2011 02:22 AM PDT A teenager is charged in connection with the murder of 45-year-old George McLaughlin in Barrhead last weekend. |
| Relatives request Koussa meeting Posted: 09 Apr 2011 02:34 AM PDT Relatives of victims of the Lockerbie bombing have asked their lawyers to request a meeting with Libyan defector Moussa Koussa. |
| Kerr murder: third man arrested Posted: 08 Apr 2011 01:41 PM PDT Police have arrested a third man in connection with the murder of Constable Ronan Kerr. |
| McIlroy leads by two at Augusta Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:29 PM PDT Rory McIlroy opens up a two-shot lead at the halfway stage of the Masters, but Tiger Woods is not far behind. |
| Nine injured after city bus crash Posted: 09 Apr 2011 08:34 AM PDT Nine people are hurt in a crash involving a bus and a car near Cardiff city centre. |
| Second arrest in murder inquiry Posted: 09 Apr 2011 07:43 AM PDT Police arrest a second man in connection with the death of a 48-year-old man, whose body was found in a flat in Newport. |
| US court acquits Cuban militant Posted: 08 Apr 2011 02:51 PM PDT Veteran Cuban anti-communist militant Luis Posada Carriles is acquitted of lying to US immigration officials by a jury in Texas. |
| Brazil mourns murdered Rio pupils Posted: 08 Apr 2011 12:46 PM PDT Brazilians mourn as funerals are held for 12 children shot dead by a gunman at a school in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday. |
| Guatemala leader granted divorce Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:31 PM PDT Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom and First Lady Sandra Torres are granted a divorce, clearing the way for her to stand for election to succeed him. |
| Gbagbo forces make gains, says UN Posted: 09 Apr 2011 01:46 AM PDT Forces loyal to Ivory Coast's incumbent Laurent Gbagbo gain ground in the main city of Abidjan, the UN says. |
| Djibouti leader wins third term Posted: 09 Apr 2011 06:54 AM PDT Djibouti President Ismael Omar Guelleh secures a third term in office after winning a landslide victory in elections, despite recent protests against his rule. |
| Italy and France in migrant deal Posted: 08 Apr 2011 03:33 PM PDT France and Italy agree to launch sea and air patrols to stop migrants fleeing North Africa from reaching Europe. |
| Council leader 'disarmed gunman' Posted: 08 Apr 2011 03:50 PM PDT Southampton City Council's leader tells the BBC how he overpowered a sailor who shot dead one crewman and injured another on a nuclear submarine. |
| Indian hunger striker ends fast Posted: 09 Apr 2011 03:31 AM PDT Indian anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare calls off his four-day-old hunger strike after the government agrees to all of his demands. |
| Thailand seizes smuggled lizards Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:22 AM PDT Customs officials in Thailand have seized 1,800 protected monitor lizards hidden behind a consignment of fruit. |
| Banks report to back 'firewalls' Posted: 08 Apr 2011 01:59 PM PDT A Banking Commission report due on Monday will favour ring-fencing risky investment banking operations, the BBC understands. |
| Pinewood studios gets £87.8m bid Posted: 08 Apr 2011 12:17 PM PDT Pinewood Shepperton has received an £87.8m takeover bid from a company run by billionaire investor John Whittaker, Peel Holdings. |
| Facebook shares green technology Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:45 PM PDT Facebook has announced that it will share the design secrets behind its new data centre with rival companies. |
| Strangely silent star system seen Posted: 08 Apr 2011 10:13 AM PDT A trio of stars orbiting each other surprises astronomers because it does not have the same deep rumbling "songs" found in hundreds of other stars. |
| Man jailed over £4.7m fake drugs Posted: 08 Apr 2011 10:44 AM PDT A man is jailed for eight years for his part in what was described as the most serious fake medicine scam in the EU. |
| Shacking up, princess camp and sweeties Posted: 08 Apr 2011 10:54 AM PDT As the big day nears, the internet is abuzz with royal wedding stories. Keeping close tabs on them is our wedding fanatic. |
| VIDEO: Doubt over fair Nigerian election Posted: 08 Apr 2011 01:21 PM PDT Nigerians are preparing to vote again in national elections after previous delays |
| VIDEO: US building implodes in planned blast Posted: 09 Apr 2011 02:19 AM PDT The last remaining building of a World War II-era military hospital in the US state of California has been demolished with 363 kilograms of dynamite. |
| VIDEO: Obama: 'Both sides gave ground' Posted: 08 Apr 2011 08:42 PM PDT Democrats and Republicans in the United States have agreed a stopgap deal with the White House to avert a government shutdown. |
| VIDEO: Yemeni forces fire on protesters Posted: 09 Apr 2011 02:17 AM PDT Clashes between anti government protesters and security forces in the Yemeni city of Taiz carried on late into Friday. |
| VIDEO: The battle for Libya's oil resources Posted: 08 Apr 2011 03:21 PM PDT Officials in rebel-held eastern Libya have urged Nato to safeguard oil fields under rebel control. |
| VIDEO: Closing the net 'frighteningly easy' Posted: 08 Apr 2011 06:33 AM PDT Click's Spencer Kelly and Bill Thompson discuss what it takes for a government to cut off the internet in its own country. |
| VIDEO: Pnk diamond may sell for £7m Posted: 08 Apr 2011 07:23 PM PDT The exclusive stone is being sold by Christie's in New York as part of a jewellery sale. |
| VIDEO: Monkeys steal tourists' sunglasses Posted: 08 Apr 2011 06:50 PM PDT London Zoo's population of Bolivian squirrel monkeys have taken a liking to the glasses worn by visitors in the recent warm weather - and have begun to snatch the accessories off people's heads. |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2011 04:27 AM PDT Could a 100-year-old book shed light on current Arab unrest? |
| Posted: 08 Apr 2011 05:22 PM PDT Spanish author who beat HG Wells to time machine idea |
| Posted: 08 Apr 2011 05:01 PM PDT Can Peru left-winger win the presidency this time round? |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2011 04:00 AM PDT Midwives deliver childbirth revolution in Afghanistan |
| Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:05 PM PDT Is there a solution to antibiotic-resistant bacteria? |
| Posted: 08 Apr 2011 08:55 AM PDT Which royal bride didn't promise to 'obey'? |
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