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N Korea holds parliamentary poll
North Korea prepares to vote in elections which observers say could give a clue to the country's eventual succession.
Zimbabwe PM 'seeks Botswana care'
Zimbabwe PM Morgan Tsvangirai has flown to Botswana to recover after the car crash that killed his wife, his party says.
Dutch recover missing paintings
Dutch officials find 17th and 19th Century paintings by Renoir and other artists that have been missing since 1987.
Centurions give England advantage
Paul Collingwood and Matt Prior make centuries as England take a lead of 454 over West Indies in Trinidad.
MI5 telegrams 'fed interrogation'
A UK resident detained at Guantanamo Bay releases memos which he claims show MI5 collusion in his interrogation.
Man Utd stroll into FA Cup semis
Carlos Tevez is on target twice as Man Utd thrash Fulham 4-0 to reach the FA Cup semi-finals.
New US-Syria talks 'constructive'
A senior US envoy in Damascus says the first high-level contact with Syria in four years has been 'very constructive'.
Lloyds control 'to boost lending'
The government's controlling stake in Lloyds is a vital step to get banks lending, the chancellor says, but the opposition is wary.
Nadal storms to Davis Cup victory
Rafael Nadal puts his injury worries behind him to thrash Janko Tipsarevic as Spain take a 2-0 lead over Serbia in the Davis Cup.
In pictures
Thousands party at Sydney's gay Mardi Gras parade
Vatican backs abortion row bishop
A senior Vatican cleric defends a Brazilian archbishop's excommunication of people who helped a child have an abortion.
Car bomb kills eight in Pakistan
Eight people, mostly police and soldiers, are dead after reportedly being lured to a booby-trapped car in north-western Pakistan.
Police break up Malaysia protest
Police in Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur fire tear gas to disperse a rally against the use of English in the country's schools.
Obama trip to Turkey within weeks
President Barack Obama will visit Turkey "in a month or so", says US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on a visit to Ankara.
Hillary Clinton left red-faced by Moscow gift translation gaffe
Russian media pokes fun at the US secretary of state over a translation error on a gift she presented to the Russian foreign minister.
Guns stop play
The deadly attack that robbed a game of its innocence
Karzai agrees to delay elections
Afghanistan's president says he now accepts polls must be delayed to August, but insists he will remain in office until then.
On the frontline
Italy's hardline immigration policies under fire
Diabetes drugs given 'too soon'
One in three people with type 2 diabetes are given pills too soon, rather than adopting lifestyle changes, research suggests.
Iran to mull US Afghan invitation
Iran would consider a US invitation to a conference on Afghanistan later this month, a government spokesman says.