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Biden steps up pressure on Israel
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The US vice-president renews criticism of Israel over an East Jerusalem building project and urges bold steps to peace.
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Iran attacks US over Afghanistan
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says it is the US, not Tehran, that is playing a "double game" in Afghanistan.
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Collider to shut down for a year
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The Large Hadron Collider must be shut down for a year starting in late 2011 to address design flaws, the BBC has learned.
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'Last Bali bomber' killed in Indonesia
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Indonesia's president confirms security forces have killed the last main main suspect in the 2002 Bali bombings, Dulmatin.
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China denies World Cup sweatshop
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A Shanghai company denies it used sweatshop labour to produce World Cup mascots, as Fifa suspends its manufacturing contract.
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Aid workers shot dead in Pakistan
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Gunmen attack the office of a Western aid agency, killing six people and wounding others, the agency and police say.
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China's exports see big increase
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China's exports surged 46% in February, figures show, raising hopes of a strong recovery in global trade.
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Ring may be giant 'impact crater'
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Deforestation in central Africa has revealed what could be an impact crater left by a giant space rock, scientists say.
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Lost Boys actor Haim dies aged 38
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Lost Boys actor Corey Haim dies at the age of 38, the Los Angeles coroner's office confirms.
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Leaping off the page - Belgian paper prints '3D edition'
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A Belgian daily has issued what is thought to be Europe's first 3D newspaper - complete with cardboard viewing glasses.
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World's largest meat-eating plant prefers to eat... droppings
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The largest meat-eating plant in the world is designed not to eat small animals, but small animal poo, scientists discover.
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Pakistan to ban Yousuf & Younus
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Pakistan cricketers Mohammad Yousuf and Younus Khan are banned indefinitely from representing their country.
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Beckham plots Old Trafford upset
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David Beckham believes his AC Milan side can overturn a 3-2 deficit and send his former club Manchester United crashing out of the Champions League.
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Fighting the tide
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Church authority at risk as scandals spread in Europe
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Galapagos tension
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Can all species live side by side in unique ecosystem?
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Thin red line
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Lone stand of anti-Taliban militia in Pakistan
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Biswas on India
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Women's quotas - historic moment for largest democracy
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In pictures
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Togo in trouble as election protests continue to rage
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Separation fear
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Families fight 'racist' Israeli marriage and citizenship law
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ANC seeks Winnie Mandela answers
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South Africa's ANC asks Winnie Mandela to clarify a media report in which she apparently fiercely criticised ex-husband Nelson.
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Spanish hostage in Africa freed
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A Spanish woman aid worker kidnapped in West Africa last year has been freed, the Spanish government says.
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Insurers 'face $7bn Chile bill'
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The earthquake in Chile may cost the global insurance industry as much as $7bn (£4.7bn), Swiss Re estimates.
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US activist Granny D dies at 100
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Granny D, who walked across the US at the age of 89 in support of election campaign finance reform, dies.
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Burma law bans Suu Kyi from poll
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A new election law formally bars pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from taking part in elections planned in Burma.
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Cathay Pacific returns to profit
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Cathay Pacific reports a return to full-year profit as cost cutting and bets on the price of fuel pay off.
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Berezovsky wins poison libel case
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Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky wins his libel case over claims he was behind the murder of former agent Alexander Litvinenko.
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EU leader 'pities' UKIP's Farage
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EU president Herman Van Rompuy says he pities Nigel Farage, the British Eurosceptic MEP who called him a "damp rag".
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Egypt's top cleric dies aged 81
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Egypt's top Muslim cleric has died suddenly in Saudi Arabia at the age of 81.
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Israel sued over dead US activist
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A court case brought by the family of Rachel Corrie, a US protester killed by an Israeli army bulldozer in 2003, opens in Israel.
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Kidnapped boy's father back in UK
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The father of a British boy kidnapped in Pakistan is returning to the UK, against the wishes of the police, the BBC learns.
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India help for Sri Lanka amputees
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An Indian charity sends a team to Sri Lanka to provide 1,000 amputees in the war-ravaged north with artificial limbs.
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New Kurdish party to challenge polls
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Jim Muir reports on the new Kurdish party that has emerged in northern Iraq to mount a challenge in the third general election since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003.
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Bitterness and unease in Zimbabwe
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Andrew Harding reports from Harare on the uneasy mood among the white population and the MDC party as President Robert Mugabe says he's ready for another term.
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Can US broker Middle East peace?
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Joe Biden is in the region to encourage talks between the Palestinians and Israel. What can be achieved?
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