| Bombs kill 45 in Pakistani city |
| Twin suicide bomb attacks on the Pakistani city of Lahore kill 45 people, before other, smaller blasts cause confusion. |
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| Russia signs India nuclear deal |
| Russia's state-owned nuclear company says the country will build at least 12 nuclear reactors in India. |
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| Pope's diocese 'rehoused abuser' |
| The Pope once unwittingly approved housing for a priest accused of child abuse, his former diocese in Germany says.
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| Clinton rebukes Israel over homes |
| US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers a stinging rebuke to Israel over new settlements in East Jerusalem. |
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| Winnie denies maligning Mandela |
| Winnie Mandela, former wife of Nelson Mandela, denies giving an interview accusing him of letting down black South Africans. |
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| Same-sex couples marry in Mexico |
| Five same-sex couples tie the knot in Mexico City under Latin America's first law that explicitly approves gay marriage. |
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| China oil demand is 'astonishing' |
| Oil demand in China rose by an "astonishing" 28% in January compared with a year ago, the International Energy Agency says. |
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| New York agrees 9/11 dust payout |
| New York City is to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to rescue workers who say their health was damaged by dust at Ground Zero. |
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| Lehman bosses severely criticised |
| A report into the collapse of US bank Lehman Brothers criticises senior executives and auditor Ernst & Young for serious lapses. |
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| Atheists meet in Melbourne to celebrate lack of faith |
| More than 2,000 atheists from around the world meet in Melbourne, Australia, to celebrate their lack of religious belief. |
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| Sex worker goes to court over 'unfair dismissal' in South Africa |
| A South African sex worker goes to court, saying she was unfairly sacked from a Cape Town massage parlour. |
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| Schumacher keen to 'raise game' |
| Returning legend Michael Schumacher vows to improve after Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg leads Friday practice in Bahrain. |
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| Briatore must be punished - Todt |
| Formula 1 boss Jean Todt is determined former Renault team principal Flavio Briatiore will be punished for his role in the Singapore race fixing scandal. |
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| 'Murdered soul' |
| German campaigner tells of childhood Catholic abuse |
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| On trial |
| Legal battle in Israel over Franz Kafka manuscripts |
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| State of drinkers |
| Why Kerala has India's biggest alcohol problem |
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| It's quiz time! |
| What do humans and bonobos have in common? |
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| Rare opportunity |
| Door creaks ajar for undocumented Haitians in the US |
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| Polling Darfur |
| Can an election be held in a land of refugees? |
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| Mogadishu residents told to leave |
| Mogadishu's mayor tells residents to leave parts of the Somali capital, as fierce fighting against insurgents continues. |
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| Charles Taylor's wife gives birth |
| The wife of Liberia's ex-President Charles Taylor - on trial in The Hague for war crimes - has a baby girl. |
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| Rove 'proud' of US waterboarding |
| Former US President George W Bush's advisor, Karl Rove, says he is proud of waterboarding as he believes it prevented attacks. |
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| Woman charged with lottery murder |
| A US woman is charged with murder over the killing of a truck driver's assistant who won $17m in a lottery in 2006. |
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| Burma election laws a 'setback' |
| The US calls Burma's new election laws a setback for dialogue, as a UN envoy condemns 'gross' human rights violations. |
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| Siberian tigers die at China zoo |
| Eleven rare Siberian tigers die at a zoo in north-eastern China, raising fears over treatment of captive animals in the country. |
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| Sarkozy and Brown attack US deal |
| Nicolas Sarkozy and Gordon Brown criticise the US for "protectionism" over an aerospace deal. |
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| British ex-Tory MEP joins Lib Dems |
| A long-serving Conservative MEP, expelled in a row over the party's new allies in Europe, has joined the Liberal Democrats. |
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| UN critical of Israel over Gaza blockade |
| The UN's top humanitarian official strongly criticises Israel's Gaza blockade and its expanding settlements. |
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| Israel charges over human shield |
| Israel charges two of soldiers over the use of a Palestinian boy as a human shield during its offensive against Hamas in Gaza. |
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| IPL under way amid security fears |
| The third season of the Indian Premier League cricket tournament is under way amid heavy security in Mumbai. |
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| Funeral held for Karachi cleric |
| Security is tight in the Pakistani city of Karachi as funerals are held for a Sunni Muslim cleric and four others killed on Thursday. |
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| Cuba: The smoker's paradise |
| In Havana, one of the last bastions of the committed smoker, Matt Frei experiences Cubans' love affair with the cigar. |
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| Parched Cyprus 'at war' with nature |
| Water has been rapidly disappearing in Cyprus since the 1970s, yet despite the warnings, Cypriots don't seem to be taking the shortage as seriously as they should. |
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| Can US broker Middle East peace? |
| Joe Biden is in the region to encourage talks between the Palestinians and Israel. What can be achieved? |
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