| Contractors 'divert Somalia aid' |
| Up to half the food aid in Somalia is routinely diverted to corrupt contractors and militants, a leaked UN report says. |
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| Greeks stage fresh general strike |
| Thousands of Greek workers are expected to bring the country to a halt with a second strike in a month over austerity measures. |
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| Mexican shakes up world rich list |
| Mexican Carlos Slim overtakes Bill Gates as the world's richest man, according to the Forbes "rich list", with a fortune of $53.5bn.
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| Obama says Haiti situation 'dire' |
| Barack Obama warns that the crisis in quake-hit Haiti is not over, as he meets the country's President, Rene Preval. |
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| EU to back bluefin tuna trade ban |
| EU nations decide to support a ban on international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna until stocks recover. |
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| DR Congo mines 'hit by extortion' |
| Former rebels in DR Congo, now in the army, are running mafia-style extortion rackets in mines, campaigners say. |
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| Scientists to review climate body |
| The UN secretary general asks the world's leading science academies to review the UN's climate science body. |
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| Nigeria charges over Jos killings |
| Police say 49 people are to be charged with murder following communal violence that left scores of Nigerian villagers dead. |
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| Google to scan old Italian books |
| Italy signs a deal with Google to put online the contents of its two national libraries, including works by Dante and Galileo. |
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| Israel supermarket uses parody film of Dubai assassins in advert |
| An Israeli supermarket chain uses spoof surveillance footage, parodying that of the alleged assassins of a Hamas commander in Dubai, in a TV advert. |
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| Baby elephant shocks Sydney zoo with 'miracle' survival |
| An elephant in a Sydney zoo shocks vets by giving birth to a live baby elephant who appears to have survived labour in a coma in the womb. |
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| Real crash out of Champions League |
| Lyon draw 1-1 in the Bernebau to earn a 2-1 aggregate win over Real Madrid. |
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| Man Utd 4-0 AC Milan (agg 7-2) |
| Wayne Rooney scores twice in another irresistible display as Manchester United ease into the Champions League quarter-finals at AC Milan's expense. |
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| Powered pedal |
| Beijing's silent invasion of electric bicycles |
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| Tough task |
| Challenges ahead for new president in quake-hit Chile |
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| Mardell's America |
| 'Open carry' activists do weekly shop with a gun |
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| Earth Watch |
| Will review of UN climate change body be unbiased? |
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| Afghan anxieties |
| Why the UK fears politics and force are out of synch |
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| Fighting the tide |
| Church authority at risk as scandals spread in Europe |
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| ANC seeks Winnie Mandela answers |
| 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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| Zuma submits finance declaration |
| South African President Jacob Zuma submits his declaration of interests, after critics urged an inquiry into his finances. |
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| Insurers 'face $7bn Chile bill' |
| The earthquake in Chile may cost the global insurance industry as much as $7bn (£4.7bn), Swiss Re estimates. |
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| Biden steps up pressure on Israel |
| The US vice-president renews criticism of Israel over an East Jerusalem building project and calls for bold steps for peace. |
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| 'Bali bomber' killed in Indonesia |
| Indonesia's President Yudhoyono confirms security forces killed Bali bomb suspect Dulmatin in raids in Jakarta on Tuesday. |
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| China's exports see big increase |
| China's exports surged 46% in February, figures show, raising hopes of a strong recovery in global trade. |
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| Berezovsky wins poison libel case |
| Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky wins his libel case over claims he was behind the murder of former agent Alexander Litvinenko. |
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| Ashton sets out diplomatic vision |
| The EU's foreign policy chief, Lady Ashton, tells MEPs how she will shape Europe's new diplomatic service, as officials vie for influence. |
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| Egypt's top cleric dies aged 81 |
| Egypt's top Muslim cleric has died suddenly in Saudi Arabia at the age of 81. |
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| Iran attacks US over Afghanistan |
| Iranian President says it is the US, not Tehran, that is playing a "double game" in Afghanistan. |
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| Pakistan attack kills aid workers |
| Militants attack the office of a Western aid agency, killing six people and wounding others, the agency and police say. |
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| Pakistan bans for Yousuf and Younus |
| The Pakistan Cricket Board issues indefinite bans to former captains Mohammad Yousuf and Younus Khan for "infighting". |
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| New Kurdish party to challenge polls |
| 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 |
| 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? |
| Joe Biden is in the region to encourage talks between the Palestinians and Israel. What can be achieved? |
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