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Get the latest BBC World News: international news, features and analysis from Africa, Americas, South Asia, Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Middle East.
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Biden tries to ease Mid-East row
US Vice-President Joe Biden says Middle East peace talks must resume, despite a row over Israeli settlement plans.
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Greeks stage fresh general strike
Greek public and transport services grind to a halt and clashes break out during a third strike 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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Nigeria survivors recall massacre
Survivors of violence in central Nigeria on Sunday have been telling the BBC what happened.
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Chile's new leader to be sworn in
Chilean tycoon Sebastian Pinera will be sworn in as president, with a major post-earthquake rebuilding effort ahead of him.
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Afghan plea for 'no proxy wars'
Afghanistan does not want other countries' "proxy wars" fought on its soil, President Hamid Karzai says in Islamabad.
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Lula criticised by Cuba dissidents
Brazil's President Lula is criticised for comments that appear to compare Cuban dissidents on hunger strike to common criminals.
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Ukraine president forms coalition
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych secures a coalition in parliament, and one of his loyalists is nominated as PM.
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Japan opens 98th national airport
Japan opens an airport in Ibaraki offering just one flight a day, sparking criticism over wasteful spending.
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Feathers fly: Bank of America sorry for confiscating parrot
Bank of America has apologised to a woman in Pennsylvania after one of its contractors entered her house and confiscated her parrot.
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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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Beckham lauds 'world best' Rooney
David Beckham hails Wayne Rooney as one of the world's best players after he fires Man Utd into the Champions League quarter-finals.
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Live text - England v Germany
England's men take on Germany in the semi-finals of the Hockey World Cup, having reached the last four for the first time since 1986.
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Powered pedal
Beijing's silent invasion of electric bicycles
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Money man
A look at Mexican Carlos Slim - the world's richest man
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