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- US healthcare bill clears Senate test
- The US Senate narrowly votes to hold a full debate on a landmark bill designed to overhaul the country's healthcare.
- Archbishop and Pope make progress
- The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Pope agree to seek closer relations between Catholics and Anglicans.
- China mine blast deaths reach 87
- The death toll from a mine blast in north-eastern China more than doubles to 87, with 21 people still missing, report state media.
- Sri Lanka camps 'to be opened'
- Sri Lanka says people held in special camps since the end of the conflict with Tamil rebels will be allowed out for short periods.
- Chavez hails 'Carlos the Jackal'
- Venezuela's Hugo Chavez defends "Carlos the Jackal" and world leaders he says are wrongly considered "bad guys".
- Gaza militants 'to end rockets'
- Hamas in Gaza says it has reached an agreement with other militant groups to stop firing rockets into Israeli territory.
- Angola head urges action on graft
- Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos has called for a crackdown on government corruption.
- China mine blast death toll rises
- A gas blast at a coal mine in China kills 42 people and leaves more than 66 trapped, state media reports.
- Northern Ireland police fired at
- Officers come under attack in the village of Garrison, County Fermanagh, the BBC understands.
- Mussolini brain 'stolen by criminals keen to sell it on the web'
- The granddaughter of Italy's fascist dictator Benito Mussolini says criminals have stolen part of his brain and blood to sell on the internet.
- Scotland stun Australia with win
- Scotland end a 27-year losing run against Australia as an awesome defensive performance sets up a 9-8 victory at Murrayfield.
- England 6-19 New Zealand
- Jimmy Cowan scores the decisive try as New Zealand beat much-improved England at Twickenham.
- Hand-wringing
- French qualms about football win over Ireland
- Tough lessons
- Why Obama is finding Mid-East peace a struggle
- Pope art
- Vatican meeting tries to woo back the art world
- Enabling rhythms
- Congo band shines despite disability and poverty
- Television queen
- Is Oprah's talk show move the end of an era?
- Week in Pictures
- Striking images from around the world
- Egypt leader enters football row
- Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak steps into a row with Algeria following violence over World Cup football matches.
- Four on Hajj killed by swine flu
- Four people, three of them Africans, die of swine flu on this year's annual pilgrimage to Mecca, reports say.
- Knox prosecutors seek life term
- Italian prosecutors seek a life sentence for US student Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend over an alleged sexual murder.
- US couple admit spying for Cuba
- A retired US state department official and his wife have admitted spying for Cuba for nearly three decades.
- Malaysia activist's body exhumed
- The Malaysian authorities exhume the body of an opposition activist who died in custody, following allegations of foul play.
- Second separated twin out of coma
- The second conjoined twin separated by doctors in Australia this week wakes from an induced coma.
- Profile: Herman van Rompuy
- A profile of Belgian PM Herman van Rompuy, the European Union's first permanent president.
- EU gives Nigeria $1bn 'for peace'
- Europe signs a $1bn deal with Nigeria, aimed at tackling corruption and promoting peace in the troubled Niger Delta.
- UN condemns Iran on human rights
- A UN committee approves a resolution condemning Iran for its post-election crackdown on political opposition supporters.
- Israel halts stadium construction
- Israel orders construction work on an internationally financed football stadium for Palestinians in the West Bank to halt.
- Mumbai suspects arrested in Italy
- Italian police arrest a Pakistani father and son suspected of providing logistical support for last year's Mumbai attacks.
- US sets marker on Afghan corruption
- US Defence Secretary Robert Gates says foreign aid donors must use their influence to tackle corruption in Afghanistan.
- Life in a city of three faiths
- Heather Sharp reveals the daily difficulties and charms of living in Jerusalem's Old City, a district sacred to Jews, Christians and Muslims.
- Tracking down Java's paleo-celebrity
- Christine Finn travels to Java in Indonesia to find out more about a long-celebrated ancestor of both humans and chimps.
- What will the Vatican talks achieve?
- Will the meeting between the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Pope ease the tensions between the churches?
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