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- Three 'hindered' Boston blasts case
- Three college classmates of the Boston bombings suspect are arrested on suspicion of obstructing the police investigation into the attacks.
- Pope condemns Dhaka 'slave labour'
- Pope Francis denounces as "slave labour" the conditions of workers caught in a building collapse that killed more than 400 in Bangladesh last week.
- American settlers 'turned cannibal'
- Newly discovered bones prove the first permanent British settlers in North America turned to cannibalism over the winter of 1609-10, US researchers say.
- Images 'reveal Nigeria army abuse'
- Satellite images reveal that 2,275 homes were burned in a military raid to find militant Islamists in northern Nigeria last month, a rights group says.
- Greeks stage anti-austerity strike
- A general strike against tough austerity measures is held in Greece amid a series of May Day demonstrations around the world.
- Militants target Iraq Sunni militia
- At least 14 members of an anti-al-Qaeda Sunni militia are killed in two attacks by militants near the western Iraqi city of Fallujah, officials say.
- Bolivian leader expels US aid agency
- Bolivian President Evo Morales says he is expelling the US Agency for International Development (USAID) for seeking to undermine his government.
- China bird flu is 'serious threat'
- The outbreak of a new type of bird flu in China poses a "serious threat" but it is too soon to tell how far it will spread, flu experts have warned.
- Knox considers Italy retrial return
- Amanda Knox, who was convicted and then cleared of murdering Briton Meredith Kercher in 2007, says she may return to Italy to face a retrial.
- HK boat crash report finds 'errors'
- A report into a Hong Kong boat crash which killed 39 people criticises a "litany of errors" and "systemic failings" in the marine department.
- PNG plans to implement death penalty
- Papua New Guinea's prime minister announces plans to begin implementing the death penalty and to increase prison sentences for violent crimes.
- Film star Deanna Durbin dies at 91
- Actress and singer Deanna Durbin, one of Hollywood's biggest box-office stars in the 1930s and early '40s, dies aged 91.
- French presidential wines to be sold
- Wines from the French presidential cellar at the Elysee Palace are going under the hammer in Paris at the end of May, auctioneers Drouot say.
- Atoms star in world's smallest movie
- IBM scientists use a few dozen atoms as stars in their film A Boy and his Atom, which has garnered the title of world's smallest movie.
- Juvenile sex offences list 'harmful'
- US authorities should end the practice of placing juveniles' names on publicly available sex offender registries, Human Rights Watch recommends.
- US central bank to keep buying bonds
- US central bank keeps interest rates steady and sticks to its quantitative easing bond-buying programme.
- Venezuela MPs in punch-up over poll
- Fistfights break out in Venezuela's parliament over the recent disputed presidential election, leaving several lawmakers bloodied and bruised.
- Mexico Congress passes telecoms bill
- Mexico's Congress passes a bill aimed at making the telecoms industry more competitive, in a move that could challenge the world's richest man.
- Charities criticise S Africa aid cut
- Oxfam and Action Aid have criticised the UK after ministers announced that direct aid to South Africa will stop in 2015.
- Mobile phone data redraws bus routes
- A competition which released billions of mobile call records in Africa has been used by IBM to redraw bus routes in Ivory Coast.
- Mount Fuji 'set for Unesco listing'
- Mount Fuji is on course to become a Unesco World Heritage site after being approved by a key committee, Japanese officials say.
- GM withdraws 'offensive' car ad
- Carmaker General Motors (GM) says it is withdrawing a TV commercial for its Chevrolet Trax four-wheel drive after its soundtrack was deemed "offensive".
- French Islamist captured in Mali
- A French Islamic convert who threatened France and other Western states is captured in Mali, allegedly after fighting on the militants' side.
- Ukraine 'worst abuser of patents'
- The US names Ukraine as the country with the worst record on protecting intellectual property and calls on its government to reverse the situation.
- Saudi flash floods leave 13 dead
- Flash floods in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have left 13 people dead. 4 more people are reported missing
- New call to release Bahrain teacher
- Rights group Amnesty International renews a call for the release of the jailed president of the Bahrain Teachers Association, Mahdi Abu Dheeb.
- Street star to face rape charges
- Coronation Street star William Roache is to be charged with two counts of rape over alleged attacks on a girl in the 1960s, prosecutors say.
- Soldiers killed in Afghanistan named
- The Ministry of Defence names the three British soldiers who died after their armoured vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan.
- Facebook profits from mobile ads
- Facebook announces higher profits and revenues in the first quarter of 2013, boosted by a jump in advertising revenue.
- Greece sells gambling monopoly stake
- Greek-Czech investment fund Emma Delta snaps up 33% of Greek gambling monopoly Opap in Greece's first big privatisation.
- US car sales drive to six-year high
- US vehicle makers reported double-digit sales growth for April, giving the industry its best month in six years.
- Barcelona 0-3 Bayern Munich (Agg: 0-7)
- Bayern Munich pull off a stunning 3-0 victory over Barcelona to book an all-German Champions League final against Borussia Dortmund.
- BBC Sport launches international app for Android
- BBC Sport brings you all the latest sports news on its new free smartphone app - now available for Android as well as Apple users.
- Augusta's stance on Woods backed
- Golf's governing bodies say Masters officials were right not to disqualify Tiger Woods after his illegal drop at last month's event.
- Star Wars irresistible for Abrams
- Film-maker JJ Abrams says the offer to direct the new Star Wars movie was a "once in a lifetime opportunity" he could not resist, despite his prior association with major franchises.
- Terry Gilliam to make opera return
- Monty Python member turned Hollywood film-maker Terry Gilliam will return as a director for the English National Opera, it is announced.
- Street star Roache in rape arrest
- Coronation Street star William Roache is arrested on suspicion of raping a 15-year-old girl in the 1960s.
- VIDEO: Skid ends US high-speed car chase
- A driver has been arrested after a high-speed car chase through the streets of Los Angeles.
- VIDEO: Knox: I want to visit Kercher's grave
- The American student Amanda Knox, who has written a book about her experience in Italy, says she hopes one day to be able to visit Meredith Kercher's grave.
- VIDEO: Venezuela MPs in punch-up over poll
- Fistfights have broken out in Venezuela's parliament over the recent disputed presidential election.
- VIDEO: Historic African school turns 50
- The first multi-racial school in southern Africa, Waterford Kamhlaba School in Swaziland, is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
- VIDEO: Bangladesh factory: 149 still missing
- The number of people known to have died in last week's factory collapse in Bangladesh has passed 400, and a further 149 are still listed as missing.
- VIDEO: Rare glimpse inside Cuba's prisons
- Cuba has allowed foreign journalists to visit several of its prisons, for the first time in almost a decade.
- VIDEO: Clear-up continues after Texas blast
- People have begun to return to find what happened to their homes after last month's explosion at a fertiliser plant in Texas.
- VIDEO: Sri Lanka's electricity prices rocket
- There is controversy in Sri Lanka over a sudden and very large jump in domestic electricity prices.
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- Amanda Knox and prison life
- How Amanda Knox?s portrait of prison life is changing
- VIDEO: Austin's quest to be recording centre
- America may have a new music recording capital
- Russia seeks new generation of 'heroes'
- Russia reinvents Soviet-era labour award
- Hazaras, hatred and Pakistan
- The woman who lost three sons in Pakistan's 'hell on Earth'
- Bearing witness to the Syrian conflict
- An Argentine photographer's journey to Syria
- Is 'gap yah' volunteering a bad thing?
- Why send middle-class teens to build schools in Africa?
- Exploring the mafia's underground world
- Exploring the mafia's secret underground bunkers
- Growing signs of Hezbollah role in Syria conflict
- BBC sees growing evidence of Hezbollah role in Syria conflict
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