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- Eurozone downturn 'accelerating'
- Activity at European businesses hits a near three-year low in May, an economic survey finds, as EU leaders voice support for Greece staying in the eurozone.
- Candidates spar as Egyptians vote
- Tensions rise between some of the leading contenders in Egypt's first free presidential election, as voting draws to a close.
- Suspect held in Etan Patz death
- A man questioned over the disappearance of Etan Patz in 1979 is reportedly claiming he strangled the six-year-old and put his body in a box.
- Breivik 'to accept court verdict'
- Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in Norway last year, says he will not appeal against a guilty verdict if the court finds him sane.
- England to trial goal-line system
- Goal-line technology will be tested at Wembley when England entertain Belgium in a friendly on 2 June.
- 700 protesters arrested in Quebec
- Nearly 700 people are held in two Quebec cities in the biggest single night of mass arrests since student protests over fees began in February.
- Fresh Iran talks called in Moscow
- Talks on Iran's nuclear programme end with "significant differences", EU officials in Baghdad say, but the two sides agree to meet again in Moscow in June.
- Head of Vatican Bank is sacked
- The Vatican sacks the director of its bank, Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, who is being investigated in a money laundering case.
- UK police in Libya Fletcher probe
- A Metropolitan Police team is to fly to Libya to continue the investigation into the murder of PC Yvonne Fletcher, Prime Minister David Cameron says.
- Rinehart 'world's richest woman'
- Australia's mining magnate Gina Rinehart has become the world's richest woman with assets of $28bn, a respected business magazine says.
- 'Reagan blood' auction cancelled
- A vial said to contain a sample of the late US President Ronald Reagan's blood is withdrawn from sale by an online auction house.
- Yahoo launches visual search app
- Yahoo tries to attract search queries via a new service which offers visual webpage previews rather than lists of links
- VIDEO: Trying to fight polio in Pakistan
- Polio has been declared a "global emergency" by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative after "explosive" outbreaks in countries previously free of the disease
- VIDEO: Sicily honours anti-Mafia campaigner
- After campaigning by family and relatives, union leader Placido Rizzotto is to be honoured over 60 years after he was killed in Corleone by the Mafia.
- VIDEO: Australian woman 'worth A$29bn'
- Australian mining magnate Gina Rinehart has been declared the richest woman in the world, with a wealth of nearly A$30bn.
- VIDEO: One-minute World News
- Watch the latest news summary from BBC World News. International news updated 24 hours a day.
- VIDEO: Toddler scooters across busy junction
- A three-year-old is captured on CCTV driving his toy scooter though a busy intersection in China.
- VIDEO: Queen meets icons of arts world
- The Queen has met hundreds of leading cultural figures at one of the most glittering gatherings of actors, writers and artists the UK has seen.
- VIDEO: Fire breaks out on US nuclear sub
- At least six people are injured after a fire breaks out on a US nuclear submarine at a dockyard in the state of Maine.
- VIDEO: Will Canada's housing bubble burst?
- Property prices in Toronto and Vancouver are soaring - but could Canada's housing market face a US-style crash?
- Economy shrank more than thought
- The UK economy shrank by 0.3% in the first three months of the year, more than previously estimated, revised figures show.
- No trademark for chocolate rabbit
- A Swiss-made chocolate bunny, wrapped in gold foil, cannot be registered as a trademark, the European Court of Justice court has ruled.
- New Facebook app copies Instagram
- The social network's new photography app appears to replicate many features of Instagram which it is buying for $1bn.
- Sir Jonathan reaffirms Apple role
- As he receives his knighthood, Apple's design head Sir Jonathan Ive stresses his desire to stay at the company.
- 'Don't win Eurovision' Spain told
- Spain's Eurovision entrant admits her country would struggle to host the event next year if it were to win the competition for the first time in 43 years.
- Cuba artist Lam fetches top price
- A work by Cuban surrealist painter Wifredo Lam sells for $4.5m at an auction in New York, a record price for one of his works.
- Butterflies spread in hot summers
- Once rare brown argus butterflies have been moving north due to a pattern of hot summers, say researchers.
- Warning over deep-ocean stowaways
- Care must be taken not to spread deep-sea creatures around the world during exploration of the remote ocean floor, scientists caution.
- 'Emergency plan' to beat polio
- Polio has been declared a "global emergency" by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative after "explosive" outbreaks in countries previously free of the disease.
- Calcium pills pose 'heart risk'
- People who take calcium supplements could be increasing their risk of having a heart attack, according to researchers in Germany.
- Martinez in talks with Liverpool
- Wigan owner Dave Whelan says Roberto Martinez is in the United States for talks with Liverpool over their manager's job.
- Lotus favourites for win - Button
- McLaren's Jenson Button says the Lotus team are the favourites to win this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix.
- Beijing toilets in 'two fly rule'
- Beijing authorities set new standards for public toilets, including a stipulation that they should contain no more than two flies.
- DNA to shed light on yeti claims
- A UK-Swiss team is to use genetic testing to investigate the origins of remains claimed to have come from "yetis" and "bigfoot".
- Uganda row over LRA rebel amnesty
- A senior commander in the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) should be granted amnesty just like other LRA fighters, his lawyer tells the BBC - sparking a row with the public prosecutor.
- Brother of blind activist flees
- The older brother of blind activist Chen Guangcheng flees his closely-guarded village to seek legal help for his son in Beijing.
- EU plans to speed up closer union
- A top EU official is launching a plan to rescue the eurozone by binding its 17 nations closer together.
- Argentine 'Dirty War' body named
- Argentina identifies the remains of a body that washed ashore in Uruguay in 1976 as a "disappeared" victim of that era.
- Syria army 'behind rights abuses'
- The Syrian army and security forces are responsible for most of the serious rights abuses committed since March, say UN-mandated investigators.
- Unabomber in Harvard reunion note
- Harvard graduate Ted Kaczynski, better known as the Unabomber, has published a note in a class report for the 50-year reunion of his class.
- Hunt memo reveals BSkyB support
- Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt sent a note to David Cameron suggesting his support for News Corp's bid for BSkyB before he was put in charge of deciding on the deal, the Leveson Inquiry hears.
- Hot weather to continue next week
- Forecasters say the warm UK weather, which has come soon after below-average temperatures, will continue into next week.
- Boy charged after school death
- A teenager is charged with assaulting a boy who died after an alleged fight at a Glasgow school.
- MSPs pass Scots booze price plan
- Scotland will become the first place in the UK to introduce minimum drink pricing, after MSPs passed the plan at parliament.
- Your pictures: Canada
- Readers' photos on the theme Canada
- In pictures: Egypt votes for second day
- Landmark election
- Day in pictures: 23 May 2012
- 24 hours of news photos: 23 May
- In pictures: Egypt votes
- Images from the streets of Cairo as polls open
- In pictures: Chelsea Flower Show
- Press day at the Chelsea Flower Show
- In pictures: Annular eclipse
- Eastern Asia to the western US states
- Day in pictures: 22 May 2012
- 24 hours of news photos 22 May 2012
- Robin Gibb's life in pictures
- Bee Gees' singer Robin Gibb has died
- Does the Queen do fashion?
- Do style trends ever follow the Queen?
- The city that loves to grumble
- The beautiful European city where moaning is a way of life
- How hard do you work?
- How hard do you work?
- Does al-Qaeda have a foothold in Syria?
- Is al-Qaeda trying to gain a foothold in Syria's unrest?
- Day in pictures: 24 May 2012
- 24 hours of news photos from around the world
- 10 of your Vidal Sassoon cuts
- Readers' recollections of 1960s haircuts
- The joylessness of shopping
- Will they regulate consumption at the Rio+20 summit?
- Sicily honours anti-Mafia victim
- State funeral for anti-Mafia campaigner, 60 years on
- Profile: Boko Haram's leader Abubakar Shekau
- The shadowy man behind Nigeria's Islamist militants
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