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Three 'hindered' Boston blasts case
Three college classmates of the Boston bombings suspect are arrested on suspicion of hindering 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.
Facebook U-turn over beheading clips
Facebook changes its earlier stance on videos of people being decapitated which had been spread on its site, now saying it will remove them.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Three UK soldiers die in Afghanistan
David Cameron says officials will look carefully at how three British soldiers died in a bomb attack on a heavily armoured vehicle in Afghanistan.
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.
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.
India zoo shut after tiger intrusion
Authorities in India close a zoo to visitors after a male tiger enters from the wild, apparently seeking to mate with one of the zoo's tigresses.
VIDEO: Atoms in 'world's smallest movie'
A film using single atoms to animate a boy playing with a ball, dancing, and bouncing on a trampoline, has become the world's smallest stop-motion movie.
VIDEO: Historic African school turns 50
The first multi-racial school in southern Africa, Waterford Kamhlaba School in Swaziland, is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
AUDIO: Bugs Bunny turns 75
Bugs Bunny turns 75 this year - the BBC hears from Billy West who was the cartoon character's voice for 10 of those years.
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VIDEO: Woman finds toad in a can of beans
A woman has described her horror at finding a toad in a can of green beans.
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: Space launch for Canadian banknotes
Canadian astronaut presented the country's new banknotes from aboard the International Space Station.
VIDEO: Sri Lanka's electricity prices rocket
There is controversy in Sri Lanka over a sudden and very large jump in domestic electricity prices.
Facebook profits from mobile ads
Facebook announces higher profits and revenues in the first quarter of 2013, boosted by a jump in advertising revenue.
US central bank to keep buying bonds
US central bank keeps interest rates steady and sticks to its quantitative easing bond-buying programme.
Nevada opens first online poker site
Nevada has become the first US state to allow residents to play poker online for money.
US scientists develop smart paper
US scientists have developed RFID-enabled paper that could be used to create banknotes that are easy to authenticate.
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.
'White graphene' to clean up spills
A material called boron nitride - originally touted as useful for next-generation electronics - turns out to be a high-performance pollutant "sponge".
Scientists make 'bug-eye' camera
A digital camera that functions like an insect's compound eye is developed by US scientists.
Smoking 'poses bigger risk to women'
Women may be more vulnerable to smoking-related diseases than men, studies suggest.
Religious 'support assisted suicide'
A majority of British people who follow a religious faith support the law being changed to allow assisted suicide, research suggests.
BBC Sport launches international app for Android
BBC Sport brings you all the sports news on its free smartphone app, now available on Android as well as Apple.
Benitez will not discuss Mourinho
Chelsea interim manager Rafael Benitez refuses to speak about Jose Mourinho ahead of Thursday's game with FC Basel.
7 questions on famous meetings
It's the bicentenary of David Livingstone, the protagonist of a very famous meeting. Test yourself on other celebrated encounters.
Where are the world's gay athletes?
NBA player Jason Collins made headlines this week as the first active competitor in a major American professional sport to be announce he is gay. Will other athletes across the globe follow suit?
Pakistan's changing political landscape
Elections in Pakistan this year are more dangerous because not a day goes by without a report of an attack on politicians or the police by one of many armed groups.
Commonwealth faces 'real test' on Sri Lanka
Canada leads the charge to stop Sri Lanka hosting a Commonwealth summit over human rights concerns.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
'DNA match' at April accused's home
Blood found at the home of the man accused of murdering missing April Jones in a sexually motivated attack matched that of the five-year-old, a court hears.
NHS 111 advice line 'still fragile'
The new NHS non-emergency 111 telephone service in England is in a fragile state in a number of areas ahead of bank holiday weekend, NHS bosses admit.
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In pictures: The Valleys Project
Cardiff's International Festival of Photography
In pictures: Beltane Fire Festival
The ancient Celtic and Pagan festival of Beltane
In pictures: May Day action
Events to mark International Labour Day
In pictures: Queen greets UAE president
The Queen welcomes the president of UAE
Day in pictures: 30 April 2013
Twenty-four hours of news photos: 30 April
In pictures: Netherlands' new king
Netherlands celebrates inauguration
In pictures: Camouflage in Afghanistan
Varied camouflage patterns in use by Isaf
Amanda Knox and prison life
How Amanda Knox’s portrait of prison life has changed
Exploring the mafia's underground world
Exploring the mafia's secret underground bunkers
Has Nigeria's Niger Delta managed to buy peace?
Has Nigeria managed to buy peace in its oil-rich creeks?
Russia seeks new generation of 'heroes'
Russia reinvents Soviet-era labour award
Is 'gap yah' volunteering a bad thing?
Why send middle-class teens to help Cambodian orphans?
Why Libya's militias are up in arms
Why Libya's militiamen are flexing their muscles
Day in pictures: 1 May 2013
Twenty-four hours of news photos from around the world
Future highways may glow in the dark
Glow-in-the-dark ice alerts and other road revamps
Tunisia's last Jews at ease despite troubled past
Tunisia's tiny Jewish community unruffled by troubled past
VIDEO: Austin's quest to be recording centre
America may have a new music recording capital
Will Europe cut its interest rate?
Interest rate cut likely as Europe yearns for elusive growth
Guantanamo's 'longest hunger strike'
Jonathan Beale examines the Guantanamo protest

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