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- Greek leftist attacks EU 'poker'
- The leader of Greece's leftist party - predicted to top next month's election - accuses the EU and Germany of "playing poker with people's lives", as millions of euros are withdrawn from Greek banks.
- Mladic 'headed ethnic cleansing'
- Former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic intended to "ethnically cleanse" Bosnia, the opening day of his war crimes trial hears.
- China veterans urge Zhou sacking
- Communist Party veterans write to China's president to urge him to sack security chief Zhou Yongkang for supporting disgraced politician Bo Xilai.
- French PM Ayrault names cabinet
- France's new Socialist Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault names his government but party leader Martine Aubry will not join the cabinet.
- Facebook to sell 25% more shares
- Facebook says it will sell 25% more shares than first planned in its forthcoming flotation in response to strong demand.
- Taylor says witnesses 'bought'
- Liberian ex-President Charles Taylor accuses the prosecution of paying witnesses to testify against him in his war crimes trial in The Hague.
- Syria is 'losing information war'
- Syria is losing the information war against the West, President Bashar al-Assad has said, amid continuing violence across the country.
- Poll-hit German minister sacked
- German Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen is dismissed after being blamed for the governing Christian Democrats' heavy losses in a regional poll.
- 'Innocent man' executed in Texas
- The US state of Texas is likely to have executed an innocent man due to careless handling of the case, a report by US law students claims.
- Cannes jury denies 'sexism' claim
- The jury for the Cannes Film Festival's prestigious Palme d'Or has spoken out over claims of sexism prompted by the lack of female filmmakers in the running.
- Escapee penguin 'found' in Tokyo
- A young penguin which escaped from Tokyo's Sea Life Park has reportedly been spotted swimming in waters around the Japanese capital.
- Dalglish sacked as Liverpool boss
- Kenny Dalglish is sacked as Liverpool manager after finishing eighth in a disappointing Premier League campaign.
- VIDEO: Did Beijing Olympics change China?
- The BBC's Sport Editor David Bond visits China to find out what legacy lessons can be learned.
- VIDEO: UN observers caught in Syria blast
- UN observer vehicles have been damaged by a blast during a visit to north-west Syria
- VIDEO: Thoughts used to control robotic arm
- Two patients in the United States who are paralysed from the neck down have been able to control a robotic arm using their thoughts.
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- VIDEO: Taylor: 'Prosecution paid witnesses'
- Former Liberian President Charles Taylor has accused the prosecution of paying and threatening witnesses in his war crimes trial.
- VIDEO: Gaga refused permit for Jakarta gig
- Indonesian police have refused to issue a permit for a Lady Gaga concert scheduled to take place in Jakarta next month.
- VIDEO: Paralysed man 'regains use of hand'
- A paralysed man in the US has regained limited use of his hand after pioneering surgery to bypass damage to his spinal cord, the Journal of Neurosurgery reports.
- VIDEO: Black box of Russian jet crash found
- Indonesian officials have recovered part of the black box from a Russian Sukhoi Superjet plane that crashed killing all 45 people on board last week.
- Bank warns of euro crisis 'storm'
- The Bank of England warns that the eurozone is "tearing itself apart" with the "storm" threatening the UK recovery, as it cuts its forecast for growth this year.
- Fed wary of any US spending cuts
- The Federal Reserve is worried about the impact on the US economy if government spending is cut sharply, minutes of its April meeting show.
- Google makes search 'more human'
- Google revamps its search engine in an attempt to offer instant answers to search questions with a new function, the Knowledge Graph.
- The Pirate Bay hit by hack attack
- File-sharing website The Pirate Bay appears to have been hit by a coordinated hack attack.
- Mexico writer Carlos Fuentes dies
- Carlos Fuentes, one of the most famous Latin American authors, known for fiction and political essays, dies in Mexico at the age of 83.
- Masseur drops Travolta sex claim
- One of the two male masseurs who have accused actor John Travolta of sexual assault withdraws his legal action.
- UK climate fix balloon grounded
- A pioneering UK project to test technology for a climate "technical fix" has been postponed and perhaps cancelled due to problems with patents and regulations.
- Robotic arm controlled by thought
- Two patients who are paralysed from the neck down are able to control a robotic arm using their thoughts.
- Home HIV tests backed by US panel
- Over-the-counter HIV tests, which would allow people in the US to check in the privacy of their homes if they have the virus, move a step closer.
- 'A&E fast-track' for Olympic VIPs
- Senior trauma surgeons have raised concerns over a deal to give Olympic VIPs fast-track emergency care during the 2012 games.
- Carroll in England Euro squad
- Andy Carroll and John Ruddy are included in England's 23-man squad for Euro 2012, but Rio Ferdinand is omitted.
- Strauss not thinking of quitting
- Andrew Strauss says he has not thought of giving up the England captaincy, ahead of the first Test against West Indies at Lord's.
- Turks take bird for Israeli spy
- Villagers in south-eastern Turkey sound the alarm after mistaking a migratory bird - a common European bee-eater - for an Israeli spy.
- 'Terror' croc shot in Australia
- Rangers in Australia's Northern Territory on Tuesday shoot dead a saltwater crocodile that had developed a taste for dogs and other oddities, local media report.
- Seven die in south Libya clash
- Seven people are killed and more than 20 injured in clashes in Libya's western desert town of Ghadames, the government says.
- Bangladeshi arrests spark anger
- Demonstrators and police clash in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka after 33 senior opposition figures are arrested in connection with anti-government protests last month.
- Italy's Bossi in fraud probe
- Umberto Bossi, the founder of Italy's main opposition party the Northern League, is under investigation for fraud, authorities say.
- Brazil truth commission installed
- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff inaugurates a truth commission to investigate rights abuses, including those committed during military rule from 1964-1985.
- New Palestinian cabinet sworn in
- Palestinian Authority President and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas swears in a new cabinet in the West Bank, a move Hamas describes as a "big error".
- Activists storm Montreal classes
- Student protesters in Montreal storm the University of Quebec, disrupting classes as they were due to resume after a boycott protesting rising tuition fees.
- Fatal fire 'started with petrol'
- Police say petrol was used to start a fire in a house in Derby in which six children died, as their parents appeal for privacy.
- Boy guilty of conkers row murder
- A 15-year-old boy is convicted of murdering a student who was stabbed in north London after a row over throwing conkers.
- Clinton Cards to close 350 stores
- Troubled retailer Clinton Cards, which is in administration, is to close almost half its stores across the UK, leading to the loss of almost 2,800 jobs.
- Children's shows to leave BBC One
- The BBC Trust confirms children's shows will no longer be shown on BBC One and BBC Two after digital switchover.
- Day in pictures: 15 May 2012
- 24 hours of news photos: 15 May 2012
- Dinosaurs launch city festival
- Norwich Festival of music and art
- In Pictures: Jubilee pageant
- The Diamond Jubilee Pageant at Windsor Castle
- In pictures: Celebrating Ivory Coast's large ladies
- Paintings celebrate the fuller figure of some African women
- Day in pictures: 14 May 2012
- 24 hours of news photos: 14 May 2012
- Week in pictures: 5-11 May 2012
- News photos from around the world
- In pictures: Silverstone Classic press day
- Cars and stars on show ahead of the Silverstone Classic
- Day in pictures: 11 May 2012
- 24 hours of news photos: 11 May 2012
- Could France learn to love British beef?
- Why France's trendiest butcher says British meat is best
- 7 questions on sandwiches
- What first went between the bread, 250 years ago?
- Romance on the Croisette
- Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom opens Cannes
- Punks of '77: Still angry after all these years?
- Have the punks of '77 changed their minds about the Royals?
- Lightning jump-starts Franco-German motor
- France's Hollande gets euro crisis baptism of fire
- Day in pictures: 16 May 2012
- 24 hours of news photos from around the world
- Mongolia's fight for new heroes
- How Olympic success sparked a sporting revolution
- Italian university switches to English
- A top Italian university switches to English
- Abuse claims swamp Kazakh oil riot trial
- Abuse claims threaten credibility of high-profile trial
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