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Rival forces battle for Abidjan

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 07:52 AM PDT

Heavy fighting rocks Ivory Coast's main city, Abidjan, for a third day, as rival forces appear to be battling for control of key areas.

Kandahar Koran protest 'kills 10'

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 07:47 AM PDT

Ten people are killed in the Afghan city of Kandahar in a protest over the burning of a Koran in the US, a day after 14 died in Mazar-e Sharif.

Live - India v Sri Lanka World Cup final

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 01:23 AM PDT

India's Gautam Gambhir and Mahendra Dhoni put on a vital stand against Sri Lanka to put the hosts in with a great chance of winning an absorbing World Cup final in Mumbai.

Radioactive leak at Japan plant

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 01:55 AM PDT

Radioactive water leaks into the sea from a crack in a concrete containment pit at Japan's quake-hit Fukushima plant, its operator says.

Air strike 'kills Libyan rebels'

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 08:48 AM PDT

A coalition plane flying over Libya fired on a rebel convoy and killed 13 people, the rebels say.

Milk fears shut China's dairies

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 07:27 AM PDT

Nearly half of China's 1,176 dairies are being shut after failing to obtain new licences, as Beijing tries to shore up its scandal-tainted milk industry.

US jet lands after hole in roof

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 11:57 PM PDT

An airliner carrying 118 passengers makes an emergency landing in the US with an unexplained hole in the roof.

Spanish PM will not seek new term

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 04:01 AM PDT

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero says he will not seek a third term in parliamentary elections due next year.

UK base for giant radio telescope

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 07:56 AM PDT

The Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire will be the headquarters for a £1bn project to build the world's biggest radio telescope.

Last minute halt to Nigeria polls

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 06:23 AM PDT

Key elections across Nigeria are postponed until Monday because of organisational problems, electoral official say.

India police charge ex-minister

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 07:18 AM PDT

India's former telecoms minister, A Raja, is charged with conspiracy, forgery and fraud in connection with a multi-billion dollar corruption scandal.

London museum collects protest signs

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 03:15 AM PDT

The Museum of London is collecting placards and flags used by protesters at the recent protests against public spending cuts.

Live - Saturday football

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 03:44 AM PDT

Chelsea and Tottenham are held while West Brom beat Liverpool on a busy Saturday which has already seen Man Utd come back to beat West Ham and Leeds hammer promotion rivals Nottingham Forest.

West Ham 2-4 Man Utd

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 06:39 AM PDT

Wayne Rooney scores a hat-trick to inspire Manchester United to fight back from two goals down to beat West Ham.

Rangers 2-3 Dundee United

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 08:52 AM PDT

Dundee United come from behind to win at Ibrox and deny Rangers the chance of going top of the Scottish Premier League table.

MPs 'would work harder under AV'

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 07:14 AM PDT

The alternative vote system would make "rather average politicians" work harder, says former BBC chief Greg Dyke as the Yes campaign launches.

Bomb explodes under car in Omagh

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 08:25 AM PDT

A device has exploded underneath a car in Omagh, County Tyrone, says the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

Retail banks 'aren't competitive'

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 03:21 AM PDT

Bank customers are not told enough about charges and it is too hard to switch current accounts, a Treasury committee report says.

Gaddafi aide faces more questions

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 04:31 AM PDT

The UK is still seeking information from ex-Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa who fled to London on Thursday, Defence Secretary Liam Fox says.

Man remanded over shop shooting

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 04:33 AM PDT

A man is remanded in custody charged with two attempted murders after the shooting of a five-year-old girl and a man in London.

Man quizzed over school stabbing

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 05:39 AM PDT

A man arrested over the attempted murder of a teenage girl near her school in the West Midlands is still being questioned by police.

Parties on weekend election drive

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 07:08 AM PDT

The main political parties mark Mothers' day as the battle for Holyrood continues ahead of the 5 May election

Garden body prompts murder hunt

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 02:20 AM PDT

Police are treating the discovery of a man's body in a Livingston back garden as murder.

Name released of Omagh crash man

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 08:45 AM PDT

Simon Glenn 26-year-old man has died following a car accident outside Omagh.

Elderly woman is killed in fire

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 08:15 AM PDT

Police and fire crews are at the scene of a house fire in Islandmagee, County Antrim, where a woman has died.

Concerns over £38m hospital plans

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 03:10 AM PDT

Two hundred people attend a public meeting in Aberystwyth to voice concerns about the future of Bronglais hospital.

Swansea business growth success

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 12:31 AM PDT

Swansea is ranked the second best place in the UK for business growth in a Royal Mail survey.

US man jailed for seven killings

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 02:38 PM PDT

A man known as the "Westside rapist", who terrorised Los Angeles suburbs in the 1970s, is jailed for life on seven murder counts.

Brazil banks 'fund deforestation'

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 05:56 PM PDT

Brazil's biggest bank - the state-owned Banco do Brasil - is sued for allegedly funding illegal deforestation in the Amazon.

Swazi serial killer faces hanging

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 08:50 AM PDT

A judge in Swaziland sentences serial killer David Simelane, responsible for the deaths of 28 people, to death by hanging.

Gaza air strike kills militants

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 08:29 PM PDT

The Palestinian Islamist group, Hamas, warns Israel of "consequences" after an air strike in Gaza killed three members of its military wing.

American Apparel bankruptcy alert

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 01:47 PM PDT

The US clothing chain American Apparel has said there is "substantial doubt" it can continue as a going concern.

Dark feathers make healthy birds

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 01:20 AM PDT

Urban pigeons with dark feathers have stronger immune systems and are better able to fight off parasites, a study reveals.

Ivorian eyewitnesses: Looting and shooting

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 09:43 AM PDT

Residents of Abidjan tell the BBC about the fighting and looting in Ivory Coast's main city amid the country's political crisis.

VIDEO: The human cost of fighting in Libya

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 03:43 PM PDT

The BBC's Christian Fraser visits a hospital in the rebel-held city of Benghazi, where patients and doctors have been affected

VIDEO: 'Fighting an enemy you cannot see'

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 06:08 AM PDT

Radioactive water is leaking into the sea from a 20-centimetre (8-inch) crack in a containment pit at Japan's quake-hit Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator Tepco has said.

VIDEO: Libya: '15 dead' in coalition air strike

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 05:02 AM PDT

A convoy of five rebel cars and an ambulance was apparently hit after fighters fired an anti-aircraft gun into the air.

VIDEO: Nine killed in Kandahar protest

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 07:41 AM PDT

The UN Security Council strongly condemned Friday's deadly attack on a UN compound in Mazar-i-Sharif, which killed seven UN staff.

VIDEO: US plane makes emergency landing

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 05:30 AM PDT

An airliner has made an emergency landing in the United States after a gaping hole in the roof caused a sudden drop in cabin pressure.

VIDEO: Rival forces battle in Ivory Coast

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 06:08 AM PDT

Heavy fighting has broken out again in Ivory Coast's main city, Abidjan, between supporters of the country's presidential rivals.

VIDEO: Japan: Search for 'contaminated' bodies

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 02:01 AM PDT

Japan's air force is stepping up the search to find the bodies of the tsunami victims, but radioactivity is hampering their efforts. Chris Hogg reports.

VIDEO: New Syrian anti-government protests

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 06:48 PM PDT

New anti-government protests have erupted in several Syrian cities after Friday prayers, despite heavy security.

Who is in charge?

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 08:43 AM PDT

Assessing the response to Japan's nuclear crisis

Compensation row

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 06:27 PM PDT

Poland delays payments for Nazi and communist-era losses

Week in pictures

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 07:31 AM PDT

A selection of pictures from the week's news

Syria dilemma

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 06:22 PM PDT

US struggles to react to protests against Assad

Colonel's mouthpiece

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 06:49 PM PDT

Once a student in the UK, now a spokesman for Gaddafi

Roaming rip-off?

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 07:00 PM PDT

Will it get cheaper to use mobile devices abroad?

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