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Russia and China veto an Arab and Western-backed UN resolution condemning the violent crackdown in Syria, hours after scores are killed in Homs.
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Snow is falling across much of the UK, from southern Scotland to the English Midlands, disrupting flights and leading to calls for drivers to take care.
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Prince William starts work as an RAF search and rescue pilot in the Falkland Islands, having arrived in the territory on a six-week routine deployment.
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A man is arrested in connection with the murder of Worcestershire pensioner Betty Yates.
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Republicans in the US state of Nevada take part in caucuses to decide their choice of presidential candidate with Mitt Romney leading the field.
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Former Cuban President Fidel Castro appears in public for the first time since April 2011 to launch a two-volume book of memoirs.
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Chris Huhne's resignation as Energy Secretary will be a loss to the cabinet and the Lib Dems, his former parliamentary private secretary tells BBC News.
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Tens of thousands of people march in Moscow in protest at Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, while his supporters hold a rally elsewhere in Russia's capital.
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South African youth leader Julius Malema loses his appeals against the ruling ANC's decision to suspend him for bringing the party into disrepute.
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People are asked to avoid an area of Medway where Kent Police are dealing with a firearms incident.
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Nottingham Forest owner Nigel Doughty is found dead in the gym at his home in Lincolnshire at the age of 54.
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One of the most famous paintings by Fife artist Jack Vettriano has gone on public display for the first time in two decades.
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A water tower in Devon is cleaned by a robot which is said to resemble the children's movie character Wall-E.
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England's new-look side give interim coach Stuart Lancaster the best possible start by claiming a first win at Murrayfield in eight years.
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England fly-half Charlie Hodgson scores the only try of the match as Stuart Lancaster's new-look side grind out a 13-6 win at Murrayfield.
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Younus Khan hits an unbeaten century to move Pakistan closer to a series whitewash over England on the second day of the third Test.
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Manchester City hit two early goals before seeing off a heavy snow storm to open up a three-point lead over Manchester United at the top of the Premier League.
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The US economy created 243,000 jobs in January, while the unemployment rate fell to 8.3%, official figures show.
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Around 20% of unemployed people who have been on the government's main welfare-to-work scheme, the Work Programme, for at least 6 months have been found a job, the BBC has learnt.
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Lib Dem minister Ed Davey is named the new energy and climate change secretary following Chris Huhne's resignation, while Norman Lamb takes over his role as business minister.
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The government is looking for 12 run down High Streets in England to share £1m as a part of plans proposed by TV retail guru Mary Portas.
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Physiotherapist leaders have joined the Royal College of GPs in calling for the health bill in England to be scrapped, increasing pressure on the government.
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The number of deaths worldwide from malaria has been underestimated, according to data published in the medical journal the Lancet.
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The incoming fair access watchdog says universities will be fined for failing to recruit more students from poorer backgrounds.
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The results of England's academy schools are being inflated by the over-use of vocational equivalents, analysis suggests.
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Apple is granted a suspension of a sales ban imposed on some of its iPads and iPhones in Germany.
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The FBI investigates how activists linked to Anonymous obtained a recording of a phone call between US and UK police on their operations against hacking.
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Prince Charles says there is a reason to be optimistic about the state of the world's oceans, but it is "critically urgent" to tackle overfishing.
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Astronomers at the Paranal observatory combine four telescope to create the world's largest virtual device with a 130m-mirror.
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Children's laureate and Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson writes a poem in protest at planned library closures across the country.
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Almost a year after the film reigned supreme at the Oscars, the stage version of The King's Speech has its world premiere.
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Scooters are becoming increasingly popular as people look to cut costs and stretch their budgets, but could the boom spark safety problems?
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The Magazine's weekly quiz of the news, 7 days 7 questions.
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Fresh protests take place at the Syrian embassy in London over President Assad's regime.
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A 31-year-old from Gloucester is arrested on suspicion of murder as police investigate the disappearance of a woman.
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A man had part of his ear bitten off in a "violent" and "unprovoked" attack by two men in a Glasgow fast food outlet.
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A swimming pool in Glasgow whose closure 11 years ago led to violent clashes with police is reopened by Scots actor and director Peter Mullan.
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A man who allegedly set fire to his County Antrim home appears in court charged with arson.
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About 100 people gather in Enniskillen to demonstrate against the use of fracking to extract gas from shale rock in County Fermanagh.
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Snow brings difficult driving conditions on some roads in Wales, including the Brecon Beacons and heads of the valleys.
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A third person is charged with murder after a man was found dead in his flat in Essex.
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At least four people are killed in clashes between Egyptian protesters and police, amid ongoing anger over deaths after a football match.
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All the action from Saturday's quarter-finals as they happen at the Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.
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The number of civilians killed and injured in the Afghan conflict has risen for the fifth year in a row, a UN report reveals.
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Australia's Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd warns Europe faces an "early grave" if it continues to ignore Asia's rise.
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Freezing weather hits transport hubs across Europe, as a cold spell that has now claimed 260 lives continues.
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Unions representing French pilots and aircrew plan to strike from Monday to Thursday.
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Influential Colombian emerald dealer Victor Carranza is investigated for alleged links with paramilitary groups in the 1990s.
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A Cuban woman who writes a blog critical of the Communist authorities says she will not be able to travel to Brazil after Cuba refused her an exit visa.
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The BBC's Director General, Mark Thompson, accuses the Iranian authorities of intimidating those working for its Persian service.
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Two US women tourists and their Egyptian guide who were kidnapped in the south of Egypt's Sinai peninsula have been released, security sources say.
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Barack Obama challenges Congress to keep the recovery going as new data shows unemployment down to its lowest rate in three years.
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US prosecutors close an investigation into allegations of criminal conduct over doping claims in a cycle team partly owned by Lance Armstrong.
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News photos from around the world: 28 January-3 February
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Sixty photographs for 60 years on the throne
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Haunting views of Venice's waterways
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Drawing offices where Titanic was designed
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24 hours of news photos: 3 February 2012
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24 hours of news photos: 2 February 2012
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Readers pictures on the theme of hunger
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Many die in clashes after match between rivals
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Ministers will "unwind" any tax avoidance schemes being used by public sector employees, Treasury Chief Secretary Danny Alexander has announced.
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Heavy snow is falling across large parts of the UK, causing disruption on roads, and prompting warnings of worse to come.
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The British team are going head to head against hundreds of downhill skaters in the latest leg of the Red Bull "crashed ice" world championship.
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The Highways Agency is warning drivers to take care on the roads, as the cold weather continues.
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Freezing weather has hit transport hubs across Europe, closing airports, blocking roads and halting trains.
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Spencer Kelly explains, with the help of some rather outlandish wigs, how malware changes and disguises itself to avoid detection.
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Flooding in the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales has forced thousands of families from their homes.
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Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Russia's capital Moscow in protest at Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's grip on power.
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The Queen has planted trees at the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk to mark her Diamond Jubilee.
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The parents looking to exchange their student child for yours
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Country's beauty not enough to keep jobless from leaving
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Are the living outnumbered by the dead?
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Thousands of volunteers attend Wembley Arena training session
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Could drought threaten South Africa's rooibos tea exports?
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The greenhouse where tropical plants are brightening up winter
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