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Juventus 3-1 Fulham

BBC NEWS | World - 2 hours 6 min ago
Three first-half goals see Juventus take command of their Europa League last-16 tie with Fulham but Dickson Etuhu's goal gives the Cottagers' hope.
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Iraq results point to tight race

BBC NEWS | World - 3 hours 25 min ago
First results from Iraq's election suggest a tight contest may be developing between PM Nouri Maliki and main rival Iyad Allawi.
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Biden tries to ease Mid-East row

BBC NEWS | World - 3 hours 27 min ago
US Vice-President Joe Biden says Middle East peace talks must resume, despite a row over Israeli settlement plans.
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Liverpool sunk by late Lille goal

BBC NEWS | World - 3 hours 53 min ago
Liverpool face an uphill task to progress from the last 16 of the Europa League after Eden Hazard's goal gives a lively Lille side a 1-0 first-leg lead.
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Pinera sworn in as new quake hits

BBC NEWS | World - 3 hours 55 min ago
Sebastian Pinera is sworn in as president of quake-hit Chile, as a 6.9-magnitude aftershock strikes the centre of the country.
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Web censure 'curbs human rights'

BBC NEWS | World - 4 hours 13 min ago
Freedom of expression on the web has been curtailed in 2009, the US state department says in its annual human rights report.
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Thalidomide effect mystery solved

BBC NEWS | World - 4 hours 18 min ago
The mechanism by which thalidomide causes malformed limbs is revealed by scientists.
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US school prom axed as lesbian student asks to bring girlfriend

BBC NEWS | World - 5 hours 7 min ago
A student at a high school in Mississippi says the school board cancelled her school's prom rather than let her attend it with her lesbian girlfriend
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Nigeria women protest at killings

BBC NEWS | World - 5 hours 10 min ago
Hundreds of Nigerian women protest over last Sunday's violence near Jos, where many women and children were massacred.
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Ex-Bosnian leader 'owed apology'

BBC NEWS | World - 5 hours 15 min ago
The UK should is asked to apologise for "mistreating" ex-Bosnian President Ejup Ganic in prison.
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Net billionaires

BBC NEWS | World - 6 hours 16 min ago
Who has profited from the web's biggest sites?
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Morocco warns religious groups

BBC NEWS | World - 6 hours 30 min ago
Morocco warns against religious activists seeking to convert people - two days after expelling 20 Christians.
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Live - Europa League

BBC NEWS | World - 6 hours 34 min ago
Fulham play Juventus in the last 16 of the Europa League after Liverpool are beaten in Lille.
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Extradition over Auschwitz theft

BBC NEWS | World - 6 hours 37 min ago
A Stockholm court rules a Swedish man can be extradited to Poland for trial over the theft of a sign from Auschwitz.
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Between friends

BBC NEWS | World - 7 hours 4 min ago
US and Israel dodge settlement confrontation
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Hamas releases British journalist

BBC NEWS | World - 7 hours 21 min ago
Hamas releases a British journalist it had held for a month in Gaza, saying at a news conference that it suspects him of being a spy.
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Burma annuls 1990 Suu Kyi poll win

BBC NEWS | World - 7 hours 38 min ago
Burma's leaders formally annul the National League for Democracy's 1990 election win, as more details of new poll laws emerge.
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Ukraine president forms coalition

BBC NEWS | World - 7 hours 52 min ago
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych secures a coalition in parliament and one of his loyalists is confirmed as PM.
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Sri Lanka general trial date set

BBC NEWS | World - 8 hours 18 min ago
Defeated Sri Lankan presidential candidate Gen Sarath Fonseka is to be put on military trial next week, officials say.
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Greeks stage fresh general strike

BBC NEWS | World - 8 hours 31 min ago
Greek public and transport services grind to a halt and clashes break out during a third strike over austerity measures.
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