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African leaders meeting in Addis Ababa choose the continent's oldest head of state, Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe, as chairman of the AU for the coming year.



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At least 30 police are killed as they storm a village controlled by Islamist rebels in Maguindanao province, southern Philippines, say officials.



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Asian shares traded mostly lower on Monday after the anti-austerity Syriza party won the Greek elections.



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The euro falls sharply against the dollar after the anti-austerity Syriza party wins the Greek general election.



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The Venezuelan authorities prevent the former presidents of Chile and Colombia from visiting jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez.



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Downing Street is to review security procedures after a hoax caller was put through to Prime Minister David Cameron, Number 10 says.



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Sir Philip Green is considering selling the department store chain BHS after receiving "several approaches".



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Hosts Equatorial Guinea make it through to the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals by beating Gabon.



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Defending champions Arsenal reach the FA Cup fifth round but are forced to hang on for victory against Brighton.



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The Conservatives are close to agreeing to new plans for pre-election television debates, the party's chairman Grant Shapps says.



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Exit polls suggest clear victory for anti-austerity Syriza party in tightly fought Greek general election.



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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko vows to "calm" fighting with pro-Russia rebels in east Ukraine, a day after 30 people were killed in Mariupol.



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A journalist believed to have been the first to report the death of Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman says he has fled the country, fearing for his life.



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Brazil's Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira says the country's most populous states are experiencing their worst water crisis since 1930.



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World leaders gather in Saudi Arabia to offer condolences after the death on Friday of King Abdullah at the age of 90.



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At least 10 people are killed in Cairo during street protests marking the fourth anniversary of the start Egypt's 2011 uprising.



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The World Health Organization sets out plans for reform, admitting it was too slow to respond to the "horrific" Ebola outbreak in West Africa.



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South Africa defender Thulani Hlatshwayo is ruled out of Tuesday's Africa Cup of Nations match against Ghana.



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Bradford City boss Phil Parkinson refused Jose Mourinho's handshake before full-time in the FA Cup win over Chelsea.



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Michael Carberry helps Perth Scorchers beat Kevin Pietersen's Melbourne Stars to reach the Australian Big Bash final.



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Andy Murray wins a gruelling late-night contest with Grigor Dimitrov to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals.



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Joe Franklin, who was a New York TV host for 43 years and is credited by some as having invented the talk show format, dies at the age of 88.



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New Zealand win the one-day series against Sri Lanka with a match still to play after going 4-1 up with a 120-run victory.



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Home favourite Nick Kyrgios beats Andreas Seppi in five sets to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals.



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The release of the film American Sniper has led to an increase in threats against Muslims in the US, an Arab-American civil rights group says.



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Irish airline Aer Lingus is set to approve a takeover bid by British Airways owner IAG, the BBC understands.



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A lock of President Abraham Lincoln's hair fetches $25,000 (£16,600) at an auction of memorabilia that sells for more than $800,000 in total.



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An MEP who has defected to the Conservatives had "reached the end of the road" with UKIP, party leader Nigel Farage says.



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The Indonesian official leading efforts to recover AirAsia flight QZ8501 says the fuselage appears to be too fragile to be lifted, after failed bids to raise it.



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Thai authorities ban former PM Yingluck Shinawatra from office for five years and launch criminal charges that could see her jailed.



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Fighters from the Islamist militant group Boko Haram launch an attack on the key city of Maiduguri in north-eastern Nigeria, reports say.



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A 880-passenger cruise ship which was travelling between Spain and Lanzarote is without power off the coast of Morocco after a fire in the engine room.



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Customs officials in Bulgaria find two million critically endangered baby eels hidden in the luggage of two Chinese men.



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US President Barack Obama calls Japan's PM to offer condolences after the apparent murder of a Japanese hostage by Islamic State.



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Michael Keaton's film Birdman emerges as a strong contender for the Academy Awards after being given the Producers Guild of America's top award.



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The most senior US official to visit Cuba in more than 30 years meets leading Cuban dissidents in Havana, at the end of two days of talks in the city.



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An MEP who defected from UKIP to the Conservatives has branded his old party a "vanity project" for its leader Nigel Farage, who runs it "like a dictator".



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Libya's Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia confirms its leader Mohammad al-Zahawi has died, after apparently being wounded in October.



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Billions of pounds owed in child maintenance may never be recovered, government accounts show - though ministers say the debts are not "forgotten".



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Nasa's mission to Pluto gets under way in earnest as the New Horizons probe starts taking the pictures needed for July's close flyby.



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Greeks vote in general elections, with the anti-austerity Syriza and the centre-right New Democracy parties seen as front-runners in a tight race.



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US President Barack Obama is due to arrive in India for a three-day visit, protected by one of India's biggest-ever security operations.



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Thousands of Venezuelans attend an opposition march blaming failed government policies for widespread shortages and a worsening economic crisis.



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Investigators continue to question key witnesses over the death of top Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman, whose body was found at his apartment a week ago.



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Cameroon and Guinea play out a draw that sees Africa Cup of Nations Group D exactly level going into the final games.



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Defence Minister Edgar Lungu wins Zambia's presidential election for the governing Patriotic Front with 48.3% of the vote.



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Belgian authorities are looking for a possible accomplice of Mehdi Nemmouche, the gunman charged with killing four people at a Jewish museum in May.



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Police are searching two aircraft at Atlanta's airport after they were targeted by "credible" bomb threats, US officials say.



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UKIP MEP and communities spokesman Amjad Bashir is suspended over financial and employment concerns, the party says.



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The government in the Philippines is facing calls for an inquiry after it temporarily relocated homeless people during Pope Francis' visit.



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British nurse Pauline Cafferkey tells the BBC she is "very happy to be alive" as she is discharged from hospital, having made a full recovery from Ebola.



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Ukraine's new finance minister Natalie Jaresko says a proposed bailout package from the International Monetary Fund will be "sufficient to rebuild credibility" in the country's economy.



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East Ukraine rebels have launched an offensive on the city of Mariupol, one of their leaders says, as rockets kill and injure dozens in the port city.



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A top official at the European Central Bank warns that unemployment and low growth are undermining the European Union.



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Japan says it is seeking to verify a video that suggests hostage Haruna Yukawa has been killed by IS militants.



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An Egyptian court orders a retrial for 37 Muslim Brotherhood supporters sentenced to death over an attack on a police station in 2013.



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Four suspected members of an Islamist militant network are arrested in the Spanish territory of Ceuta bordering Morocco.



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Edgar Froese, the founding member of the German ambient electronic group Tangerine Dream, dies in Vienna at the age of 70.



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Nigeria does not need the help of UN or African Union troops to take on Boko Haram, the country's national security adviser tells the BBC.



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The Democratic Republic of Congo senate amends a controversial census bill, following four days of violent nationwide protests.



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An Islamist militant shot dead by French commandos after he attacked a Jewish supermarket two weeks ago is buried near Paris.



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Rockets fired by pro-Russian rebels have killed at least 10 people in Ukraine's government-held port city of Mariupol, police say.



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Thousands of Yemenis take to the streets in the capital Sanaa to protest against Shia Houthi rebels who have taken over much of the city.



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Egyptian officials probe reports that Tutankhamun's beard was hastily glued back on after becoming detached from the priceless antiquity.



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The main pro-Russian rebel leader in eastern Ukraine says his troops are on the offensive and he does not want truce talks.



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A murder inquiry is launched after a man died in a machete attack outside a Gloucester pub.



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Salvage teams begin an operation to raise the fuselage of AirAsia flight QZ8501, which crashed into the Java Sea, killing all 162 on board.



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A young Colorado woman is sentenced to four years in jail for trying to provide material support to the militant group Islamic State.



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World leaders are due to arrive in Saudi Arabia to pay their respects in person after the death on Friday of King Abdullah.



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A national recruitment video to encourage medical students to choose general practice as a career is launched by the Royal College of GPs.



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Brazil's Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira says the country's most populous states are experiencing their worst water crisis since 1930.



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Coach Bill Belichick and Tom Brady deny knowledge of plans for the New England Patriots team to intentionally deflate balls.



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Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner says she is convinced top Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman's death was no suicide.



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Haiti installs a Provisional Electoral Council to organise long-delayed elections - after weeks of protests and political uncertainty.



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The number of senior British army officers is likely to be cut as part of an overhaul of its command structure.



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Five Lebanese government soldiers are killed in clashes with militants near the Syrian border, the Lebanese army says.



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The US Supreme Court will hear the case of three death row inmates who say the use of the sedative midazolam in executions is cruel and unusual punishment.



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A drone with more drugs attached to it than it could carry has crashed near Mexico's border with the US, police say.



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David Cameron will travel to Saudi Arabia to pay his condolences, following the death of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz.



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League Two Cambridge United hold Manchester United to a goalless draw to earn an FA Cup fourth-round replay.



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Danish currency trading specialist said it could afford to absorb losses if customers failed to meet their obligations



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Asia's richest person Li Ka-shing confirms his company is offering to buy Britain's second-largest mobile provider O2 for up to £10.25bn ($15.4bn).



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Senegal go top of Africa Cup of Nations Group C after coming from behind to hold South Africa.



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Greek party leaders are making their final appeals to voters before Sunday's general election, with polls giving left-wing Syriza a clear lead.



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Diane Andryshakleft left her husband with the task of working on their home's renovations while she went out to work.



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Thousands march for and against Shia Houthi rebels amid a dangerous power vacuum following the resignation of Yemen's leaders.



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Ivory Coast coach Herve Renard praises Equatorial Guinea's hosting of the Africa Cup of Nations, calling it "a great success".



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Nigeria's security chief says the electoral commission should delay next month's poll to give more time for voter card distribution.



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Scientists working on Europe's Rosetta mission say they may have found evidence for how comets are formed.



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The Democratic Republic of Congo senate amends a controversial census bill following four days of violent nationwide protests.



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Saudi Arabia has postponed the flogging of blogger Raif Badawi for the second week running on health grounds, according to a human rights group.



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Waiting times in A&E units in England have improved to their best level since November - but the target is still being missed, figures show.



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Three-time Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper is to play the Elephant Man in London following the critical acclaim he has received for the role on Broadway.



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The web-based taxi firm Uber restarts operations in Delhi, six weeks after it was banned over charges that one of its drivers raped a passenger.



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Several thousand people gather in northern Myanmar for the funerals of two teachers who activists allege were raped and killed by soldiers.



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