Afghan talks: 'The ball is now in the Taliban court'
Lyse Doucet on the chances of a negotiated peace deal
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Broad hails England team display
Stuart Broad calls England's 10-wicket Twenty20 win over New Zealand "probably the most powerful I've been involved with."
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Chubby Checker sues over penis app
Chubby Checker sues tech firm HP over an app - named after the rock'n'roll singer - that claimed to guess a man's penis size.
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Blue Peter honours Apple's Jony Ive
The BBC's Blue Peter programme honours Apple's design chief, Sir Jonathan Ive, with its iconic gold badge for being an "inspiration to children".
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EU Commission probed over lobbyists
The European Ombudsman probes the European Commission's links with lobbyists amid concern about alleged conflicts of interest.
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F1 teams 'are in survival mode'
More than half of the teams in Formula 1 have serious financial problems, according to McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh.
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Hanningfield wins damages action
Disgraced peer Lord Hanningfield wins £3,500 damages after suing Essex Police for unlawful arrest.
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Zigic dropped after poor training
Birmingham boss Lee Clark drops Nikola Zigic from his squad following a lack of effort by the striker in training.
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VIDEO: Meteor: A 'ball of fire' in the skies
A meteor crashing to earth in the Urals of central Russia injures at least 400 people, as the shockwave blows out windows, according to Russian media.
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Retail sales hit by heavy snowfall
UK retail sales fell 0.6% in January, hurt by heavy snowfall and weak food sales, and confounding economists' expectations for a rise.
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Food and drink leads rise in exports
Official statistics show Scotland's exports grew slightly in the third quarter of 2012, led by the food and drink sector.
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Flooding payouts broke £1bn in 2012
Insurers paid out £1.19bn for flood and storm damage in the UK in 2012 - the highest annual figure for five years, an insurance trade body says.
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Students' rooms: 1890s v 2010s
Students have always used their rooms to express their personality, but how have student digs changed over the past 100 years?
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Pupils hurt in school bus crash
A double-decker school bus and a van are involved in a crash near the village of Murthly in Perthshire.
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MPs: Lending schemes have 'failed'
Attempts to stimulate the economy with quantitative easing and lending schemes are dubbed expensive experiments by an influential group of MPs.
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Over one in 10 providing unpaid care
The number of unpaid carers in England and Wales has reached 5.8 million - a rise of 600,000 since 2001, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) says.
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Cardiff pursues its 2026 games bid
Cardiff council confirms its commitment to bid to host the Commonwealth Games in 2026.
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Kidnap 'kingpin' sent back to China
A Chinese national suspected of heading a kidnapping ring targeting Chinese citizens in Venezuela is brought back to China, officials say.
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Nazi-looted Louvre art returned
Seven paintings taken from their Jewish owners in the 1930s are being returned to their surviving relatives as part of an ongoing French effort to give back looted artworks.
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Edwards secures third for England
Charlotte Edwards scores a century as England beat New Zealand by four wickets to finish third in the Women's World Cup.
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