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A Colombian peasant who raised the baby of a woman who gave birth while in rebel captivity has been sentenced to 33 years in jail for kidnapping.

What drives a father to take the lives of his children?

St Helens middleweight Martin Murray on fighting Argentine superstar Sergio Martinez in front of 50,000 fans in Buenos Aries

The speaking and listening element of GCSE English will no longer form part of the overall grade, under proposals from England's exams regulator Ofqual.

Bangladeshi rescuers desperately search for survivors after a building housing garment factories collapsed in Dhaka, killing more than 200 people.

The blast late Wednesday in Mobile left three people with critical burns and forced the evacuation of a nearby cruise ship on the Mobile River.

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The UK economy avoids falling into a triple-dip recession after seeing 0.3% growth in the first three months of the year.

Swedish police say they found drugs on board a Justin Bieber tour bus but won't be taking the matter further.

The Crown Office confirms that part of the wreckage of the aeroplane that exploded over Lockerbie has been returned to Scotland.

Israel says one of its fighter jets has shot down an unmanned aircraft sent from Lebanon into Israeli airspace.

Jerusalem's district court rules that women cannot be arrested for performing traditionally male religious acts at the Western Wall.

Sale Sharks fly-half Danny Cipriani leaves hospital with bruising and concussion after being hit by a bus in Leeds.

A judge tells a jury to put all emotion aside when considering its verdict against a woman accused of killing five members of a neighbour's family by setting fire to their home.

On the day her son George's presidential library is being dedicated, she tells Today that Jeb is "by far the best-qualified man," but that another Bush presidential run might be one too many.

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Recovery on track, but not racing ahead

A college lecturer admits killing a 30-year-old man in a hit-and-run incident in West Dunbartonshire.

More than 200 have died and hundreds more are trapped beneath rubble at the site of the garment factory collapse near the capital, Dhaka.

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A portrait painter, whose subjects are all imaginary, is one of four artists in contention for the 2013 Turner Prize, held in Derry-Londonderry.

Seven policemen and three protesters are injured in a second day of demonstrations against a copper mine in north-western Burma, officials say.

Israel's Attorney General says no charges will be brought against prison staff who supervised a security detainee who killed himself.