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The US has pledged a further $123m in non-lethal aid to Syria's opposition after a meeting in Istanbul of the pro-opposition Friends of Syria.

Gunfire injured two people and scattered a crowd of thousands in Denver Saturday. The annual pot celebration is the first since recent laws in Colorado and Washington made marijuana legal for recreational use.

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Can shops stop people browsing, but buying cheaper online?

In West, Texas, some of the town's citizens whose homes were damaged by Wednesday's massive fertilizer plant explosion are returning to their homes Saturday, after authorities declared parts of the area safe. But a curfew will be in place, and other areas remain off-limits.

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A man is shot and killed in Southampton while police arrest a 41-year-old man and a 36-year-old woman.

After economists admit a spreadsheet miscalculation in a study used to support austerity policies, writer Colm O'Regan pays tribute to the ubiquity of Microsoft Excel.

Long shadow cast by South Africa mine shooting

Thousands of people in the Netherlands sign an online petition against an official King's Song marking the 30 April investiture of Willem-Alexander.

A whisky firm and a seabird visitor attraction are among 13 Scots businesses to scoop Queen's Awards for outstanding achievement.

How the face of Syria has changed since the unrest began

he Queen is expected to celebrate her 87th birthday with her family at Windsor Castle later, following a day at Newbury races on Saturday.

Stockport County are relegated after defeat at Kidderminster, whose player Lee Vaughan is punched in a match marred by crowd trouble.

A former paratrooper says he is confident he can beat a world record at Sunday's London Marathon - by running with a 40lb (18kg) pack in 3 hours 20 minutes.

More than 150 people have been killed and thousands more injured in a powerful earthquake in rural areas of China's south-western province of Sichuan.

Nathan Cleverly defends his WBO light-heavyweight title with a comprehensive points win over Robin Krasniqi.

Watertown, Mass., resident David Henneberry's has been hailed as a hero for telling police that bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev might be hiding in the boat he keeps in his back yard. Boston State Police have released images showing what the authorities saw from a helicopter as the wounded Tsarnaev hid under a tarp.

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Ronnie O'Sullivan makes his comeback at the World Championship providing the tournament with some much-needed box office.

Tyson Fury moves closer to a world heavyweight title fight after knocking out American Steve Cunningham in New York.

A quake wrecks villages, kills at least 160 people and injures 5,700 in a rural area of China's Sichuan province, scene of a devastating 2008 tremor.

After days spent living in apprehension and fear following Monday's bomb attack at the Boston Marathon, residents celebrated the capture of suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Friday night.

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