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Children 'recruited' into Syria war

BBC - Tue, 2013-03-12 17:45
Increasing numbers of children in Syria are being recruited by armed groups on both sides of the conflict, Save the Children says in a report.
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Mantel up for third major book award

BBC - Tue, 2013-03-12 17:32
Booker prize winner, Hilary Mantel, could be the first person to win all three major book prizes after being nominated for the Woman's Prize For Fiction.
Categories: International News, National / International News

Battle for the R G Mugabe fashion label

BBC - Tue, 2013-03-12 17:06
Could designer clothes win over Zimbabwe youth vote?
Categories: International News, National / International News

Germany's n-word race debate

BBC - Tue, 2013-03-12 17:01
A father's fight to ban the N-word in German books
Categories: International News, National / International News

Deadly poison threat to tigers

BBC - Tue, 2013-03-12 16:56
Poison poses greatest danger to survival of tigers in Thailand
Categories: International News, National / International News

Why Canberra isn't 'boring'

BBC - Tue, 2013-03-12 16:52
Canberra fans sing the Australian city's praises as it turns 100.
Categories: International News, National / International News

Neanderthal big eyes 'caused demise'

BBC - Tue, 2013-03-12 16:50
A study of Neanderthal skulls suggests that they became extinct because they had larger eyes than our species.
Categories: International News, National / International News

Why do Americans name mountains after presidents?

BBC - Tue, 2013-03-12 16:45
Why do some Americans want to name a mountain after Ronald Reagan?
Categories: International News, National / International News

Horsemeat scandal 'changing habits'

BBC - Tue, 2013-03-12 16:42
More than half of UK consumers have changed their shopping habits as a result of the horsemeat scandal, a survey by consumer group Which? suggests.
Categories: International News, National / International News

Quitting smoking 'cuts heart risk'

BBC - Tue, 2013-03-12 16:35
Giving up smoking reduces the risk of heart disease even if it results in significant weight gain, a US study finds.
Categories: International News, National / International News

VIDEO: Apprentices who bring opera to life

BBC - Tue, 2013-03-12 16:32
The carpenters and painters helping to bring opera to life
Categories: International News, National / International News

Call to use NHS anger positively

BBC - Tue, 2013-03-12 16:13
The man leading a review of patient safety in the NHS in England says he wants to turn the anger over the Stafford hospital scandal into action.
Categories: International News, National / International News

Date set for Pablo Neruda exhumation

BBC - Tue, 2013-03-12 16:12
A court in Chile says the remains of the Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda will be exhumed on 8 April to investigate the cause of death.
Categories: International News, National / International News

Barcelona win ends doubts - Villa

BBC - Tue, 2013-03-12 15:58
David Villa believes victory in the Champions League against AC Milan banishes any doubts about Barcelona's recent form.
Categories: International News, National / International News

Sex abuse payout by LA archdiocese

BBC - Tue, 2013-03-12 15:49
The Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles agrees to pay out nearly $10m (£6.7m) to settle four clergy sex abuse cases.
Categories: International News, National / International News

VIDEO: Meet president's speechwriter, 22

BBC - Tue, 2013-03-12 15:36
She may be only 22 years old, but has already secured her place in Kenya's history.
Categories: International News, National / International News

Google pays executives $15m bonuses

BBC - Tue, 2013-03-12 15:11
Internet search giant Google is paying nearly $15m (£10.1m) in bonuses to four of its top executives for their performances last year.
Categories: International News, National / International News

Charity work over McAlpine libel

BBC - Tue, 2013-03-12 15:08
Guardian columnist George Monbiot is to carry out three years of charity work to settle a libel action brought by Conservative peer Lord McAlpine.
Categories: International News, National / International News

Alcohol price plan 'may be dropped'

BBC - Tue, 2013-03-12 15:00
Plans for minimum pricing on alcohol in England and Wales may be dropped because of differences between ministers, the BBC understands.
Categories: International News, National / International News

VIDEO: Mars rover sees key water indicator

BBC - Tue, 2013-03-12 14:54
The US space agency (Nasa) has reported that its Curiosity rover has made another significant discovery on Mars.
Categories: International News, National / International News
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