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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.

David Villa believes victory in the Champions League against AC Milan banishes any doubts about Barcelona's recent form.

The Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles agrees to pay out nearly $10m (£6.7m) to settle four clergy sex abuse cases.

She may be only 22 years old, but has already secured her place in Kenya's history.

Internet search giant Google is paying nearly $15m (£10.1m) in bonuses to four of its top executives for their performances last year.

Guardian columnist George Monbiot is to carry out three years of charity work to settle a libel action brought by Conservative peer Lord McAlpine.

Plans for minimum pricing on alcohol in England and Wales may be dropped because of differences between ministers, the BBC understands.

The US space agency (Nasa) has reported that its Curiosity rover has made another significant discovery on Mars.

Rep. Paul Ryan's budget plan would repeal the Affordable Care Act. But the 2012 vice presidential nominee's dislike of the health care law doesn't appear to extend to the $800 billion in new taxes it raises over the next decade.

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The settlement stems from what Cardinal Roger Mahony, who is in Rome helping elect the next pope, called "the most troubling case of his tenure."

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit invalidated three appointees, saying Obama overstepped his authority by making "recess appointments."

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A portrait by the Dutch master painter Rembrandt is recovered by police in Serbia, seven years after it was stolen.

Under pressure from the New York state comptroller — who oversees one of its largest shareholders — the doughnut chain has agreed to set a goal of using only 100 percent sustainable palm oil to make its doughnuts. Production of palm oil has caused serious deforestation in Indonesia.

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Barcelona make Champions League history in knocking out AC Milan to reach the quarter-finals.

Victims of the fighting in Syria have been helped to walk again by a West Midlands surgeon using artificial limbs made from drainpipes.

Racing pundit John McCririck is taken to hospital after falling ill at the Cheltenham Festival, officials at the course have said.

Diners at a Dunkin' Donuts restaurant in Philadelphia had a lucky escape when a woman accidently reversed her car through the front of the premises.

In 1944, Von Kleist volunteered to wear a suicide vest. After another bombing plot went wrong, Von Kleist ended up in a concentration camp. Somehow — and inexplicably — he was let go and he lived to see 90.

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Nearly 200 smaller airports, including Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Latrobe, Pa., are set to have their control towers closed this year as the FAA makes sequestration cuts. Although commercial flights will continue, some say safety is a concern.

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The proposal describes changes to the Medicare program in Obamacare-like terms. One change would be to the choices seniors would have as part of a "new Medicare exchange" — similar to the insurance exchanges now being built under the Affordable Care Act.

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