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The Scotch Whisky Association wants an exemption from a proposed water usage limit, saying it could hamper its expansion.

The SNP claims the Ministry of Defence could be set to go back on key defence commitments to Scotland.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad accuses the UK government of bullying and naivety over the conflict in his country, in a rare British newspaper interview.

The winter hat everyone is wearing in chilly Calcutta

In the past week, two comedians have turned politician and stood for election - Beppe Grillo in Italy and satirist John O'Farrell in the UK.

Lee Westwood is two strokes off joint leaders Luke Guthrie and Michael Thompson after day three at the Honda Classic.

Rescue teams in Florida call off efforts to recover the body of a man swallowed by a sinkhole under his home, and say the house will be destroyed.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has accused the British government of siding with those he calls "terrorists" in the civil war which has engulfed his country.

A man is arrested on suspicion of murdering a 60-year-old found dead in his burning bungalow in Hertfordshire.

Mass rallies take place across Portugal against austerity measures designed to cut the deficit and revive the economy.

A three-year-old girl has been found alive after surviving sub zero temperatures in Poland overnight alongside her pet dog.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is given two more weeks to try to form a new government, following January's inconclusive elections.

Mokhtar Belmokhtar is believed to have been behind the attack on an Algerian gas plant in January. The Chadian military said Saturday its forces had killed the senior commander for al-Qaida's wing in North Africa in an attack on a rebel base in Mali.

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Gymnast Lisa Mason wins vault gold at the English Open in her first competition since the Sydney 2000 Olympics.

The death toll in Brazil's deadliest fire in decades rises to 240, as a 25-year old man dies in hospital a month after the nightclub tragedy.

Luis Suarez scores a hat-trick as Liverpool thrash Wigan and boost their hopes of qualifying for Europe.

Medical reports could determine whether the Qatar World Cup in 2022 is moved to winter, a Fifa official admits.

Thousands of people attend a lavish party to celebrate Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's 89th birthday in a mining town.

One TV show is trying to break down Kenyan politicians' stature ahead of Monday's elections. It uses caricatures to prod for answers and expose corruption. "The XYZ Show has always been trying to show the politicians for who they are," one writer says.

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