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The Nato-led Isaf force apologises for the deaths of two young Afghan boys, killed when a coalition helicopter fired mistaking them for insurgents.

Rescuers are back at work outside a central Fla. home, testing the edges of the sinkhole to see if they can get close enough to search for Jeff Bush. He fell inside late Thursday night and is feared dead.

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Fly-half Gareth Steenson inspires Exeter Chiefs to a stunning win at Premiership leaders Harlequins.

Firefighters in Poland say a small dog probably saved the life of a three-year-old girl who went missing from her home overnight in freezing temperatures.

A parade in Swansea by 3rd Battalion the Royal Welsh to mark St David's Day goes ahead despite the absence of the Queen, who had been due to hand out ceremonial leeks to the soldiers.

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano appeals to political leaders for realism and a sense of responsibility in resolving their post-election deadlock.

Police investigate two armed robberies at newsagents to the south of Glasgow.

Lewis Hamilton sets an eye-catching pace on the penultimate day of pre-season testing in Barcelona.

The two front-runners in Kenya's presidential election, Raila Odinga and Uhuru Kenyatta, hold final campaign events before Monday's vote.

The world body that governs the rules of football is to investigate allowing players to wear heart monitors during games.

Plaid Cymru's parliamentary leader urges his party to "strive for parity" with Scotland, whatever the Scottish independence referendum outcome.

A bomb has been made safe after being found outside a house in Hollymount Park in Londonderry.

The work of a controversial painter, well known for tackling subjects like homelessness and mental illness, is to go on show to members of the public.

Legendary former steeplechaser Kauto Star completes his first dressage test in the parade ring at Newbury racecourse.

A number of Britons have been hurt after the coach they were travelling in crashed in Kenya, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has said.

Internet retailer Amazon is continuing to list clothes from a US firm despite a row over a T-shirt with the slogan "keep calm and rape a lot".

The army in the Democratic Republic of Congo says it has recaptured two eastern towns held for months by the M23 rebels.

The Foreign Office confirms that a number of Britons have sustained injuries - but none of them life-threatening - in a coach crash in Kenya.

The Scottish government is to publish proposals aimed at allaying fears that university research budgets could be devastated after independence.

The study estimates that 100 million sharks are killed globally every year. Shark populations are especially vulnerable because they do not reproduce quickly or early on in life. New protections are up for consideration at an international conference Sunday.

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