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VIDEO: Dutch Farc fighter has no regrets

Wed, 2013-01-30 19:57
Dutch woman Tanja Nijmeijer talks to the BBC's Sarah Rainsford about why she joined the Colombian armed insurgent group, the Farc, and why she has no regrets.

VIDEO: An early masked hero lives on in reissued comics

Wed, 2013-01-30 19:05
The enduring appeal of The Phantom comic strips keeps a publisher reissuing the series.

Misery of Pakistan's abandoned wives

Wed, 2013-01-30 18:59
Pakistani women forcibly separated from their children in the UK

VIDEO: Pakistani mothers 'abandoned'

Wed, 2013-01-30 18:57
An increasing number of Pakistani women are coming forward saying they have been forcibly separated from their children in the UK.

S Korea satellite 'communicating'

Wed, 2013-01-30 18:50
South Korea says the satellite launched on Wednesday has made contact with a ground station and is sending data.

Child poverty criteria 'off course'

Wed, 2013-01-30 18:49
A "fixation" on income levels for judging child poverty has led to misleading outcomes, Iain Duncan Smith will argue.

Legacy of Britain's great flood

Wed, 2013-01-30 18:40
Lessons learned from 1953 remain important, says David Shukman

Last Andrews sister dies aged 94

Wed, 2013-01-30 17:59
Patty Andrews, the last surviving member of The Andrews Sisters, dies in California at the age of 94, her publicist says.

VIDEO: Is 'dirty' archaeology in the past?

Wed, 2013-01-30 17:46
BBC News visits Southampton University to see how a powerful scanner is changing the way archaeologists make discoveries.

Immigration deal in 'six months'

Wed, 2013-01-30 17:22
US President Barack Obama says immigration reform could be achieved within six months, in an interview with Spanish-language TV channel Telemundo.

Pigeon 'Bermuda Triangle' solved

Wed, 2013-01-30 17:11
The mystery of why homing pigeons get lost when released from a particular location in the US may have been solved.

The street happy about HS2 demolition

Wed, 2013-01-30 17:00
HS2: The South Yorkshire street welcoming demolition

Bringing a language back from the dead

Wed, 2013-01-30 16:47
Condemned as a "dead language" by Unesco, Manx, the native language of the Isle of Man is staging a renaissance.

Joel Meyerowitz: Back story

Wed, 2013-01-30 16:33
Can a photo tell the whole story? Top street photographer Joel Meyerowitz puts his images into context

Volunteer search on for Ryder Cup

Wed, 2013-01-30 16:31
Organisers of the 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagles launch a search for 1,800 volunteers to work at the event.

Crabs and lobsters tagged in study

Wed, 2013-01-30 16:31
Researchers in Orkney are to fit tags to thousands of crabs and lobsters over the next four years as part of a study to ensure stocks remain high.

Trading standards 'under threat'

Wed, 2013-01-30 16:29
The long-term viability of trading standards operations is under threat, according to a report by the Accounts Commission.

Benitez perplexed by Chelsea draw

Wed, 2013-01-30 16:19
Chelsea manager Rafael Benitez says he was left perplexed by his team's failure to beat Reading at the Madejski Stadium.

How do you give a polar bear a 'medical'?

Wed, 2013-01-30 16:19
How do you give a polar bear a 'medical'?

Giffords pleads for gun control

Wed, 2013-01-30 16:05
Wounded former Representative Gabrielle Giffords and the head of the National Rifle Association testify at a congressional hearing on gun control.
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