VIDEO: Dutch Farc fighter has no regrets
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.
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VIDEO: An early masked hero lives on in reissued comics
The enduring appeal of The Phantom comic strips keeps a publisher reissuing the series.
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Misery of Pakistan's abandoned wives
Pakistani women forcibly separated from their children in the UK
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VIDEO: Pakistani mothers 'abandoned'
An increasing number of Pakistani women are coming forward saying they have been forcibly separated from their children in the UK.
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S Korea satellite 'communicating'
South Korea says the satellite launched on Wednesday has made contact with a ground station and is sending data.
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Child poverty criteria 'off course'
A "fixation" on income levels for judging child poverty has led to misleading outcomes, Iain Duncan Smith will argue.
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Legacy of Britain's great flood
Lessons learned from 1953 remain important, says David Shukman
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Last Andrews sister dies aged 94
Patty Andrews, the last surviving member of The Andrews Sisters, dies in California at the age of 94, her publicist says.
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VIDEO: Is 'dirty' archaeology in the past?
BBC News visits Southampton University to see how a powerful scanner is changing the way archaeologists make discoveries.
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Immigration deal in 'six months'
US President Barack Obama says immigration reform could be achieved within six months, in an interview with Spanish-language TV channel Telemundo.
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Pigeon 'Bermuda Triangle' solved
The mystery of why homing pigeons get lost when released from a particular location in the US may have been solved.
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The street happy about HS2 demolition
HS2: The South Yorkshire street welcoming demolition
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Bringing a language back from the dead
Condemned as a "dead language" by Unesco, Manx, the native language of the Isle of Man is staging a renaissance.
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Joel Meyerowitz: Back story
Can a photo tell the whole story? Top street photographer Joel Meyerowitz puts his images into context
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Volunteer search on for Ryder Cup
Organisers of the 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagles launch a search for 1,800 volunteers to work at the event.
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Crabs and lobsters tagged in study
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.
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Trading standards 'under threat'
The long-term viability of trading standards operations is under threat, according to a report by the Accounts Commission.
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Benitez perplexed by Chelsea draw
Chelsea manager Rafael Benitez says he was left perplexed by his team's failure to beat Reading at the Madejski Stadium.
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How do you give a polar bear a 'medical'?
How do you give a polar bear a 'medical'?
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Giffords pleads for gun control
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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