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Charlotte Edwards scores 109 and Katherine Brunt takes four wickets as England beat India by 32 runs in the World Cup.

The Auxiliary Bishop of Down and Connor has said that Northern Ireland's politicians must deal with the underlying issues of the flag protests.

The results of DNA tests on bones found by a team searching for the lost grave of Richard III are due to be released on Monday.

At least 16 people are killed as a police headquarters in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk is attacked by a suicide bomber and gunmen, medical sources say.

Chen Guangbiao is trying to call attention to China's environmental issues by selling clean air. Eighty cents buys you a touch of air from "pristine Tibet."

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Twelve people were injured after a powerful earthquake shook northern Japan, on Saturday night.

Experts claim changes in wind direction could kill many more seabirds that have come into contact with an oily substance.

Paul Gascoigne's agent Terry Baker has told the Stephen Nolan programme on 5 live that the former footballer needs to "get help immediately".

Put down that chicken wing and put in your two cents. Fake your way at least well into the third quarter, when everyone else at your party Sunday is well into their Bud Lights.

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As he prepares to leave his job, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta reflects on his years of service. It's a career that has included 16 years in Congress, stints as White House chief of staff, and as the head of the CIA, where he oversaw the controversial drone program.

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The Taliban tried to ban all music in Afghanistan. But now, 48 young Afghans — boys and girls — make up an orchestra that is coming to the U.S. to perform at a couple of the most prestigious venues in America.

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A pipe-bomb has been found outside flats in Carryduff, County Down, the police have said.

One of Britain's biggest food distribution companies has withdrawn a range of halal products after claims it may have provided products to prisons with traces of pork DNA.

A fifth person is arrested in connection with the murder of a Derbyshire man found assaulted in his home.

Actor Sylvester Stallone has joined the US debate on gun violence, following a number of mass shootings there.

Justice Secretary Chris Grayling says he smacked his own children when they were young and defends the right of parents to smack.

England pair Matt Prior and Ravi Bopara fail to attract bids at the auction for this year's Indian Premier League.

More than half of nurses believe their NHS ward or unit is dangerously understaffed, according to a survey by the Nursing Times.

The Bolshoi Ballet's artistic director Sergei Filin tells the BBC he is "absolutely certain" he knows who is behind last month's acid attack on him.

Nearly 8,000 crimes were committed in Wales last year by defendants remanded on bail, BBC Wales learns.