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Strike shuts down Malawi's airports
All airports in Malawi are shut because of a civil servants' wage strike, the biggest since Joyce Banda became president last year, leaving passengers stranded.
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Fire deaths dad 'said ex was evil'
A father accused of the manslaughter of six children in a fire described his former mistress as evil, a trial hears.
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Man 'lured pregnant ex to death'
A man beat his heavily pregnant ex-girlfriend to death and killed their unborn child in a "brutal" attack, a court hears.
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Tiniest planet yet found with sound
Astronomers spot the smallest-yet planet outside our Solar System, thanks to measurements of the sound waves within the planet's host star.
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Suspicious death of woman in Wrexham
The suspicious death of a 65-year-old woman whose body was found in a Wrexham house is being investigated by North Wales Police.
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Mantel to receive literature medal
Two-time Booker winner Hilary Mantel - criticised this week over comments she made about the Duchess of Cambridge - is to be honoured next month at the Oxford Literary Festival.
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VIDEO: Lost Antarctic penguin found in NZ
A royal penguin is being cared for at a New Zealand zoo after being found stranded on a beach 2,000km (1,240 miles) from home its Antarctic.
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Two Tibetan youths 'self-immolate'
Two Tibetan youths, aged 17 and 18, have burned themselves to death in protest in western China, reports from activists and Tibetan exiles say.
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Police protection officer found dead
A Metropolitan Police protection officer is found dead from a bullet wound at a property in north London.
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Ding murder suspect extradited to UK
The man arrested in the case of a family murdered at their home is extradited from Morocco.
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Exploring the strange ocean depths
Explore the strange world of the underwater smokers
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'Appalling' GCSE attainment gap
Twice as many pupils at the best schools in England got at least five good GCSEs last year than those at the worst, government data shows.
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Major delays on East Coast line
Passengers using the East Coast main line between London and Peterborough are advised not to travel.
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VIDEO: Mumford & Sons to 'justify success'
Mumford & Sons are up for three awards at the Brits including British album of the year and British group. Marcus Mumford and Winston Marshall tell BBC News they have surpassed any expectations they had as musicians.
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20% of new HIV cases are men over 45
One in five new cases of HIV in Northern Ireland are in men over the age of 45.
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Clegg defends mansion tax plan
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg defends Lib Dem plans for a mansion tax after an angry homeowner said the tax could force his family out of their home.
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Kevin Ayers of Soft Machine dies
Kevin Ayers, a pioneer of British psychedelia in the 1960s who had worked with Brian Eno, Syd Barrett and John Cale, dies aged 68.
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Kenya's chief justice 'threatened'
Kenya's chief justice says he was threatened in a "poison-pen letter" about presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta's participation in March's poll.
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Philip cracks Filipino nurse joke
The Duke of Edinburgh tells a nurse from the Philippines her country must be "half empty", as so many people have come to the UK to work for the NHS.
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VIDEO: Dining out on 'reject' food
Approximately 500 diplomats, United Nations officials and environment ministers have been treated to an official dinner, where the food used was Kenyan produce that would have been thrown away for not meeting supermarket appearance standards
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