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David Beckham retires from football
David Beckham will retire from football at the end of this season.
Chinese protest at refinery scheme
More than 2,000 people in southern China have unfurled banners in a demonstration against plans for a petroleum refinery.
Indian actor Dutt goes back to jail
Indian actor Sanjay Dutt has surrendered to a Mumbai court to begin serving time for a weapons conviction linked to a deadly terror attack in the city in 1993.
Man shoots himself at Paris school
A man has committed suicide at a private Catholic school in central Paris by shooting himself in the head, police say.
Aussie minister floored by kangaroo
An Australian politician taking his morning jog in the capital Canberra has come off second best after crossing a kangaroo.
Iraq car bomb blasts leave at least 12 dead
Two car bombs have exploded in sprawling Shiite neighbourhoods of the Iraqi capital killing at least 12 civilians and wounding 30, officials said.
BP warns over spurious spill claims
Oil giant BP has warned that millions of dollars of "fictitious" compensation claims for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill are putting the company at risk.
Car bombers kill 12 in Baghdad
Two car bombs have exploded in sprawling Shiite neighbourhoods of the Iraqi capital killing at least 12 civilians and wounding 30, officials say.
Danger over as storm fizzles out
Cyclone Mahasan has weakened into a tropical storm, causing far less damage than had been feared as it passed over Bangladesh and sparing Burma almost entirely.
Two die in trainer factory collapse
The ceiling of a Cambodian garment factory has collapsed on workers, killing two people and injuring seven in the latest accident to spotlight safety conditions in the industry.
US troops among Kabul blast victims
Two American soldiers are among 15 people killed in a car bomb attack in Kabul, officials say. The suicide attack on a convoy also killed four foreign contractors and nine Afghan civilians.
President Obama picks new tax chief
President Barack Obama has picked a senior White House budget official to become the acting head of the federal tax authority.
France hits the triple-dip as president François Hollande says economic situation in France is ‘serious’ and eurozone provides little comfort
President François Hollande, who took office a year ago in a rain storm, was inundated with dismal economic news on his first anniversary when it was revealed that France dipped into recession for the third time in five years.
Six killed in spate of tornadoes
Ten tornadoes have wreaked havoc in several small communities in Texas, leaving at least six people dead, dozens injured and hundreds homeless.
Nepal plane crash injures tourists
A plane crashed while trying to land at a mountain airstrip in northern Nepal, injuring all 21 people on board.
Russian agent claims Ryan Fogle is not the first CIA agent caught this year
Ryan Fogle, was not the first CIA agent to be caught by Russian security services this year, according to an interview with an anonymous Russian agent aired on state television.
I met the followers of Syrian rebel commander Abu Sakkar who was filmed cutting out government soldier's heart and eating it
Abu Sakkar, the man who has introduced cannibalism into the Syrian civil war, was, until quite recently, seen as someone in the mainstream of the revolutionaries trying to overthrow Basher al-Assad; something of a hero even for his part in the defence of Baba Amr when the district in Homs came under onslaught from regime forces.
Scientists make first embryos in human cloning breakthrough
Scientists have finally made the long-awaited breakthrough in human cloning by turning skin cells into early-stage embryos that were then used to create specialised tissue cells for transplant operations.
Ancient water may hold key to origin of life
Scientists are looking for signs of life in a wellspring of water more than a billion years old.
Richard Swanson, the US man attempting to kick football to 2014 World Cup in Brazil, hit by car and killed two-weeks into his quest
Richard Swanson, the trying to dribble a football 10,000 miles from his home in the US to Brazil in time for the 2014 World Cup, has been killed after he was struck by a car just a fortnight into his quest.
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Woolwich murder: Three more arrests
Detectives have made three further arrests in connection with the brutal killing of soldier Lee Rigby.
Multi-faith invitation to service
A service dedicated to Drummer Rigby will take place at St Peter the Apostle Roman Catholic Church in Woolwich.
Titanic's little sister open again
The boat used to take people to the ill-fated Titanic is set to welcome passengers on board again after a £7 million refurbishment that took seven years to complete.
Latest Sport
Proud Webber eyes World Cup
When Rob Webber was forced to undergo a second shoulder operation last summer and went through "dark days" wondering what the future held, he never envisaged it would be captaining his country.
Bayern Munich leave Bourssia Dortmund flattened and in tears after magnificent Champions League final
Arjen Robben provided the perfect answer to the doubters by scoring an 88th-minute winner to settle a brilliant Champions League final in favour of Bayern Munich at Wembley.
Schmidt signs off with title win
Leinster put past disappointments behind them to scoop an elusive RaboDirect PRO12 title in head coach Joe Schmidt's last game in charge, with a 24-18 win over Ulster.
Latest Showbiz
Police probe actress Bynes claims
Investigators are looking into claims made by actress Amanda Bynes that New York Police Department officers sexually assaulted her when she was charged after allegedly throwing a marijuana bong out of the window of her 36th-floor Manhattan apartment.
Taylor called Wright a knucklehead
Matthew Wright has revealed his best ever interview led to sitting next to Elizabeth Taylor at the Baftas.
Jonas: Great to watch TV rows back
Kevin Jonas has confessed he's pleased to be able to watch back arguments with his wife Danielle Deleasa on their reality TV series Married To Jonas.
