Prayers for ailing Nelson Mandela

31 March 2013 Last updated at 04:25 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. People in South Africa are following Mandela's recovery closely Churches across South Africa are to hold prayers for Nelson Mandela,...

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Pope's Easter speech pleas for peace

31 March 2013 Last updated at 07:41 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Pope Francis: "We ask the risen Jesus... to change hatred into love" Pope Francis has delivered a passionate plea for peace in...

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France house fire kills children

31 March 2013 Last updated at 07:56 ET Five children have died in a house fire in northern France, officials say. The blaze in Saint-Quentin town, about 130km (80 miles) north-east of Paris was accidental, early reports say. The children's father...

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Prosecutors question Egypt satirist

31 March 2013 Last updated at 08:06 ET Prosecutors in Egypt are questioning the popular Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef over allegations of insulting Islam and President Mohammed Morsi. Mr Youssef arrived at the public prosecutor's office...

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Kenya awaits key election ruling

30 March 2013 Last updated at 04:51 ET Kenya's Supreme Court is set to announce its decision on a challenge to Uhuru Kenyatta's election as president. The appeal was lodged by PM Raila Odinga, Mr Kenyatta's main rival in the presidential poll...

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N Korea in 'state of war' with South

30 March 2013 Last updated at 06:29 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC's Lucy Williamson: "North Korea and America are in a kind of 'who blinks first' game" North Korea has said it is entering...

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Hopes fade for Tibet buried miners

30 March 2013 Last updated at 06:30 ET Hopes are fading for more than 80 miners buried in a landslide on Friday in Tibet. Chinese media said the first body had been found - but only 36 hours after the landslip - and that the chances of finding...

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Karzai heads to Qatar for talks

30 March 2013 Last updated at 06:45 ET Afghan President Hamid Karzai has arrived in Qatar on a two-day state visit for talks with Qatari officials. The possibility of the Taliban opening a political office in Qatar is expected to be discussed,...

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Mandela has second day in hospital

29 March 2013 Last updated at 05:36 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. South African President Jacob Zuma: "We want Madiba (Mr Mandela) to be with us for a long time" Nelson Mandela is spending his...

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Cyprus 'will not leave the euro'

29 March 2013 Last updated at 06:00 ET Cyprus has no intention of the leaving the European single currency, the country's president says. President Nicos Anastasiades said: "In no way will we experiment with the future of our country." He...

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N Korea 'readies rocket force'

29 March 2013 Last updated at 06:08 ET North Korea says it has put missile units on stand-by to attack US targets in response to US stealth bomber flights over the Korean peninsula. State news agency KCNA said leader Kim Jong-un signed off...

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Tanzania collapse 'traps dozens'

29 March 2013 Last updated at 06:17 ET At least three people have been killed and dozens more are trapped after a multi-storey building collapsed in the centre of the main Tanzanian city, Dar es Salaam, rescue workers say. Thirteen people have...

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Nelson Mandela back in hospital

28 March 2013 Last updated at 05:47 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC's Milton Nkosi: "South Africans across racial lines love Nelson Mandela" Former South African President Nelson Mandela...

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Pistorius granted freedom to travel

28 March 2013 Last updated at 07:03 ET South African athlete Oscar Pistorius, who is charged with murdering his girlfriend, will be allowed to travel after successfully challenging the terms of his bail. His lawyers argued that the Olympic...

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Cyprus banks reopen with tough curbs

28 March 2013 Last updated at 07:11 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC's Tim Willcox was in the city of Nicosia when the banks opened their doors to customers Banks in Cyprus have reopened...

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Pope to wash young offenders' feet

28 March 2013 Last updated at 07:15 ET Pope Francis will wash the feet of prisoners in a youth detention centre near Rome on Maundy Thursday. Thousands of pilgrims and tourists are arriving in Rome to attend ceremonies during the holy week...

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Rio 2016 stadium indefinitely closed

26 March 2013 Last updated at 22:19 ET A stadium in Brazil that was due to host athletics at the 2016 Olympics has been closed indefinitely because of structural problems with its roof. The Joao Havelange stadium in Rio de Janeiro was built...

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NGO fears as Russian raids multiply

27 March 2013 Last updated at 06:08 ET Senior EU officials have voiced concern as checks by Russian tax inspectors on foreign-funded non-governmental organisations multiply. On Wednesday searches took place at the Moscow offices of Human Rights...

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N Korea cuts South military hotline

27 March 2013 Last updated at 06:16 ET North Korea says it is cutting a military hotline with South Korea, amid high tension on the peninsula. The hotline is used to facilitate the travel of South Korean workers to a joint industrial complex...

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Bank of Cyprus head Kypri 'sacked'

27 March 2013 Last updated at 06:36 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC's Paul Mason: "Every figure in this document has the word 'euro' and two x's" The chief executive of the biggest bank...

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CAR rebels 'suspend constitution'

25 March 2013 Last updated at 20:11 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Sylvain Groulx from Medecins Sans Frontieres says the main hospital in Bangui appears to have been abandoned by staff The leader...

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Opposition takes Syria summit seat

26 March 2013 Last updated at 06:16 ET Syria's opposition National Coalition has taken the country's official seat at the Arab League summit in Qatar. The delegation led by Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib, who has said he will resign as head of the coalition,...

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Italy reopens Kercher murder case

26 March 2013 Last updated at 07:12 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC's Alan Johnston in Rome says there could still be "years to go" in the case Amanda Knox and ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito...

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Cyprus: Big depositors face 40% cut

26 March 2013 Last updated at 07:13 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. President Anastasiades: "We leave behind uncertainty and look with optimism into the future" Cyprus's finance minister has confirmed...

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HK court denies maids residency

25 March 2013 Last updated at 03:39 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC's Jennifer Pak in Hong Kong: "They say there is no room left" Hong Kong's top court has ruled that domestic workers are...

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Deal reached in Cyprus bailout talks

25 March 2013 Last updated at 06:39 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. IMF chief Christine Lagarde: "We believe that this will form a durable and fully financed solution" Eurozone finance ministers...

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South African soldiers killed in CAR

25 March 2013 Last updated at 06:41 ET Thirteen South African soldiers were killed in the Central African Republic as rebels seized the capital over the weekend, President Jacob Zuma has said. Mr Zuma said the South Africans had died in a nine-hour...

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