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Syrian state TV says President Assad has ordered the release of all people detained in 'recent events'

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Nato to control Libya no-fly zone

Nato says it will take command of the no-fly zone over Libya, and may assume broader control of the international military operation in the coming days.

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• UK jets bomb Libyan army
• Big stakes for rump state
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• Analysis: What next?

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Japan inquiry into nuclear leak New

An investigation is under way in Japan to establish the source of the radiation leak at the quake-hit nuclear plant, which left two workers in hospital.

• Unity in ravaged regions
• Q&A: Radiation health risks
• Analysis: A fortnight in Fukushima
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Tens of thousands gather in Yemen

Tens of thousands of people gather in Yemen's capital Sanaa for rival rallies, a week after some 50 people were shot dead at a protest.

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• Beginning of the end?

• More than 60 dead in Burma quake

  More than 60 people have died after a magnitude-6.8 earthquake struck near Burma's borders with Laos and Thailand, officials say.
  

• Screen icon Taylor laid to rest

  Dame Elizabeth Taylor's funeral takes place outside Los Angeles - starting late on her own orders - a day after her death at the age of 79.
  

• Syria pledges political reforms

• Brazil police in filmed shooting

• Gunmen ambush convoy in Pakistan

• Eurozone bail-out deal is agreed

• Australia army in Afghan race row

• First Lady divorces to seek power

• 'Milkshake murder' woman guilty

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• Sian police hunt for second body
• Night Stalker due to be sentenced
• UK jets bomb Libyan army vehicles
• Bravery medal for Gurkha soldier

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• Learn from protests, police urged
• House fire was 'not suspicious'

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• Tributes paid to bus bomb victim
• Five-year-old smoking ban hailed

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• Derry cancer delay 'sectarian'
• Tesco gets go-ahead for new store

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• £50 maximum charge for home care
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• 'Asleep' air controller suspended
• PM Harper may miss royal wedding

Latin America

• Mexican media in drug war accord
• BBC closes its Caribbean Service

Africa

• Nigeria election debate boycotted
• Africa wants UN action on Gbagbo

Europe

• BP Russian Arctic venture blocked
• Ring worth 250,000 euros stolen

Middle East

• Clashes at Jordanian protest camp
• Egypt protesters' torture claims

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• India dismisses 14 'fake pilots'
• Pakistan 'crop shortage' warning

Asia Pacific

• Ten-year term for China activist
• South Korea envoys in sex scandal

Business

• Macau's Ho splits gambling empire

  Macau gambling billionaire Stanley Ho gives up almost all his share in the casino empire he built up over five decades.
  

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• BHP to spend $9.5bn in Australia

• Tablet costs hurt Blackberry firm

Technology

• Microsoft buys old net addresses

  Microsoft has offered to pay $7.5m (£4.7m) for net addresses from bankrupt telecoms firm Nortel.
  

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• Cyber summit signs training deal

• Oracle profits beat expectations

Entertainment

• US playwright Lanford Wilson dies

  Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Lanford Wilson, best known for such plays as Burn This and Fifth of July, dies aged 73.
  

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• Long-lost Chopin letters revealed

• Lady Gaga hits out at censorship

Sci/Environment

• Tools 'demand new American story'

  Archaeologists unearth thousands of stone tools in North America they say predate the technology widely assumed to have been carried by the first settlers.
  

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• Salmon run helps shape ecosystems

• Drillers propose deep-Earth quest