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El Salvador gangs warn over truce
The leaders of the main gangs in El Salvador vow to maintain a 14-month-long truce, but say political changes threaten the peace.
VIDEO: Can jellyfish venom help humans?
A scientist studying one of the most lethal creatures on the planet, the box jellyfish, believes its venom could be useful for medical research.
The Somali pirates 'jailed in paradise'
The jailed Somali pirates sharing an island with millionaires
The world's largest camel herd - in Australia
The world's largest camel herd - in Australia
Eurovision Song Contest in pictures
58th Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo
'Full levers' call for Scots economy
A Scottish government paper on independence will argue Scotland's potential for growth is being held back by the lack of decision-making powers.
Treasury claims banks 'safer in UK'
The latest UK government paper on the impact of Scottish independence will claim the UK is better placed to manage the risk of a financial crisis.
VIDEO: Denmark triumphs at Eurovision
Denmark's Emmelie de Forest has won the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest, held in Malmo in Sweden, with her song Only Teardrops.
Riot mars Belgrade football derby
Police in the Serbian capital Belgrade make 104 arrests as rival fans of the city's Partizan and Red Star teams clash at a match.
Tearful Beckham signs off with win
An emotional David Beckham leaves the pitch in tears as he completes the final home match of his career.
The real Sir Alex
By the man who ghost-wrote Ferguson's programme notes
Russian cult film director dies
Alexei Balabanov, the Russian director whose cult films caught the wildness of Russia's early post-Soviet years, dies at the age of 54.
No 10 issues 'loon slur' denial
No 10 denies that "anyone in Downing Street" made comments reported in several papers describing Tory activists as "mad, swivel-eyed loons".
Eurovision 2013: Reporter's log
Behind the scenes at this year's musical jamboree
Father of Assad spokesman kidnapped
Gunmen in Syria abduct the elderly father of Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad, one of the most powerful voices in the government.
Massacre suspect held in Ivory Coast
The authorities in Ivory Coast arrest militia leader Amade Oueremi, suspected of one of the worst massacres during 2011 post-election violence.
Wilkinson savours 'historic' win
World Cup-winning fly-half Jonny Wilkinson says a maiden Heineken Cup triumph is one of his greatest achievements.
Clermont Auvergne 15-16 Toulon
Jonny Wilkinson kicks 11 points to help Toulon come from behind and secure the Heineken Cup at the expense of Clermont Auvergne.
Minister heckled by head teachers
Education Secretary Michael Gove receives one of the angriest receptions of his three years in office as he appears before head teachers in Birmingham.
Pro-drachma party launches in Greece
Greece sees the launch of a new political party, Plan B, which supports leaving the euro and returning to the drachma.
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