| Murder sparks anti-Muslim backlash |
| There has been a large increase in anti-Muslim incidents since the murder of a British soldier in Woolwich, an inter-faith charity says. |
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| Hezbollah promises Syria 'victory' |
| The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah group promises victory in Syria where his supporters are backing President al-Assad, amid an upsurge in fighting there. |
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| Borussia Dortmund 1-2 Bayern Munich |
| Arjen Robben scores a dramatic late winner as Bayern Munich beat Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League final. |
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| 48 rescued as island boat hits rock |
| A total of 48 passengers, including children, are rescued from a boat after it hits a rock and starts taking in water off the Pembrokeshire coast. |
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| Warnings over flagship projects |
| More than 30 of the coalition's flagship schemes, including the Universal Credit, are at serious risk of failure, a government report warns. |
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| Police probe fatal tiger attack |
| The death of a zoo worker attacked by a tiger could have been due to "human or technical" factors, police say. |
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| Pakistan bus fire kills 16 children |
| At least 16 children and a teacher are killed in a fire on their school bus in the eastern Pakistan city of Gujrat, police say. |
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| 'Maoist rebels' kill 17 in India |
| At least 17 people, including a senior leader of India's governing Congress party, are killed after their convoy was attacked by Maoist rebels, officials say. |
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| UK plane alert suspects still held |
| Police secure a 12-hour extension to question two men after RAF jets were scrambled to escort a Pakistan Airlines plane in UK airspace. |
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| French army in major Mali pullout |
| France begins a key stage of its military withdrawal from Mali, four months after sending troops to push Islamist rebels out of the north. |
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| IMF chief Lagarde made key witness |
| A French court does not place IMF head Christine Lagarde under investigation over a payout made when she was finance minister, making her a key witness instead. |
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| Boy, 9, admits stealing car keys |
| A nine-year-old boy admits burgling a house and stealing the keys to a car that crashed moments later, Cleveland Police say. |
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| In pictures: Battle of Atlantic 70th |
| Thousands join veterans to commemorate 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic. |
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| Shakespeare's signature goes on show |
| A "priceless" signature by William Shakespeare is to go on display at an exhibition at the London Metropolitan Archives. |
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| Root ton delights Headingley crowd |
| Joe Root hits a maiden Test century as England reach 337-7 against New Zealand on day two of the second Test. |
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| Leicester 37-17 Northampton |
| Leicester win the Premiership final to secure their 10th English title against Northampton, who have Dylan Hartley sent off. |
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| Hartley poised to miss Lions tour |
| England hooker Dylan Hartley could miss the Lions' tour to Australia after being sent off in the Premiership final. |
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| Hamilton 'struggling' to drive car |
| Lewis Hamilton admits he has been 'struggling' to drive his Mercedes car since joining the team this season. |
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| Bellew wins final eliminator fight |
| Tony Bellew wins his final eliminator for the WBC world light-heavyweight title as he beats Malawi's Isaac Chilemba. |
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| Co-op halts new business lending |
| Co-operative Bank has stopped offering new business loans amid concerns over its capital position and talks with UK regulators. |
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| Germany reports sluggish growth |
| Germany's economy barely grew in the first quarter of the year, figures show, as private consumption helped offset shrinking exports and investment. |
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| Calls grow for 'snoopers' charter' |
| London Mayor Boris Johnson adds his voice to suggestions the Communications Data Bill could be revived after the murder of a soldier in a London street. |
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| Bercow's McAlpine tweet libellous |
| Sally Bercow says she is "surprised and disappointed" after the High Court rules a tweet she published about Tory peer Lord McAlpine was libellous. |
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| Big rise in medical trial volunteers |
| The number of people volunteering to take part in clinical trials in England has trebled in the past five years. |
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| Neuron growth 'cuts memory space' |
| The reason we struggle to recall memories from our early childhood is down to high levels of neuron production during the first years of life, say Canadian researchers. |
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| Sex education struggles with porn |
| In an age when "extremely violent and sadistic imagery is two clicks away", school sex education is struggling to keep pace, suggests a study. |
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| New curriculum workload 'too high' |
| More than 80% of nursery and primary school teachers in Scotland have warned of high workloads as a result of the new curriculum, a union claims. |
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| Faltering Facebook phone is delayed |
| Social networking giant postpones the launch of its "Facebook phone" after negative feedback and disappointing sales. |
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| Amazon reveals fan fiction platform |
| Fan fiction authors will be able to publish and sell some titles in the US via new e-book platform Kindle Worlds. |
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| Cockroaches evolving to evade traps |
| Cockroaches are outsmarting our efforts to kill them by evolving to avoid the taste of sugar traps, a study reveals. |
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| Genetics of white tigers pinpointed |
| Chinese scientists trace the rare white colouration in Bengal tigers to a single change in a gene that affects a host of animals, including humans. |
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| Ellie Goulding plays at Big Weekend |
| Singer takes to the Main Stage in Londonderry as Conor Maynard, The Saturdays and Two Door Cinema Club also perform. |
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| Lesbian drama is Cannes favourite |
| An intimate love story between two young women receives rave reviews in Cannes days before the winner of the Palme d'Or is announced. |
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| What do radical Islamists actually believe in? |
| After a British soldier was killed in south London, apparently by Islamist fundamentalists, Dr Usama Hasan explains how to tackle their beliefs. |
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| The Loop: Kulture Klub |
| Welcome to the Loop, the Magazine's weekly letters column, including the best of your thoughts on Twitter and Facebook. |
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| Charges over soldier killing posts |
| A backlash of anger following the killing of Drummer Lee Rigby leads to several people facing charges over social media posts. |
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| Embedded car driver returns home |
| A driver whose car became embedded in the side of a house when he crashed is out of hospital and has returned home. |
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| Former Labour MP Jimmy Wray dies |
| The former Glasgow Provan and Glasgow Baillieston Labour MP Jimmy Wray dies at the age of 78. |
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| Major scrubland fire breaks out |
| Firefighters are called to what it is being described as a "major scrubland and forestry fire" in Slamannan. |
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| Explosion was a 'viable pipe bomb' |
| A security alert in south Belfast on Friday night was a viable pipe bomb which had partially exploded, police say. |
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| City's historic windows protected |
| Belfast City Hall's historic stained glass windows are protected as a precaution during the G8 economic summit next month. |
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| Caravan fire injures family of seven |
| A couple and five children are taken to hospital after a fire destroys their touring caravan at a park in Gwynedd. |
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| MEP Evans top of Plaid Cymru list |
| The Plaid Cymru Euro MP Jill Evans retains her party's top slot in its list of candidates to fight the 2014 Euro elections. |
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| Brazil 'cancels' most African debt |
| Brazil says it will cancel or restructure almost $900m (£600m) worth of debt owed by African countries, to boost economic ties with the continent. |
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| Africa marks 'great leap forward' |
| Ethiopia's prime minister opens a ceremony of Africa's 54 leaders celebrating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Organisation of African Unity. |
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| Deaths in Philippines militant clash |
| At least seven marines and five militants are killed as troops tackle Abu Sayyaf militants in the southern Philippines, the military says. |
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| Mayor 'sorry' for US brothel remarks |
| Osaka's outspoken mayor apologises for saying US troops in Okinawa should visit legal brothels as a way of curbing sexual crimes there. |
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| French soldier stabbed near Paris |
| French authorities are investigating whether the stabbing of a soldier in a Paris suburb was a copycat attack in the wake of the murder of Dummer Lee Rigby, killed in London this week. |
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| 'Black widow' bombing in Russia |
| A suicide bomber has blown herself up close to an interior ministry building in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan, officials say. |
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| Ecuador president starts third term |
| Ecuador's President, Rafael Correa, is sworn into office for an unprecedented third term in the capital, Quito. |
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| Guatemala extradites ex-leader to US |
| Former Guatemalan President Alfonso is extradited to the United States, where he faces charges for laundering more than $70m in public funds. |
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| 'Poor response' to Iraq abuse claims |
| The UK government's response to claims that British troops abused and unlawfully killed civilians in Iraq is inadequate, the High Court rules, but it stops short of ordering a public inquiry. |
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| Thousands protest in Bahrain sit-in |
| Tens of thousands of Bahrainis participated in a sit-in on Friday in protest at a raid on a senior Shia cleric's home. |
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| Bridge collapses after US rail crash |
| Two goods trains collide in the US state of Missouri, bringing down a road bridge and leaving seven people injured. |
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| Apple 1 from 1976 sells for $650,000 |
| An original Apple 1 computer from 1976 - one of the first built in Steve Jobs' garage - sells at auction for more than 500,000 euros ($650,000). |
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| Week in pictures: 18-24 May 2013 |
| News photos from around the world |
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| Your pictures: Small things |
| Readers' photos on the theme small things. |
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| Day in pictures: 24 May 2013 |
| Twenty-four hours of news photoss: 24 May |
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| In pictures: Kabul kids on wheels |
| Afghan education - through skateboarding |
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| In pictures: Masseurs of Mumbai |
| The male masseurs of Mumbai |
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| In pictures: Keeping cool in India's heat wave |
| In the grip of a scorching heat wave |
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| Day in pictures: 23 May 2013 |
| Twenty-four hours of news photos: 23 May |
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| Day in pictures: 22 May 2013 |
| Twenty-four hours of news photoss: 22 May |
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| VIDEO: House of Commons |
| MPs approve same-sex marriage plans at third reading despite significant opposition. |
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| VIDEO: Man plays guitar during brain surgery |
| A patient has played the guitar while undergoing brain surgery in the US, to help surgeons pinpoint where to place electrodes to treat the effects of his Parkinson's disease. |
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| VIDEO: Turtle rescued after swallowing plastic |
| An injured turtle found by a fisherman in Florida has been returned to the sea after being treated at a rescue centre. |
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| VIDEO: Police probe fatal tiger attack |
| The death of a zoo worker attacked by a tiger could have been due to "human or technical factors", police said. |
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| VIDEO: Opera singer proposes on stage |
| An opera singer gets down on bended knee in front of 700 audience members to ask his girlfriend to marry him. |
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| VIDEO: Oklahoma: Loved ones lost in tragedy |
| Tim Muffett has been hearing the story of one family, who lost loved ones in the tragedy. |
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| VIDEO: Cheese-maker warned over hill roll |
| The woman who has supplied the wheel of cheese for Gloucester's famous annual cheese-rolling event has been told by police she may be liable for legal action. |
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| VIDEO: Puglisi beatification 'turning point' |
| More than 50,000 people have attended the beatification of Don Giuseppe Puglisi, a Roman Catholic priest murdered by the Mafia in 1993. |
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| VIDEO: Fifty years of the African Union |
| Heads of state from across Africa are in Addis Ababa to mark the 50th anniversary of the African Union. |
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| How to speak Franglais |
| Bonjour, mes amis antiques, let's parler Franglais |
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| Viewpoint: Mars - what we've learnt in five years |
| What we have learnt from Martian probes |
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| Texting safely on the High Street |
| The 'safety belt' for the walking texter |
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| VIDEO: The Queen and her passion for horses |
| The Queen and her passion for horses |
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| How easy is it to hack a smart meter? |
| How easy is it to hack a smart meter? |
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| Out-of-date law halts grooming cases |
| How an out-of-date law is thwarting sex abuse victims |
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| 10 things we didn't know last week |
| Eccles cakes should not be microwaved, and other nuggets |
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| VIDEO: Five Minutes With: Brian Moore |
| Rugby legend Brian Moore on praise, fear and the front row |
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| The magic of the Monaco Grand Prix |
| What makes this weekend's Grand Prix so special? |
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| Chelsea Flower Show and island mentality |
| Chelsea Flower Show and the UK's island mentality |
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