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Cyprus detains a Sudan-bound ship carrying military equipment while inspectors check its cargo does not breach arms embargos.

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Police arrest a teenager after a three-year-old boy was fed laxatives by a group of boys in a Hertfordshire park.

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Harriet Harman says the Budget is “reckless” and will lead to thousands of people losing their jobs.

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Chancellor George Osborne sets out his first UK Budget, which will pave the way for cuts to Scottish spending.

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Australia win the toss and choose to bat first in the first one-day international against England.

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Floods engulf two states in north-east Brazil, leaving 1,000 people missing and forcing at least 100,000 to flee their homes.

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A 16-year-old boy is detained for 14 years for killing a former best friend after the pair traded insults on Facebook.

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Veteran blues singer Tam White dies at the age of 68, after collapsing following a gym session in Edinburgh.

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Belarus says it will suspend Russian transit gas deliveries to Europe after Moscow cut supplies in a dispute over payments.

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Cut the deficit from the comfort of your own computer

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Astronomers have made the most accurate measurement yet of the mass of a mysterious neutrino or “ghost particle”.

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Michael Jackson’s estate has made more than $1bn (£677m) since his death a year ago, according to estimates by trade paper Billboard.

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Can you do a big sporting event on a small budget?

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At least 50 people have been killed in a train crash in the south of Congo-Brazzaville, railway officials say.

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EastEnders scriptwriters reveal the Queen Vic pub will be burned down as part of a major storyline later this year.

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