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Letta set to become Italy's next PM

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Centre-left politician Enrico Letta is to become Italy's prime minister, after being asked by the president to form a new government to end the political paralysis. 





Kosovo deal 'brave' - EU's Ashton

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EU foreign policy chief Cathy Ashton tells the BBC the Serbian and Kosovan leaders were "brave" to normalise ties, after months of arduous negotiations. 





Date set for Jackson death trial

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A civil trial in which Michael Jackson's family is suing concert promoters AEG is to begin on Monday, court officials confirm. 





Parents of Boston suspects quizzed

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US officials are in the Russian republic of Dagestan to speak to the parents of Boston bomb suspects Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev. 





Second Chinese official dies in mysterious circumstances

a shared story    4 weeks 16 hours 45 minutes ago
Jia Jiuxiang dies after being taken in for questioning by Communist party's anti-corruption investigatorsA senior official at a city court in central China has died under mysterious circumstances, his body bruised after 11 days in the custody of anti-corruption investigators of the ruling Communist party, according...(more) 





Cannes 2013: Nicole Kidman, Ang Lee and Christoph Waltz join jury

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Steven Spielberg leads a star-studded Cannes jury, which also includes Lynne Ramsay, Daniel Auteuil and Vidya BalanMight it be the most star-studded Cannes jury in history? The world's most famous film festival has announced that this year's president, Steven Spielberg, will be joined by a cavalcade...(more) 





Donald Trump's anti-windfarm ads banned over 'misleading' images

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Watchdog also says US billionaire's Scottish golf resort could not substantiate claim that tourism will be harmed by turbinesAn ad campaign run by Donald Trump's Scottish golf resort attacking plans for a windfarm has been banned on the grounds that it was misleading.The US billionaire has...(more) 





China: 21 killed in Kashgar clashes

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Police take on armed gang 'planning terrorist activities' who took community workers hostage in Xinjiang, say reportsFifteen police officers and community workers have been killed and six "gangsters" shot dead in a clash in Kashgar, in China's north-western region of Xinjiang, according to official media.Community workers...(more) 





Gene patents are a hindrance to innovation

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Scientists researching diseases such as cancer are impeded by having to pay companies who own specific gene patentsYou carry a set of instructions in every cell, encrypted in DNA. Your genome, 3 billion letters of genetic code, is not only unique to you now, but is...(more) 





Move over, Harlem Shake. It's time for the iPhone shake.

a shared story    4 weeks 16 hours 45 minutes ago
A new micro kinetic charger is in the works that will charge your iPhone, just by shaking it. 





Burma pardons more political prisoners

a shared story    4 weeks 17 hours 45 minutes ago
President Thein Sein frees 93 people, believed to include 59 jailed as dissidents, after EU lifts sanctionsBurma's president has pardoned 93 prisoners, including at least 59 political detainees, a day after the European Union lifted sanctions.The pardon was announced on state television on Tuesday amid renewed...(more) 





Bangladesh building collapse kills dozens

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Hundreds of people remain trapped under rubble at eight-storey building north of Dhaka that housed textile factoriesAt least 76 garment workers have been confirmed dead in Bangladesh after an eight-storey building containing clothing manufacturing units collapsed.Mohammed Neazuddin, the health secretary, confirmed the death toll and police...(more) 




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