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Updated: 1 hour 23 min ago

Powerful car bomb hits Syria city

1 hour 31 min ago

At least seven people are killed and dozens injured after a powerful car bomb explodes in eastern Syria, officials say.

'Bring on Bayern', says Lampard

1 hour 31 min ago

Chelsea captain Frank Lampard is relishing the task of leading his team into the Champions League final against Bayern Munich.

Bomb explosion hits Italy school

1 hour 35 min ago

A bomb explodes in front of a school in the southern Italian city of Brindisi killing two girls and injuring seven, reports say.

Eurozone set to dominate G8 talks

1 hour 49 min ago

Europe's debt crisis is to top the agenda at the G8 summit in the US, amid fears that trouble in the eurozone could have global consequences.

Aborted lift-off for spaceship

1 hour 53 min ago

The US firm SpaceX aborts the lift-off of its Falcon rocket and Dragon ship to the International Space Station.

Sunderland release keeper Gordon

3 hours 6 min ago

Sunderland goalkeeper Craig Gordon, who was signed for £9m in 2007, is one of nine players released by the club.

Sri Lanka marks war anniversary

3 hours 12 min ago

Sri Lanka marks three years since the end of its civil war with a military parade, as the government is reportedly set to free Sarath Fonseka from prison - the man who led the army during the war

Activist Chen 'to leave China'

3 hours 34 min ago

Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, whose stay at the US embassy sparked a diplomatic crisis, says he is at Beijing airport expecting to go to the US.

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Eurozone set to dominate G8 talks

5 hours 54 min ago

US President Obama hosts an opening dinner for G8 leaders, discussing North Korea, Syria and Iran, with the eurozone crisis likely to top Saturday's agenda.

Cameron joins talks over eurozone

7 hours 34 min ago

UK PM David Cameron joins other world leaders at the G8 summit for talks set to focus on the eurozone crisis, amid signs a deal is unlikely to be reached.

Quebec in emergency protest law

8 hours 57 min ago

The government of Quebec passes an emergency bill in an effort to quell the most sustained student protests in Canadian history.

Armed forces to march for Jubilee

9 hours 2 min ago

Thousands of members of the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force are to take part in a parade and flypast for the Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

US baby boomers in Hep C warning

9 hours 14 min ago

US baby boomers are advised to get tested for the liver-destroying virus hepatitis C, in a move health officials say could save 120,000 lives.

VIDEO: Concordia salvage details revealed

10 hours 35 min ago

The operation to remove the wreck of the Costa Concordia will be the biggest of its kind, at a cost reported to be at least $300m, according to salvage firms and the ship's owners.

Al-Qaeda's hidden war in Yemen

10 hours 38 min ago

Yemeni forces strike at al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

Small countries push for a more open UN

10 hours 44 min ago

Small countries seek Security Council change

Huge economic challenge awaits Egypt's next leader

10 hours 50 min ago

Egypt's economic crisis sets major task for country's next leader

Moffat to receive special Bafta

11 hours 2 min ago

Doctor Who producer and Sherlock co-creator Steven Moffat is to receive a special prize at this year's Bafta TV awards, organisers announce.

A glimpse of life after Nato in Afghanistan's wild east

11 hours 29 min ago

A glimpse of life after Nato in Afghanistan's wild east

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