Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas says his security forces have confirmed the BBC's Alan Johnston is alive.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas says his security forces have confirmed the BBC's Alan Johnston is alive.
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Iran inaugurates a dam which conservationists say will cause huge losses to its archaeological heritage.
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Afghan and Pakistani troops exchange fire over the latter's new anti-Taleban border fence, officials in Kabul say.
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Proceedings in the Angelika Kluk murder trial are stalled by the judge after the accused is struck by illness.
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A girls' school in London will select some pupils by lottery after being fined over its admissions scheme.
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Two British soldiers have been killed and three injured in south-east Iraq, the Ministry of Defence says.
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Ulster Unionist Alan McFarland turned down a chance to be health minister after a row with his party leader.
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A grandmother who was raped at knifepoint speaks out about the brutal attack in which she thought she was going to die.
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Chief constables in England and Wales say laws need to be changed to boost numbers of black and Asian officers.
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