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Burma warned over cyclone delays
The UN's humanitarian chief urges Burma to reconsider its attitude towards allowing aid teams into the country.
Teens given life for schoolboy murder
Two youths aged 14 and 17 are given life sentences for the murder of 16-year-old schoolboy Kodjo Yenga in west London.
Widower loses fight to stay in UK
A Filipino man whose wife, an NHS nurse, died after an injection mix-up during childbirth loses his fight to stay in the UK.
Hezbollah takes over west Beirut
Gunmen from Shia militant group Hezbollah take control of western Beirut, driving out government supporters.
Blast house 'targeted earlier'
The house at the centre of a fatal explosion was the target of a vandalism attack hours earlier, police say.
Second terror suspect wins bail
A tribunal has ruled a second Jordanian counter-terrorism detainee, known only as "OO", should be released.
Siege barrister shot five times
A barrister was hit at least five times by police weapons during a shoot-out at his home, an inquest hears.
Woman who poisoned husband jailed
A woman who gave her husband rat poison as she fleeced her mother-in-law is jailed.
BBC admits keeping charity money
The BBC is to broadcast an apology after admitting a subsidiary firm kept £106,000 from charity phone-ins.
Taser parties
Meeting the women shunning kitchen ware for stun guns
Wrong postcode?
The turf warfare that claimed the life of a teenage boy
High stakes
Global rifts are fuelling the Lebanese conflict
7 days quiz
Which style queen committed a grave fashion crime?
So solid Crewe?
On the trail in what is set to be a hard-fought by-election
Culture club
Each day we bin a million pots of yoghurt. Why?
