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Bahrain's attorney general denies rumours that Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, who is on hunger strike in prison, is dead, saying he is in "good health".

The manager of the Miami Marlins baseball team is suspended for five matches after saying he "loves" the former Cuban leader Fidel Castro.

Thieves cause tens of thousands of pounds worth of damage at a school after stealing lead flashing from its roof.

International envoy Kofi Annan says his peace plan for Syria is "very much alive" despite fresh fighting as a ceasefire deadline passes.

European stocks fall as investors reacted to Friday's disappointing US jobs data and fears persist about Spain's ability to repay its debts.

A man who murdered his partner hours after she underwent surgery for breast cancer is jailed for at least 16 years.

Bo Xilai, once tipped as a future Chinese leader, is dismissed from key posts in the ruling Communist Party, state media report.

At least eight soldiers and three militants have been killed in an attack by militants on an army checkpoint in central Yemen, officials say.

Wigan boss Roberto Martinez receives a call from referees chief Mike Riley to apologise for mistakes made during the 2-1 defeat at Chelsea.

An 18-year-old woman dies in a plunge from the 17th floor of a tower block during a police visit to a flat in south-east London.

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A three-year-old boy has been kept alive with an artificial heart for more than eight months, which doctors say is a record for a child in the UK.

A new report details torture, forced abortions and public executions in North Korea's vast network of political prison camps.

The European Court of Human Rights backs terror extraditions from the UK to the US in one of its most important rulings in years.

David Cameron meets Japanese PM Yoshihiko Noda for talks in Tokyo, as he begins a week-long tour aimed at boosting UK trade with East and South East Asia.

A second psychiatric report declares Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik sane enough to face trial and jail, contradicting an earlier assessment.

The singer will bring her Born This Way world tour to London's Twickenham Stadium and Manchester Arena in September.

A court in Egypt suspends the Islamist-dominated assembly appointed last month to draft the country's new constitution.

Poland marks the anniversary of the 2010 plane crash that killed its president Lech Kaczynski with ceremonies in Warsaw and Smolensk.

Fake computer chips might soon be putting lives at risk warns a report on counterfeit semiconductors.