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UK scientists are planning to see if a Star Trek-style deflector shield could protect astronauts from radiation. More Info...  

Rwanda asks the world court to quash French arrest warrants against President Kagame's associates. More Info...  

A senior US official expresses growing concern over Iran's involvement with its neighbour Afghanistan. More Info...  

Nigerian troops battle armed Islamic militants near Kano, as the opposition threatens to boycott Saturday's polls. More Info...  

Pakistan's suspended chief justice says claims he abused his powers should be heard by the Supreme Court. More Info...  

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice holds unofficial talks with the Palestinian finance chief. More Info...  

Dutch brewers, including Heineken and Grolsch, are fined 273.7m euros by EU regulators for price fixing. More Info...  

About 16 Egyptian school students are killed in a road accident south of the capital Cairo. More Info...  

Australia and the US plan to swap 200 asylum seekers a year, in a move designed to deter illegal migrants. More Info...  

The decision about who will host the 2012 European Championship finals will be announced in Cardiff on Wednesday. More Info...  

The UN Security Council holds its first debate on global warming, but Russia and China criticise the British initiative. More Info...  

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The gunman in Monday's massacre at Virginia Tech was Cho Seung-hui, a 23-year-old senior English major from Centreville, Virginia, Virginia Tech Police Chief Wendell Flinchum said Tuesday.

Gun battles between rival drug gangs and police in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro leave 19 people dead. More Info...  

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An independent public inquiry into how contaminated NHS blood was given to haemophilia patients opens. More Info...  

The US says it has no official confirmation that North Korea is starting to shut down its main nuclear reactor. More Info...  

The US Marine Corps drops charges against a marine over the deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha in 2005. More Info...  

Visit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news.Police name a student who shot dead at least 30 people at a US university as Cho Seung-hui, from South Korea. More Info...