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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.Embattled World Bank head Paul Wolfowitz indicates he does not plan to resign over a pay scandal. More Info...  

Ireland claim the scalp of a second Test-playing nation at the World Cup as they defeat Bangladesh by 74 runs in Barbados. More Info...  

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The BBC voices concern at reports that reporter Alan Johnston is dead, but stresses there is no verification. More Info...  

At least 43 people die in a series of bomb and suicide attacks in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, police say. More Info...  

Opposition supporters protest in parts of Nigeria as partial results from state polls show the ruling party ahead. More Info...  

Former US military leaders call on the Bush administration to make major cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. More Info...  

A trio of banks stalking Dutch rival ABN Amro may launch a hostile bid if friendly merger talks fail, reports suggest. More Info...  

Two UK military helicopters crash north of Baghdad in an apparent mid-air collision, killing two of those on board. More Info...  

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A group of men charged with gruesome killings in Iran are acquitted by the Supreme Court, reports say. More Info...  

The relationship break up of Britain's Prince William and longtime girlfriend Kate Middleton sparked a media frenzy Sunday, as the country's newspapers speculated on the reasons behind the split.

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Israeli PM Ehud Olmert meets Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas amid US pressure to restart peace moves. More Info...  

Opponents of President Putin rally in St Petersburg, a day after a Moscow march ended in scuffles and arrests. More Info...  

Jamaican police probing the murder of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer receive the toxicology test results. More Info...  

Pop star Madonna is on her way to Malawi, the African country where her adopted son was born. More Info...  

The death toll in a flash flood that swept away local holidaymakers in southern Thailand reaches 35. More Info...  

The cause of high blood pressure may lie within the brain and not the heart or blood vessels, say scientists. More Info...