Japan steps up cooling operation
Japan is stepping up efforts to cool overheating fuel at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, as helicopters dump tonnes of sea water.
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- In pictures: Survivors' misery
- Grammaticas: Search for lost
- Japan nuclear plant: See the damage
- Q&A: Health effects of radiation
- Will there be a chain reaction?
- UK arranges charter jets
Gaddafi jets bomb rebel bastion
Forces loyal to Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi launch their first air raids on the main rebel-held town of Benghazi, as the UN considers imposing a no-fly zone.
High diver's heart-stopping plunge into paddling pool
Monkeys 'recognise friends' from photographsSport
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Live - England v West Indies
England's World Cup hopes are in the balance as West Indies battle to chase 244 to win the Group B match in Chennai.
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Trial date set for Pakistan trio
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Ferdinand may miss Man Utd run-in
Business
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Japan and Bahrain boost oil price
The oil price rebounds as markets refocus on events in the Middle East and Japan's need to substitute lost nuclear power.
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Yen hits record as Nikkei slides
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Long-haul pick-up lifts Lufthansa
Technology
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Twitter boss on application snub
Twitter founder Biz Stone denies snubbing developers but tells the BBC there are too many 3rd party clients available.
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Heavy Rain reigns at games Baftas
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Spammers go silent mid-campaign
Entertainment
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Foster: 'No regrets' over Gibson
Jodie Foster has said she had "no regrets" about casting troubled actor Mel Gibson as the lead in her latest film, The Beaver.
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Damon Albarn to star in new opera
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Museum must return mask to Egypt
Sci/Environment
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Probe set to orbit Planet Mercury
Nasa's Messenger spacecraft is primed and ready to enter into orbit around Mercury on Friday - the first probe to do so.
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Japan tsunami touches New Zealand
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Older female elephants are wiser
Health
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Cholesterol drugs could cut clots
Drugs used to regulate levels of cholesterol in the blood may also reduce the risk of dangerous blood clots, say researchers.
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US 'radiation pill' sales surge
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Haiti's cholera 'to be far worse'
Have Your Say
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Japan crisis: Safety concerns
Japan's Emperor Akihito has said he is "deeply worried" about the crisis his country is facing following last Friday's earthquake and tsunami. Here BBC News website readers talk about whether they are evacuating or staying put.
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Japan radiation: 'People are worried'
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Japan earthquake: Your stories
Magazine
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Dennis the Menace in the Asbo era
Dennis the Menace is 60 years old. How did this definitive naughty boy make it all the way to the 21st Century?
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How does a town get a 'royal' title?
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The mysterious loss of the Ninth Legion
Special Reports
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The moment tsunami hit Miyako City
Inside Fukushima's exclusion zone
Man searches for wife who saved children 
Water cannon try to cool reactors
Crowded airports as people flee Japan
Options for tackling nuclear crisis
Protester shot in Bahrain clampdown
Libya's violent battle for Ajdabiya Features & Analysis
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Nazi craze
Why are bizarre books about Hitler so popular?
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Not so different
What fruit flies teach us about ourselves
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Day in pictures
A selection of striking images from around the world
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No mood to party
Why Italy's 150th anniversary lacks festive feeling
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Horses to slaughter
The equine victims of Ireland's recession
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Endgame in sight?
Ivory Coast strongman caught between sanctions and militias
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Power trip
How Obama's visit could help reset US-Brazil ties
Beyond the cloudMarket Data
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| Dow Jones | 11775.12 | Up | 161.82 | 1.39% |
| Nasdaq | 2657.12 | Up | 40.30 | 1.54% |
| FTSE 100 | 5695.91 | Up | 97.68 | 1.74% |
| Dax | 6680.12 | Up | 166.28 | 2.55% |
| Cac 40 | 3779.90 | Up | 83.34 | 2.25% |
| BBC Global 30 | 5504.49 | Up | 57.34 | 1.05% |
Programmes
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Jamal Fakhro, of Bahrain's Shura Council, says soldiers 'don't want to continue to kill anybody'
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Newshour
Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
From Our Own Correspondent
Kate Adie hosts reports from the places in the news headlines.
