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Boston marathon honours bomb victims
BBC
Thousands of marathoners have begun running through the streets of Boston, after the city honoured those killed and injured in a bomb attack last year.
Easter deaths spark Brazil protests near Rio
BBC NEWS
Residents of a poor neighbourhood near the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro have set fire to vehicles in protest at the deaths of two people in incidents involving the police.
French hostages tell of Syria basement ordeal
BBC NEWS
French journalists released from captivity in Syria have been speaking about their ordeal at the hands of suspected Islamist rebels.
Angry South Korea families protest over slow ferry rescue
BBC NEWS
Families of passengers on a sunken South Korean ferry have protested angrily over the rescue operation.
Pakistan library named 'Bin Laden' in Islamic school
BBC
An Islamic seminary for women in Pakistan's capital Islamabad has renamed its library after Osama Bin Laden, the former al-Qaeda chief.
Nigeria abductions: Parents say girls still missing
BBC NEWS
Mystery surrounds the fate of more than 100 teenage girls who were abducted from a school in the remote north-east of Nigeria.
Hundreds missing as S Korea ferry sinks
BBC
Almost 300 people remain unaccounted for after a ferry carrying 459 people capsized and sank off South Korea.
Pistorius trial: Reeva Steenkamp shot in 'rapid fire'
BBC
The girlfriend of Oscar Pistorius was shot in quick succession as she fell down, a forensics expert has told the South African athlete's murder trial.
India court recognises transgender people as third gender
BBC NEWS
India's Supreme Court has recognised transgender people as a third gender, in a landmark ruling.
Pakistan suspected cannibal in Punjab re-arrested
BBC
A man has been arrested on suspicion of cannibalising a young child, police in Pakistan's Punjab province say.