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SA police anti-crime site hacked  Thu, 23 May 2013 13:24:28 GMT
A hacker has attacked a South African police website, downloading the details of whistleblowers who reported crime, an official says. 
Bomb attack kills Pakistan police  Thu, 23 May 2013 14:40:50 GMT
A bomb planted in a rickshaw has killed at least 12 people in Quetta in south-west Pakistan, officials say. 
Germany tops BBC country image poll  Thu, 23 May 2013 15:58:32 GMT
A poll in 25 countries for the BBC World Service suggests Germany is the most favourably viewed country in the world. 
Cave paintings uncovered in Mexico  Thu, 23 May 2013 03:44:21 GMT
Archaeologists in Mexico find 4,926 cave paintings in red, yellow, black and white in the north-eastern region of Burgos. 
Kerry condemns Hezbollah over Syria  Wed, 22 May 2013 22:55:02 GMT
US Secretary of State John Kerry says Lebanon's Hezbollah and Iran are perpetuating President Bashar al-Assad's "campaign of terror" in Syria. 
Shot US suspect 'admitted' murder  Thu, 23 May 2013 09:38:03 GMT
A Florida man who was shot and killed by Boston bombing investigators was about to confess to a 2011 triple murder before he died, FBI officials say. 
Wear your uniforms, PM tells forces  Thu, 23 May 2013 16:19:48 GMT
Post-attack uniform advice relaxed 
Arrests in nursery sex assault probe  Thu, 23 May 2013 14:32:04 GMT
Five men are arrested after a child tells of being sexually assaulted at a children's nursery in Worcestershire. 
April accused's paedophile denial  Thu, 23 May 2013 15:45:51 GMT
A man accused of murdering five-year-old April Jones in a sexually motivated attack tells a court he is not a paedophile. 
Net immigration 'down by a third'  Thu, 23 May 2013 15:41:16 GMT
The number of people coming to the UK has fallen by over 80,000 in the last year as figures show net migration is down by a third. 
Day in pictures: 22 May 2013  Wed, 22 May 2013 11:18:56 GMT
Twenty-four hours of news photoss: 22 May 
In pictures: Keeping cool in India's heat wave  Wed, 22 May 2013 12:29:46 GMT
In the grip of a scorching heat wave 
Day in pictures: 21 May 2013  Tue, 21 May 2013 11:54:23 GMT
Twenty-four hours of news photos: 21 May 
In pictures: India's fading trams  Mon, 20 May 2013 23:19:20 GMT
India's last remaining tramcars 
In pictures: Monster tornado hits Oklahoma  Wed, 22 May 2013 08:16:58 GMT
Gigantic tornado rips through Oklahoma City 
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