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  1. VIDEO: Argentina train crash kills dozens
    At least 49 people have been killed in a train accident in Buenos Aires.
  2. VIDEO: Vicar and teacher murder charges
    A man has been charged with murdering a vicar in South Gloucestershire and a retired teacher in Worcestershire.
  3. Karzai urges calm over Koran row
    Afghan President Hamid Karzai urges Afghans "not to resort to violence" after protests over the burning of the Koran at a US airbase near Kabul.
  4. US dismay at IAEA Iranian visit
    The White House expresses disappointment on the barring of UN nuclear inspectors from a site in Iran, calling the visit a "failure" for Tehran.
  5. Toddler girl abandoned in library
    Police search for a woman seen leaving a library in Kent where a girl, believed to be two or three years old, is abandoned.
  6. VIDEO: Ukraine mourns dead after freeze
    According to the UN, no European country has born the brunt of the extreme weather more than the Ukraine, where 112 people died.
  7. South Korea wins Navy tanker deal
    The Royal Navy selects South Korean firm Daewoo for a £452m deal to build four new fuel tankers.
  8. McDowell out of World Match Play
    Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell is knocked out in the first round of the World Match Play Championship by South Korea's YE Yang.
  9. Celtic 2-0 Dunfermline
    Celtic ease to victory over bottom side Dunfermline to go 20 points clear of Rangers at the top of the SPL.
  10. Argentina train crash 'kills 49'
    A commuter train crash at a station in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, kills 49 people and leaves at least 600 injured, officials say.
  11. In pictures: Argentina train crash
    A commuter train crash in Buenos Aires
  12. NYPD 'spied on' Newark Muslims
    The New York Police Department carried out covert surveillance of Muslims in nearby Newark, New Jersey, police records reveal.
  13. Nine cleared of UDA man's murder
    Nine men involved in the UVF supergrass trial in Belfast are acquitted of the murder of UDA leader Tommy English.
  14. Strauss-Kahn released by police
    Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn is released after two days of questioning over an alleged prostitution ring but will be quizzed again next month.
  15. Comic Frank Carson dies aged 85
    Northern Irish comedian Frank Carson, whose catch phrases included "It's a cracker", has died aged 85, surrounded by his family.
  16. Mancini ready to consider Tevez
    Carlos Tevez could be playing for Manchester City within "two to three weeks" after manager Roberto Mancini accepted his apology to the club.
  17. Hamilton praises new car's speed
    Lewis Hamilton pronounces himself impressed with the speed of his "well-behaved" new McLaren after day two of the second pre-season test in Spain.
  18. NHS 'will be Cameron's poll tax'
    Labour leader Ed Miliband tells David Cameron he risks making NHS reform "his poll tax" - in noisy Commons clashes over the health bill.
  19. Mackay signs new Cardiff contract
    Malky Mackay is rewarded for guiding Cardiff City to the Carling Cup final with a new three-and-a-half year contract.
  20. Vicar and teacher murder charges
    A man is charged with murdering a clergyman at his South Gloucestershire vicarage and a retired teacher in Worcestershire.