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25-year-old Afghan war veteran Lee Rigby. Photo: EITB
British police ponder conspiracy after soldier murder
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The two suspects, aged 22 and 28, are under guard in hospitals after being shot and arrested by police following the murder of 25-year-old Afghan war veteran Lee Rigby on Wednesday in broad daylight.
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A clip filmed just minutes after the killing showed a man with hands covered in blood. Photo: EITB
London shocked by death of soldier in suspected Islamist attack
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A British soldier was hacked to death by two men shouting Islamic slogans in a south London street on Wednesday. It was the first apparent Islamist killing in London since July 2005.
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The massive tornado that tore through the area on Monday wiped out blocks of houses, killed at least 24 people and injured about 240.
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"The prior figure of 51 dead may have included some double-reported casualties, Elliott said. "There was a lot of chaos," Elliott said.
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Meeting in Spain
Some 80 opposition representatives concluded a two-day meeting Tuesday, saying Assad would neither form part of any transition government nor have any role in Syria's future.
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Deadliest tornado in two years
The 2-mile-wide tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, destroying entire tracts of homes, piling cars atop one another, and trapping two dozen school children beneath rubble.
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Bangladesh tragedy
Three weeks after the collapse of a building housing garment factories, Western brands that rely on Bangladesh to produce clothing cheaply disagreed over how best to ensure worker safety.
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Police said they were alerted to the whereabouts of the women by a frantic emergency call from one of them, Amanda Berry, moments after she was freed from the house by a neighbour.
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Neo-Nazi murder trial
The chance discovery of the gang, which had gone undetected for more than a decade, has forced Germany to acknowledge it has a more militant and dangerous neo-Nazi fringe than previously thought.
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Shooting was tragic gesture of an unemployed man, new PM says
A gunman shot two police officers and a passerby outside the Italian prime minister's office in Rome on Sunday. He told investigators he had acted out of anger with politicians.
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At least 175 people killed in a Bangladesh building collapse
The disaster could hurt Bangladesh's reputation as a source of low-cost goods and call attention to European and North American companies that buy products there.
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Compromise seen on Western Sahara allowing UN mission extension
Western Sahara is the focus of Africa's longest-running territorial dispute, between Morocco and pro-independence Polisario guerrillas. The resolution is due to be voted on April 25.
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France becomes 14th country to legalise same-sex marriage
Hollande's "marriage for all" law is one of the biggest social reforms in France since his predecessor Francois Mitterrand abolished the death penalty in 1981, a move which also split opinion.
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