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Cuban woman has 125th birthday

Relatives in eastern Cuba claim to have held a 125th birthday party for a woman named Juana Bautista de la Candelaria Rodriguez, but it is not clear if she is really that old.

Mystery patient treated in Haiti

Doctors in Haiti are treating a man said to have had been trapped for 28 days - but he may have been provided food and water during his reported ordeal.

Mum guilty of murdering 'bipolar' girl

Reuters

A US woman has been convicted of second-degree murder over the 2006 death of her four-year-old daughter from an overdose of powerful psychotropic drugs.

Sri Lanka parliament dissolved

Reuters

Sri Lanka's president has dissolved parliament before legislative elections on April 8, a senior government official said, a day after a leading opposition figure was arrested on military offences.

Avalanches kill at least 28

At least 28 people died and hundreds were trapped through the night in freezing cold and darkness after avalanches closed a mountain highway tunnel in Afghanistan.

Whalers, activists fire water cannons

Bob Barker Two Sea Shepherd activist ships are in pursuit of the Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean, exchanging water cannon fire with the whalers.

$1.8m fine for Super Mario pirate

An Australian will have to pay Nintendo NZ$1.8 million in damages after illegally copying and uploading one of its new games to the internet.

Hackers strike in Aust

Wheels come off packed schoolbus

Clinton office hostage-taker flees

The man who took hostages at a Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign office in 2007 has cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet and fled, and is considered dangerous, authorities said.

'Lovesick' student sparked airport alert

A lawyer for a Chinese graduate student charged with a security breach at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey that led to worldwide flight delays has entered a plea of not guilty and defended his client as "simply a lovesick man who made a mistake."

US announces Saudi trip on Twitter

Waterboarding used on girl, 4

Cuba

Cuban woman has 125th birthday

Relatives in eastern Cuba claim to have held a 125th birthday party for a woman named Juana Bautista de la Candelaria Rodriguez, but it is not clear if she is really that old.

Star's mockery of nude scanners

Shahrukh Khan A Bollywood heart-throb has made a mockery of an invasive new airport security system set to be introduced around the world.

Europe govts to help Greece

European governments have agreed in principle to help heavily indebted Greece, in what would be the first rescue of a euro zone member in the currency's 11-year history.

Moscow says missile shield aimed at Russia

Money adviser 'held prisoner in basement'

Mohammed Atif Siddique

Terrorism conviction quashed

A British student, described by prosecutors as a "wannabe suicide bomber," has had his conviction quashed after spending nearly four years in custody.

Cat-and-mouse game on Iran's internet

iran internet Young Iranians say the country's internet is now more of a "Filternet", as the government cracks down on opposition web activity.

Iran accelerates nuke programme

Iran has begun enriching uranium to a higher level in defiance of world powers.

Al Qaeda call for Red Sea blockade

Iran: new air defence system

Burj Dubai

Stuck 124 floors above ground

The observation deck of the world's tallest tower has been shut down after 15 people became stuck in an elevator 124 floors above ground.

Google threatens China copycat

google china goojje Google has sent a cease and desist letter to the operators of a Chinese search website whose logo bears a close resemblance to its own.

Sri Lanka election loser arrested

Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate has been hauled from his office by military police and will be court-martialed for allegedly planning to overthrow the government.

China halts hacker training site

Sodomy trial halted

Rescue team

Kashmir avalanche kills 17

A massive avalanche has plowed into an Indian army training centre at a ski resort town in Indian-controlled Kashmir, killing 17 soldiers and critically injuring 17 others.

Protests flare in South African township

South African police fired rubber bullets to disperse rioters who torched a library in a restive township, a reminder of the social problems that persist 20 years after the release of Nelson Mandela.

Darfur infighting drives 10,000 from homes

Infighting in one of Darfur's rebel groups has driven at least 10,000 people from their homes in the restive Jabel Marra area.

No ruling on Obama's 'illegal' aunt

Mandela's 20 years of freedom

Goodluck Jonathan

Goodluck Jonathan to run Nigeria

Nigeria's parliament has empowered Vice President Goodluck Jonathan to run Africa's most populous nation in place of an ill and absent president.

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