Hundreds of ultra-conservative Salafists clash with security forces, attack a police station and damage shops selling alcohol in a Tunisian town.

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Salafists clash in Tunisian town

UN observers count at least 90 bodies, including 32 children, after Syrian government forces attacked the town of Houla, sparking foreign condemnation.

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Syria child massacre confirmed

Why are we talking about Bain Capital again? The answer, it seems, is that the two presidential campaigns want it that way. The Romney campaign wants us talking about Bain Capital LLC because Mitt Romney says his time leading the firm prepared him for the presidency. Read full article > >

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Why neither Obama nor Romney wants to talk about Romney’s record

BBC reporter Paul Wood has been inside the Syrian town of Rastan which has been under attack by the country’s military despite a UN brokered ceasefire.

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VIDEO: Battle in Syria despite ‘ceasefire’

Attacks by President Obama’s campaign against Mitt Romney’s work in private equity have strained the relationship between Democrats and the financial industry.

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Political Memo: Bain Strategy Against Romney May Have Pitfalls for Obama

Pakistani officials said an American strike on suspected militants in the northwest killed 10 people, an attack likely to raise tensions in a standoff over NATO supply routes.

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U.S. Drone Strike Kills 10 in Pakistan, Officials Say

People who take calcium supplements could be increasing their risk of having a heart attack, according to researchers in Germany.

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Calcium pills pose ‘heart risk’

A woman found battered with a rolling pin at her Hampshire home was killed in a prolonged attack involving elements of torture, a coroner says.

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Rolling pin killing ‘unlawful’

A serial rapist is given a lifelong restriction order for attacking women across Scotland over a 15-year period.

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Lifelong order for serial rapist

The assault rate on tribal lands is higher than the national average, and reservation residents who report being attacked often confront gaps in medical and legal help.

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Native Americans Struggle With High Rate of Rape

Kevin Pietersen praises England’s bowling attack after a West Indies fightback gave his side an unexpected fright in the first Test at Lord’s.

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Pietersen praises England bowlers

The UN condemns as “heinous” a suicide attack in Yemen that killed more than 90 soldiers, which al-Qaeda said it carried out.

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UN condemns Yemen suicide bombing

Business Secretary Vince Cable has attacked a plan being considered by fellow ministers to make it easier for companies to sack workers.

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VIDEO: Should it be easier to fire staff?

Italian PM Mario Monti is among mourners paying their last respects to Melissa Bassi, as a man is questioned over the attack.

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Man held over Italy school bomb

A suicide bomber dressed in a military uniform set off a blast that killed more than 100 soldiers Monday, authorities said, in what appears to be the deadliest attack ever on troops in Yemen.

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More than 100 Yemen troops die in blast