A week after a powerful earthquake hit northern Italy, Parmesan farmers are feeling the economic repercussions.

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VIDEO: Cheese producers hit by Italy quake

A Peruvian car is destroyed and its driver is killed by a landmine in northern Chile after crossing the border illegally.

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Chile mine destroys Peruvian car

Twelve English High Streets – from Cornwall to Northumberland – will share a £1.2m pot of government cash to rejuvenate shopping areas.

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VIDEO: High Streets share £1.2m funding

The Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness says republicans have been talking privately to a “very significant group of Protestants and unionists”.

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Sinn Fein confirm unionist talks

Twelve English High Streets – from Cornwall to Northumberland – will share a £1.2m pot of government cash to rejuvenate shopping areas.

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High Streets to share £1.2m pot

An ice cream seller from Northumberland has been banned from trading because her van is an “eyesore”.

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VIDEO: Ice cream van banned as ‘eyesore’

Despite an influx of American assistance, residents of an area of Honduras that has become a way station for cocaine on its way north say they feel threatened.

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In Remote Honduras Area, Drug Raid Stirs Anger

The second US drone strike in 24 hours kills eight people in a volatile tribal area of north-west Pakistan, security officials say.

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US drone ‘kills 8′ in Pakistan

Despite lively opposition, Shell, with President Obama’s support, will start test wells in Alaska’s North, in a moment of major promise and considerable danger.

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The Energy Rush: Shell Arctic Ocean Drilling Stands to Open New Oil Frontier

The new single benefit, which the government claims will simplify the welfare system, is to be tested in parts of the North West.

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New benefit tested in North West

BEIJING — The plight of 28 Chinese fishermen, who were kidnapped, robbed, stripped and held for 13 days by North Koreans, has inflamed Chinese public opinion, with many Internet users taking to microblogging sites to question the Beijing government’s close relationship with its reclusive ally in Pyongyang. Read full article > >

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Kidnapped fishermen’s case angers Chinese public

Two foreign doctors and three Afghan colleagues are kidnapped in the country’s north-eastern province of Badakhshan, officials say.

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Aid workers held in Afghanistan

Tensions rise after rebels in northern Syria kidnap 13 Lebanese Shia pilgrims on their way home from visiting holy sites in Iran.

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Abductions raise Lebanon tension

A passenger who said she had a surgically implanted device inside her prompted a security scare that led to the diversion of a North Carolina-bound jet, officials said.

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Passenger’s implant claim triggers flight diversion

Northstar proposes to boyfriend in comic series.

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‘X-Men’ to Feature Gay Wedding