Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers are taking part in a 24-hour UK-wide strike in a dispute with the government over pension changes.

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Thousands in public sector strike

Cuban dissident Wilmar Villar dies after 50-day hunger strike protesting against his sentence for taking part in a demonstration.

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Cuban hunger striker dies in jail

Protesters across the world are taking part in rallies modelled on Occupy Wall Street

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‘Occupy’ protests go worldwide

A student is jailed for 16 months for taking part in last week’s riots in Manchester city centre.

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Looter ‘should have known better’

The Duke of Cambridge will help the Queen celebrate her official birthday later by taking part in his first Trooping the Colour parade.

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First Trooping parade for duke

David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Gordon Brown were accused by a judge of taking part in a “pre-election frenzy” which jeopardised expenses trials.

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Expenses judge slams party chiefs

Police in the Australian city of Brisbane say a man who fell to his death from a seventh floor balcony was taking part in the internet craze of “planking”.

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VIDEO: Internet craze ‘planking’ turns fatal

British forces are taking part in an international campaign against pro-Gaddafi forces.

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VIDEO: Coalition to strike pro-Gaddafi forces

A line from an Alfred Tennyson poem is chosen to inspire athletes taking part in the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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Tennyson poem chosen for Olympics

A man accused of taking part in a £40m jewellery raid at Graff jewellers in central London has been sentenced to 21 years.

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VIDEO: Footage of £40m jewellery raid

The daughter of Iran’s former reformist President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani is arrested for taking part in a banned protest, official media reports say.

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Rafsanjani daughter held in Iran

Protesters taking part in a national day of action over planned library closures stage an all-night sit-in at a library in south-east London.

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Overnight protest held at library

Hundreds of thousands of people have flooded the streets of Cairo, taking part in the biggest demonstration in Egypt’s capital since the beginning of the protests.

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‘Million man march’ underway in Cairo

A Dutch-Iranian woman, arrested after taking part in anti-government protests in Iran in 2009, has been hanged for drug smuggling, Iranian officials have said.

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Iran executes Iranian-Dutch woman

Iranian authorities hang two opposition activists convicted of taking part in anti-government protests which followed the disputed presidential election in 2009.

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Iran opposition activists hanged