Sudan’s military bombs a village in the oil-rich southern Unity State, southern officials say, as tensions rise ahead of the south’s independence.

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A couple banned from keeping animals admit keeping a pony, goats, geese and a dozen pets in squalid conditions in a cellar at their home in the south Wales valleys.

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Couple kept pony in home cellar

A bridge linking Sudan’s disputed Abyei border region to the south was nearly hit in an aerial bombardment a day after an attack on a UN peacekeeping convoy, the UN says.

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Near miss for Sudan border bridge

A diver who was rescued with the help of a warship off the south Devon coast dies in hospital.

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Diver dies after warship rescue

People in the south Armagh village of Bessbrook express their horror after a mother was raped while out walking with her children

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‘Horror’ as children witness rape

The difference in mortality rates between the north and the south of England are at their widest for 40 years, according to a study.

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North-South health divide widens

Boris Johnson backs a report calling for a new hub airport in the south east of England.

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Mayor backs call for airport hub

South Sudan reaches the 60% voter turnout needed to pass the referendum on independence from the north, the south’s ruling party and ex-rebel group say.

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South Sudan’s vote ‘reaches 60%’

Ten people are killed when a convoy of south Sudanese civilians is ambushed near the north-south border, a minister in the south says.

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South Sudanese killed in ambush

Clashes in Sudan’s disputed Abyei region kill more than 30 people including policemen, reports say, as the south’s independence referendum continues.

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Police killed in Sudan violence

The Marines will be sent mostly to Kandahar province, as the United States tries to solidify progress in areas of the south before troop reductions.

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U.S. Plans to Send 1,400 More Marines to Afghanistan

What will happen to Sudan’s oil if the south splits?

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What will happen to Sudan’s oil if the south splits?

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Divorce settlement

A series of tornadoes in the south and mid-western US kills six people, injures several others and causes power failures for thousands in the region.

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Tornadoes leave trail of wreckage in US

A series of tornadoes in the south and mid-western US kill six people, injure several others and cause power outages for thousands in the region.

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Six dead in US tornado outbreak