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• UN to resume Burma food flights - The UN's World Food Programme says it will resume aid flights to Burma amid a row over impounded food.
• Teens given life for schoolboy murder - Two youths aged 14 and 17 are given life sentences for the murder of 16-year-old schoolboy Kodjo Yenga in west London.
• Widower loses fight to stay in UK - A Filipino man whose wife, an NHS nurse, died after an injection mix-up during childbirth loses his fight to stay in the UK.
• Hezbollah takes over west Beirut - Gunmen from Shia militant group Hezbollah take control of western Beirut, driving out government supporters.
• Blast house 'targeted earlier' - The house at the centre of a fatal explosion was the target of a vandalism attack hours earlier, police say.
• Siege barrister shot five times - A barrister was hit at least five times by police weapons during a shoot-out at his home, an inquest hears.
• Woman who poisoned husband jailed - A woman who gave her husband rat poison as she fleeced her mother-in-law is jailed.
• Repossession orders climb by 17% - The number of people who are under threat of losing their homes has risen sharply in England and Wales, figures show.
• BBC admits keeping charity money - The BBC is to broadcast an apology after admitting a subsidiary firm kept £106,000 from charity phone-ins.
• Taser parties - Meeting the women shunning kitchen ware for stun guns
• Culture club - Each day we bin a million pots of yoghurt. Why?
• The way to do it - How Punch and Judy beat the purveyors of PC
• 7 days quiz - Which style queen committed a grave fashion crime?
• Harare diary - Rural teacher given certificate as proof he's had a beating
• In pictures - Russia's military parades through Red Square
• Killer rapist must serve 35 years - A 40-year-old convicted rapist is jailed for at least 35 years for sexually attacking and killing a young neighbour.
• Police bid to tackle Islamophobia - Scotland's first Muslim Police Association is formed in a bid to encourage more Muslims to join and stay in the force.
• Teen is cleared of husband murder - An 18-year-old is cleared of murder but admits assault after a jury hears the victim had a heart condition.
• Dead bikers 'racing up to 140mph' - Two motorcyclists who died in a crash were probably racing at up to 140mph, a coroner's court hears.
• Militias 'to rig Zimbabwe poll' - Zimbabwe's "war veterans" militia plan to intimidate voters inside polling stations, a policeman tells the BBC.
• Bolivians to hold confidence vote - Bolivia will vote in a referendum on the rule of its leftist president as he struggles to enact reform.
• Israeli PM denies taking bribes - Ehud Olmert is suspected of illicitly accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars before becoming PM.
• N Korea hands in nuclear records - North Korea hands thousands of pages of documents on its nuclear programme to a US negotiator.
• Tanks rejoin Moscow V-Day parade - Tanks and missile launchers are featured in Moscow's Victory Day parade for the first time since the Soviet era.
• Pakistan opposes US military aide - Pakistan asks the US not to appoint a military envoy who used to run the prison at Guantanamo.
• French swoop for British Energy - French utility EDF makes an offer for British Energy, although the price has not been disclosed.
• Voters 'are confused by Labour' - Voters are confused about what Labour stands for, says minister John Denham as a poll puts the party on 23%.
• Promises made over NHS overhaul - Ministers have sought to allay fears over the forthcoming overhaul of the NHS in England.
• Catch-up reading scheme 'success' - A government-backed reading scheme shows lasting results for struggling readers, research suggests.
• Great tits cope well with warming - Great tits in Britain seem to be adapting to climatic change, scientists report, unlike some other birds.
• Classical Brit for Lloyd Webber - Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is honoured with the outstanding achievement prize at the Classical Brits awards.
• MySpace lets users share data - MySpace says its "data availability" project will put users in the driving seat with web information sharing.
• Food fight: US and Russian navies square off in sandwich contest - Sailors from the Russian and US navies square off in a sandwich-making contest for Victory Day.
• Which nation is full of "overweight alcopop-swilling TV addicts"? - England is a nation of "overweight alcopop-swilling TV addicts", yet is also "beautiful and culturally diverse" according to a new guide book.
• Ferguson has confidence in Bolton - Sir Alex Ferguson has faith that Bolton will provide a stern test for Chelsea in Sunday's Premier League title decider.
• O'Neill furious at Benitez claims - Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neil launches an attack on Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez over the Gareth Barry transfer move.
• What do you want to talk about? - What do you want the world to talk about?