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  • 04/05/2013

    North Korea moves another missile into position on its east coast, Shanghai closes its poultry markets over bid flu fears, Hollywood bids farewell to one of its best-loved critics, and kids: don't smoke the flowers.

  • 04/04/2013

    The US says North Korea's threats to attack must be taken seriously, Argentina mourns its flood victims, Connecticut gets tough on gun laws, and the highway to hell can be found in Turkey.

  • 04/03/2013

    North Korea bars South Koreans from entering their shared industrial park, President Barack Obama heads to Colorado to talk gun control, Nelson Mandela is "much better," and Germany's old bombs are everywhere.

  • 04/02/2013

    North Korea takes its nuclear reactor out of storage, a fire at a Muslim school raises fears in Myanmar, Apple says sorry to China, and these were the April Fools that weren't.

  • 04/01/2013

    South Korea promises "strong retaliation" to North Korea's threats, another suicide bomber strikes in Iraq, private daily newspapers go on sale in Myanmar for the first time in nearly 50 years, and fleas, it seems, freeze.

  • 03/29/2013

    Kim Jong Un orders North Korea's rockets ready for action, a Taliban suicide bomber strikes in Pakistan, Nelson Mandela is said to be "doing well" in hospital, and we learn what a Whizzinator's for.

  • 03/28/2013

    Cyprus reopens its banks for the first time in 12 days, Nelson Mandela is back in hospital, the internet reels from "the biggest cyber attack in history," and does South Africa know what's in its burgers? (Hint: it's not horse.)

  • 03/27/2013

    North Korea isn't speaking to South Korea, SCOTUS hears more about gay marriage, David Petraeus says sorry, and scientists make a real-life invisibility cloak... kinda.

  • 03/26/2013

    North Korea points its rockets at US military bases, Amanda Knox is put back on trial, Venezuela prepares to vote, and the world's hugest Easter egg is huge.

  • 03/25/2013

    Cyprus agrees to pay a high price for an EU bailout, the US says bye bye to its infamous Bagram prison, Hong Kong's foreign maids lose their battle for residency, and Zimbabwe's jailed human rights lawyer is freed - for now.

  • 03/22/2013

    The Syrian president vows to "wipe out" the people responsible for a Damascus suicide bombing, Myanmar declares a state of emergency after sectarian riots, a shooting at a US Marine base leaves three dead, and the Secret Service almost - almost - killed Iran's president.

  • 03/21/2013

    President Barack Obama receives a cooler welcome in the West Bank than in Israel, Cyprus has to decide on a plan B, South Korea tries to track down its hackers, and Indian pupils cheat, a lot.

  • 03/20/2013

    President Barack Obama makes his debut visit to Israel, Cyprus turns down an EU bailout, and South Korea thinks someone's been all up in its computers.

  • 03/19/2013

    Pope Francis is inaugurated, bombs hit Baghdad, Cyprus rethinks its unpopular tax on bank deposits, and Syria gets a second prime minister.

  • 03/06/2013

    Hugo Chavez is no more, the number of Syrian refugees hits 1 million, Washington DC is snow-questered, and news flash: cats make people crazy.

  • 03/05/2013

    China's premier prepares to retire, Kenya counts its votes, Hugo Chavez goes from bad to worse, and Batman is a Chinese-takeout delivery man.

  • 03/04/2013

    Kenya goes to the polls for the first time since its violent 2007 vote, cardinals start talking about a new pope, there's hope for curing HIV, and (the royal) we are not well.

  • 03/04/2013

    Kenya goes to the polls for the first time since its violent 2007 vote, cardinals start talking about a new pope, there's hope for curing HIV, and (the royal) we are not well.

  • 03/01/2013

    It looks like nothing will stop America's automatic budget cuts now, Turkey's prime minister causes a spat with Israel and the US, Wikileaker Bradley Manning maintains he's not a traitor, and Dennis Rodman is Kim Jong Un's "friend for life."

  • 02/28/2013

    The US prepares to send "non-lethal" but still powerful aid to rebels in Syria, the Pope has his last few hours as pope, and manta rays invade Gaza.