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Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila have said their marriage is over.

India accuses the Pakistani army of shooting dead an officer in the disputed territory of Kashmir, in an alleged exchange of fire denied by Pakistan.

Aston Villa set up their first summer signing, winger Aleksandar Tonev, a former Bulgarian team-mate of Stiliyan Petrov.

The Duke of Edinburgh is due to have an exploratory operation after spending the night in hospital, as the Queen visits the BBC.

Force India's Paul di Resta sets the pace in a wet-dry first practice session at the Canadian Grand Prix.

A painting in the Victoria and Albert Museum, previously attributed to Andrea Schiavone, is found to be a work by Italian Master Jacopo Tintoretto.

Seven people die in the southern Somali port of Kismayo in fighting between two self-declared leaders of the strategic city and surrounding area, residents say.

Andrey Arshavin, Roque Santa Cruz and William Gallas head official list of players released by Premier League clubs.

Members of the Somali community in South Africa march to parliament in Cape Town against a recent wave of attacks against foreigners.

Eleven TT spectators are injured, one "seriously" when a rider crashes on the final day of racing in the Isle of Man.

UBS is being formally investigated in France on suspicion of persuading wealthy French clients to open undeclared bank accounts in Switzerland.

Mercedes say the arrangements for their controversial Pirelli tyre test were based on "privacy not secrecy".

Both Tuareg rebels and the army in Mali are accused of committing abuses against civilians because of their ethnic origins.

Twenty-five members of the cabinet of new Pakistani Prime Minster Nawaz Sharif are sworn in by President Asif Ali Zardari at the presidential palace.

Cambodia's parliament approves a bill which makes it illegal to deny that atrocities were committed by the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s.

All humans might make use of echolocation

All humans might make use of echolocation

Lyse Doucet on her visit to Qusair in western Syria

Previews of Friday's 2014 World Cup African qualifiers between Libya and DR Congo and Sudan and Ghana.

The French President is embarrassed by a slip of the tongue at a news conference in Tokyo as he confuses his hosts with the Chinese.