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Kenya asks UN to halt ICC charges

May 9, 2013 - 12:41pm
Kenya asks the UN Security Council to halt the ICC trials of President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy in the interests of "peace and security".

MPs 'set to get EU referendum vote'

May 9, 2013 - 12:33pm
Eurosceptic Conservative MPs are seeking to engineer a vote in the Commons next week on the idea of an EU referendum.

VIDEO: Nazi-themed Wagner 'shocks audience'

May 9, 2013 - 12:22pm
A production of a Wagner opera in Dusseldorf has been cancelled because of harrowing scenes set in a concentration camp.

Cavendish wins stage six of the Giro

May 9, 2013 - 12:09pm
Mark Cavendish wins the sixth stage of the Giro d'Italia to take his second victory of the race.

Slovenia unveils rescue measures

May 9, 2013 - 11:49am
The government of Slovenia announces a package of measures it hopes will help it avoid an EU bailout.

Bertolucci to head Venice festival

May 9, 2013 - 11:26am
Last Tango in Paris director Bernardo Bertolucci is to lead the jury for the 70th Venice Film Festival, organisers announce.

Nigeria cult ambush 'kills police'

May 9, 2013 - 11:03am
At least 30 police officers in Nigeria have been killed in an ambush by a local cult in the central Nasarawa state, officials say.

Moyes is named new Man Utd boss

May 9, 2013 - 11:01am
Manchester United appoint Everton manager David Moyes as Sir Alex Ferguson's successor at Old Trafford.

Woman survives harpoon shooting

May 9, 2013 - 10:30am
A Brazilian woman is expected to make a full recovery after her husband shot her through the mouth with a harpoon, doctors say.

US soap actress Jeanne Cooper dies

May 9, 2013 - 10:17am
American soap actress Jeanne Cooper, who spent 40 years on The Young and the Restless, dies at the age of 84.

Day in pictures: 9 May 2013

May 9, 2013 - 10:10am
Twenty-four hours of news photos from around the world

Rooney 'could be persuaded to stay'

May 9, 2013 - 10:02am
Wayne Rooney could still be persuaded to stay at Manchester United despite telling the club he wants to leave.

Cumming nominated for Macbeth role

May 9, 2013 - 9:30am
Alan Cumming has been shortlisted for his solo performance in Macbeth at this year's Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland - one of eight nominations for the National Theatre of Scotland.

Meteor wonder spotted in night sky

May 9, 2013 - 9:14am
People have reported seeing what was thought to be a meteor in the night sky in parts of England and Wales.

Lampard supports Mourinho return

May 9, 2013 - 9:04am
Frank Lampard says Jose Mourinho is "one of the greatest" and would welcome his return to manage Chelsea.

Israel approves new settler homes

May 9, 2013 - 9:02am
Israel has approved the construction of nearly 300 new Jewish settler homes at Beit El, near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.

Gunmen abduct Pakistan ex-PM's son

May 9, 2013 - 8:56am
Pakistan's former PM Yousuf Raza Gilani says gunmen have abducted his son, who has been campaigning ahead of the country's Saturday elections.

Court condemns Bangladesh Islamist

May 9, 2013 - 8:53am
Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, a prominent leader of Bangladesh's Jamaat-e-Islami party, is sentenced to death by the country's war crimes tribunal.

Nawaz Sharif tiger 'alive and well'

May 9, 2013 - 8:49am
A tigress used to campaign in support of leading Pakistani election candidate Nawaz Sharif is alive and well, despite media reports of its death.

Rwanda to tackle school sex abuse

May 9, 2013 - 8:31am
Rwanda's education minister promises to tackle sex abuse in schools after a report revealed that 43% of surveyed students had been victims.