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Send us your pictures of Africa

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The BBC News website wants you to send in your pictures of Africa.
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Timeline: Pakistan's political rivals

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It is a remarkable personal triumph for the Pakistan People's Party PPP leader following five years of imprisonment after the execution of her father the former Pakistani President and Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in 1979. Ms Bhutto becomes one of the first democratically elected female prime ministers in an Islamic country.
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Gang 'stabbed teenager to death'

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A 14-year-old boy was fatally stabbed in a "senseless" attack by a gang armed with baseball bats, knives and a samurai sword, a court has heard.
Murder victim's 'look of terror'BBC
'Laughing gang' killed teenagerBBC
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Chiluba's legacy to Zambia

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Former BBC Zambia correspondent Ishbel Matheson reflects on Frederick Chiluba's time as president. Mr Chiluba has been found guilty of stealing $46m (£23m) of public money by a court in London.
Zambia's 'matrix of plunder'BBC
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Profile: John Prescott

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Former deputy prime minister John Prescott, who is standing down after 37 years as an MP, has had a colourful career.
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Darfur: Little hope five years on

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Five years on and there is little hope of any end in sight for the people of Darfur.
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Country profile: Zambia

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Zambia has moved from being a major copper producer and potentially one of the continent's richest countries at independence in 1964 to one of the world's poorest.
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High stakes on Pakistan-Afghan border

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Simple markers suggest the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan, and occasional white numbers painted onto mountain tops rise from a wilderness of barren ridges and dried-up creek beds.
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Home repossessions rise to 27,000

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The number of people whose homes were repossessed last year has risen by 21%.
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Prescott 'in talks over memoirs'

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John Prescott could be the latest political figure to write a memoir of the Blair years.
Being the prime minister's wifeBBC
Farewell to the 'First Lady'BBC
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Kurds show coded support for PKK

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Amine Yigit is in her late 60s and sat in front of me surrounded by some of her extended family spanning four generations.
Profile: The PKKBBC
Sympathy for rebels in northern IraqBBC
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China & Japan: Rival giants

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Recent signs of rapprochement have come after almost a decade of mutual antipathy, amid territorial disputes and rows over Japan's conduct in World War II.
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A date with a renegade rebel Tiger

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The worst bit was when they put on the blindfolds. They were polite about it - apologetic even - it was for our safety and theirs, they said.
Rights groups eye jailed Tamil ex-rebelBBC
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Who are Sudan's Darfur rebels?

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When major conflict erupted in Darfur four years ago, there were just two major groups - since then the insurgents have splintered into a confusing array of competing factions.
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Voters speak in Malaysia

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People in Malaysia are preparing to vote in a general election on Saturday 8 March. Here Malaysians discuss the issues that will decide their vote.
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Fractious militants united by one thing

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Taleban and al-Qaeda insurgents in Pakistan's tribal region bordering Afghanistan have shown themselves to be capable of highly co-ordinated action.
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Dancing with the Russian bear

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If there were a prize for the world's sulkiest state, it would surely go to Russia.
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