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After crisis talks with Sudan's Omar al-Bashir, African Union mediator Thabo Mbeki says the president is committed to security agreements with South Sudan.

Leigh Francis on his desire to emulate Carry On films

Just what is the point of Nato?

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg ends a hectic week by getting married to long -time girlfriend Priscilla Chan in a surprise ceremony at his home.

A service has taken place to dedicate a new memorial at Britain's National Memorial Arboretum to the Britons who died in the Falklands War.

A 27-year-old man is charged with murder after a woman was found beaten and stabbed at a residential caravan park in Oxfordshire.

More than 2,000 female members of the Church of England sign a petition opposing the ordination of women bishops.

Doubts over Peru's strategy against Shining Path rebels

How worthwhile is Nato's missile defence system?

Nationalist Tomislav Nikolic is elected president of Serbia beating incumbent Boris Tadic in a run-off vote, and vowing to stay on the EU path.

Two veteran politicians contest elections in the Dominican Republic after a presidential campaign dominated by concerns over rising food and fuel costs.

How have other high-flying internet stocks performed?

How Didier Drogba's self-belief has been key in Chelsea's glory

Andrew Lloyd Webber on Jesus and Profumo

Roberto Di Matteo refuses to be drawn on his long-term Chelsea future - even after winning the Champions League.

Although the Maldives are known as an unspoilt tourist paradise, the islands struggle with managing their waste, as the BBC discovered on a visit to an 'apocalyptic' island waste dump.

US President Obama wraps up a G8 summit saying that leaders agree economies must focus on jobs and growth to boost recovery.

A stone discovered by chance on the Isle of Canna is Scotland's first known example of a bullaun "cursing stone", experts reveal.

The EU is urged to contest Scotland's plans for a minimum price per unit of alcohol.

South Africa is to opens its first theatre in a township - Soweto - once home to former President Nelson Mandela.