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The UN Security Council is expected to vote on Saturday on a resolution backing an Arab peace plan for Syria, amid fresh reports of mass killings in Homs.

Children's laureate and Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson writes a poem in protest at planned library closures across the country.

A Cuban woman who writes a blog critical of the Communist authorities says she will not be able to travel to Brazil after Cuba refused her an exit visa.

Alleged Wikileaks suspect Bradley Manning, charged with leaking thousands of classified documents, will face a court martial, says US Army.

US prosecutors close an investigation into allegations of criminal conduct over doping claims in a cycle team partly owned by Lance Armstrong.

The FBI investigates how activists linked to Anonymous obtained a recording of a phone call between US and UK police on their operations against hacking.

A British cruise ship passenger has fallen overboard in waters near Mexico, the owner of the vessel says.

Around 20% of unemployed people who have been on the government's main welfare-to-work scheme, the Work Programme, for at least 6 months have been found a job, the BBC has learnt.

Civic groups from around the US are urging New York's attorney general to investigate the New York Police Department surveillance operations.

At least four people are killed in clashes between Egyptian protesters and police, amid ongoing anger over deaths after a football match.

Unions representing French pilots and aircrew plan to strike from Monday to Thursday.

The US economy created 243,000 jobs in January, while the unemployment rate fell to 8.3%, official figures show.

A man in his 20s has shot himself in a hairdressers in Dungannon, County Tyrone.

Influential Colombian emerald dealer Victor Carranza is investigated for alleged links with paramilitary groups in the 1990s.

Great Britain qualify for the Fed Cup Euro/Africa Zone Group I play-offs by beating Israel 3-0 in Eilat.

A major US breast cancer charity reverses a decision to cut funding to reproductive health group Planned Parenthood, after a furious outcry.

Hackers Anonymous release a recording of an intercepted conference call between the FBI and UK police discussing their efforts to fight hacking.

US President Barack Obama challenges Congress to keep the economic recovery going as new data shows unemployment is down to its lowest rate in three years.

Steve Appleton, the chief executive of memory-chip maker Micron, has died in a plane crash near Boise, Idaho.

Two men are arrested in connection with the death of a man who was shot in an East Renfrewshire street last year.