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Forces in Ivory Coast opposed to the besieged leader, Laurent Gbagbo, have attacked his residence after the breakdown of talks trying to secure his surrender. The BBC's John James reports from the outskirts of Abidjan.

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The clean-up operation at the Fukushima Daiichi plant has been beset by problems. Can lessons be learned from previous operations? Natalia Manzurova is one of the few surviving 'liquidators' who were drafted in to clear up after the Chernobyl disaster.

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The 28 members of Nato have agreed to take control of enforcing the no-fly zone over Libya. The BBC's Pascale Harter spoke to Nato's Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

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A Tripoli resident tells the BBC what life is like in his city. He is not named for his own safety.Despite the risk to his own safety, he was adamant that he wanted to tell us his story.

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The world's very first aerial bombing mission took place 100 years ago, over Libya. It was an Italian attack on Turkish positions in Tripoli. Professor Gerard Jan De Groot is from University of St Andrews.

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Hundreds of lives were lost in the northern Japanese city of Minamisoma in the earthquake and tsunami. The city is now caught in the 20km exclusion zone surrounding the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Katsunobu Sakurai is the city's mayor.

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The president of Yemen has warned that any attempt at a military coup will lead to civil war. Ali Abdullah Saleh faces a threat from a growing protest movement which includes military defections. Gregory Johnsen is a Yemen expert at Princeton University.

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Dictators are often described as 'mad', but is this a fair description? Is it really just that they have the personality traits needed to maintain control over their people? Giles Foden has written a book about the former dictator of Uganda, Idi Amin.

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It has been five years since the first message was posted on the micro-blogging site Twitter. To discuss its significance, Newshour brought together Mohamed Yehia from the BBC's Arabic Service and Richard Coope from the Radley Yelder company.

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The International Criminal Court is investigating Col Gaddafi for possible crimes against humanity during the first 15 days of protests in the country. Also, the attack on Benghazi may constitute a war crime. Luis Moreno Ocampo is ICC chief prosecutor.

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The Nato Secretary General says time is running out to stop the Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, from crushing the opposition in his country. But is it likely to happen and will it be too late? Bernard-Henri Levy is a French philosopher and writer.

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As the Japanese authorities struggle to bring down temperatures in four reactors at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, many in the area are becoming increasingly worried. Graham Chave lives in the city of Fukushima with his family.

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Security forces in Bahrain have used tanks, tear gas, water cannon and helicopters to drive hundreds of anti-government demonstrators from their camp in Pearl Square, in the capital Manama. Abdul Jalil Khalil leads the main opposition bloc, Al-Wefac.

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For the best guide to the day ahead

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The latest news from around the world.

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Follow Newshour on Facebook

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Follow the BBC World Service on Twitter

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Pictures from BBC team one year after the quake

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'I was at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant when the quake hit'

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The fans giving Russian football a reputation for racism

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London's new charged-by-the-hour sleeping tubes

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Reggae star Bob Marley as we've never seen him before

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What happens when a sleepy town in Ghana strikes it rich

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New Sudan border worries farmers in land where the cow is king

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Lithuanian Tatar recalls witnessing Holocaust murders

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Mohamed Bouazizi - the man who triggered Tunisia's revolution by setting himself alight - is remembered by his sister Samia.

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The Tanzanian hotel that has been built by former street children

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Surveillance of web searches maps global disease trends

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Blood-spattered, flesh-eating monsters have been roaming the Cuban capital, Havana, in recent months - all part of filming for the country's first zombie movie.

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Martin Strel has already smashed four Guinness World Records after swimming the entire length of the Amazon, Yangtze, Mississippi and Danube rivers. Now the 56-year-old is setting his sights on conquering the Grand Canyon's Colorado River.

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Can young Londoners learn from Burundi?

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Audio-slideshow: Afghan Elvis trying to heal country with music

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