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From BBC News:

The UN's World Food Programme halts aid to Burma after its military government impounds food deliveries.

The number of people who are under threat of losing their homes has risen sharply in England and Wales, figures show.

Two youths aged 14 and 17 are given life sentences for the murder of 16-year-old schoolboy Kodjo Yenga in west London.

Gunmen from Shia militant group Hezbollah take control of western Beirut, driving out government supporters.

A barrister was hit at least five times by police weapons during a shoot-out at his home, an inquest hears.

The Austrian accused of locking his daughter in a cellar for 24 years and fathering children with her is to appear before a judge.

The BBC is to broadcast an apology after admitting a subsidiary firm kept £106,000 from charity phone-ins.

A government-backed reading scheme shows lasting results for struggling readers, research suggests.

Media coverage of abuse claims at a former Jersey children's home are criticised by the island's bailiff.

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