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Militants kill four Afghan policemen and two civilians by poisoning their yoghurt before launching an attack, officials say.

The UN special rapporteur on slavery urges the Lebanese government to carry out a full investigation into the death of an Ethiopian domestic worker.

An international team of scientists says they have new evidence that our ancestors were using fire as early as a million years ago.

Some TomTom navigation devices have stopped working, with the firm blaming a problem with its GPS firmware.

Club 9 Sports says it will not be bidding for Rangers, but offers are expected from Brian Kennedy and the Blue Knights.

The UN warns fighting in Mali could damage the World Heritage Site of Timbuktu as the Africa Union joins West African nations in imposing sanctions following the coup.

London mayoral rivals Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone have clashed over their tax affairs in an angry on-air row.

A former paratrooper is jailed for eight years for taking part in the kidnap and torture of two brothers after a property deal collapsed.

The wife and daughter of a man who vanished more than 10 years ago are jailed for life for his murder.

Some Shell workers in Nigeria are being held as part of a protest to demand electricity for a local community, a youth leader tells the BBC.

An 11-year-old boy's plan to save the eurozone has been commended in a major competition that has attracted some of the world's top economists.

James Murdoch steps down as chairman of BSkyB to try to distance the broadcaster from the phone-hacking scandal at his father's UK newspapers.

The trial of a man accused of shooting dead Kevin "Gerbil" Carroll hears the deceased gangland figure described as "a maniac".

Teachers fear the age of pupils could dictate how much they are paid under plans to scrap national pay rates.

24 hours of news photos: 3 April 2012

Trip Advisor adds its voice to growing list of firms claiming Google abused its dominant position in search.

Victoria Pendleton believes she and women's team sprint partner Jess Varnish can go "even faster" than their world record set at the World Cup in London in February at the forthcoming World Track Cycling Championships in Melbourne's Hisense Arena. (UK only)

Sri Lanka batsman Thilan Samaraweera hits the two millionth run in Test cricket on the first day of the second Test against England.

How hard is it to convict a killer when there is no body?

The Ministry of Defence must invest in science and technology now or suffer the consequences in coming years, a meeting in London hears.