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The "yes" campaign for Scottish independence will begin soon after the May local elections, First Minister Alex Salmond says.

One man is shot dead and two others are arrested after a car is stopped in Cheshire by armed officers from Greater Manchester Police.

The Red Cross says it still cannot access the Baba Amr district of Homs, so has begun to deliver aid to victims in surrounding areas of the Syrian city.

US presidential candidate Mitt Romney wins caucuses in the state of Washington as Republican hopefuls prepare for contests on Super Tuesday.

The government's plans for gay marriage are criticised as "grotesque" by the most senior Roman Catholic cleric in Britain.

Seventy business leaders, MPs and trade unionists have written to the Sunday Telegraph, calling on the government to support airport expansion.

A leaked report obtained by Labour suggests the charity sector is facing funding cuts of between £1bn and £5.5bn in the current financial year.

A ticket-holder becomes the fourth person this year in the UK to strike it rich on Euromillions, but has yet to claim their £22.1m prize.

The US government says it will continue its case against BP over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, despite a deal reached by BP with other claimants.

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Reports from Guinea say up to 50 people have died after a lorry taking people to market crashed in the east of the country.

Police forces say they have received a number of calls reporting what is believed to have been a meteor streaking through the night sky.

US radio host Rush Limbaugh apologises for calling a law student who testified to a congressional committee in support of contraception a "slut".

Scottish Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie uses his party conference speech to tell the SNP's Alex Salmond to start listening to ordinary people.

Rory McIlroy leads the Honda Classic by two shots after a third round 66, needing a win to become the new world number one.

Two trains collide on the Warsaw-Krakow mainline in southern Poland, leaving 16 people dead and about 58 injured, local officials say.

Ballymena United are likely to be thrown out of the Irish Cup amid eligibility doubts over striker Alan Davidson.

Police in northern and central Greece arrest 35 people suspected of smuggling antiquities and recover thousands of artefacts.

Hannah Miley is one of five swimmers to secure Olympic places with victory in the 400m medley at the British trials.

Prince Harry visits a ruined Mayan city in Belize on the second day of his jubilee visit to the former UK colony on behalf of the Queen.