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Austrian Felix Baumgartner is on-course to set a world record for the highest free-fall jump after leaping from a balloon capsule at 71,500ft (22km).

Service personnel in south-west France are reportedly told not to wear military uniforms outside barracks, after paratroopers are shot dead in Montauban and Toulouse.

24 hours of news photos: 16 March 2012

Students and staff at Cambridge University will demonstrate on Friday against the suspension of a student for his part in a protest last November.

Dan Walker talks to Manchester United's Wayne Rooney, Southampton's Rickie Lambert and Swansea defender Ashley Williams.

Is it really worth taxing the rich at a higher rate?

Somali government troops, backed by African Union forces, have for the first time seized an area outside the capital Mogadishu from the Islamist group al-Shabab.

A number of leading brewers have started weakening their beers to save on tax, ahead of a duty rise in next week's budget.

The online payments unit for eBay launches a credit card reading device which plugs into smartphones.

The flags around the Millennium Stadium are lowered in honour of Mervyn Davies, the former British Lion and Wales rugby hero, who has died aged 65.

Millions of microblog users in China face new registration rules, as authorities try to prevent the spread of what they call "unfounded" rumours.

A Jewish man wins his fight against a German museum for the return of thousands of rare posters stolen from his father by the Nazis in 1938.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, announces he is to stand down in December and will take up a post at Cambridge University

The chief executive of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), Hector Sants, resigns and says he will not now head up a new regulatory body next year.

Chelsea face Benfica in the Champions League quarter-finals while AC Milan meet Barcelona - with the winners meeting in the semis.

Four more people plead guilty to ill treating residents at a private hospital after BBC's Panorama filmed abuse at the home near Bristol.

Tributes are paid in Wales to Dr Rowan Williams for his work as Archbishop of Canterbury.

An Andy Warhol painting of Elvis Presley is expected to fetch up to $50m (£31.7m) when it goes under the hammer in May.

Regional Development Minister Danny Kennedy Danny Kennedy MLA will not stand for the leadership of the Ulster Unionist Party.

Turkey urges its citizens to leave Syria, saying they face serious security risks, as the UN prepares to hear from international envoy Kofi Annan.