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VIDEO: One-minute World News  Sun, 26 May 2013 07:24:59 GMT
Watch the latest news summary from BBC World News. International news updated 24 hours a day. 
VIDEO: 70s Apple computer sells for $650,000  Sun, 26 May 2013 03:20:13 GMT
What's thought to be one of the last remaining original Apple computers, made in a family garage in California, has sold for a record price at auction in Germany. 
VIDEO: Inside Iraq's Imam Hussein mosque  Fri, 24 May 2013 18:50:12 GMT
Aleem Maqbool visits the Imam Hussein Mosque in the Iraqi city of Karbala, the site of a holy pilgrimage for Shia Muslims. 
VIDEO: Opera singer proposes on stage  Fri, 24 May 2013 20:46:31 GMT
An opera singer gets down on bended knee in front of 700 audience members to ask his girlfriend to marry him. 
VIDEO: Police 'clean up' Mafia stronghold  Sat, 25 May 2013 07:46:59 GMT
The area of Scampia outside Naples, has the infamous reputation of being one of the biggest drug-trafficking sites in Europe. 
VIDEO: Footage from on board stricken plane  Fri, 24 May 2013 11:03:24 GMT
Footage has emerged from on board a plane that had to return to Heathrow Airport to make an emergency landing after black smoke was seen coming from an engine. 
Germany reports sluggish growth  Fri, 24 May 2013 08:53:22 GMT
Germany's economy barely grew in the first quarter of the year, figures show, as private consumption helped offset shrinking exports and investment. 
News Corp to split in two on 28 June  Fri, 24 May 2013 15:21:38 GMT
News Corp announces it will officially split its publishing and entertainment businesses on 28 June, two years after the UK phone-hacking scandal involving the News of the World. 
Faltering Facebook phone is delayed  Fri, 24 May 2013 11:46:41 GMT
Social networking giant postpones the launch of its "Facebook phone" after negative feedback and disappointing sales. 
Amazon reveals fan fiction platform  Fri, 24 May 2013 11:41:33 GMT
Fan fiction authors will be able to publish and sell some titles in the US via new e-book platform Kindle Worlds. 
Lesbian drama is Cannes favourite  Fri, 24 May 2013 12:01:30 GMT
An intimate love story between two young women receives rave reviews in Cannes days before the winner of the Palme d'Or is announced. 
British hopefuls up for US TV awards  Fri, 24 May 2013 09:34:02 GMT
Damian Lewis and Sienna Miller are among the British stars nominated for the annual US Critics' Choice Awards. 
Cockroaches evolving to evade traps  Fri, 24 May 2013 00:18:40 GMT
Cockroaches are outsmarting our efforts to kill them by evolving to avoid the taste of sugar traps, a study reveals. 
Genetics of white tigers pinpointed  Thu, 23 May 2013 16:23:12 GMT
Chinese scientists trace the rare white colouration in Bengal tigers to a single change in a gene that affects a host of animals, including humans. 
Neuron growth 'cuts memory space'  Sat, 25 May 2013 02:11:56 GMT
The reason we struggle to recall memories from our early childhood is down to high levels of neuron production during the first years of life, say Canadian researchers.