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Mexican Tijuana cartel boss Sanchez Arellano 'captured'
The Mexican army says it has captured the leader of the once-powerful Tijuana cartel, Luis Fernando Sanchez Arellano.
In the 1990s, the cartel controlled much of the drugs flow from the northern Mexican city of Tijuana to the United States.
But it was dealt a severe blow after the arrest of four of the brothers leading it and the killing of a fifth.
Luis Fernando Sanchez Arellano is the nephew of the Arellano Felix brothers who originally founded the cartel.
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Uruguay striker Luis Suarez could face lengthy ban for bite
Luis Suarez could face a lengthy ban that would force him to miss the rest of the World Cup if found guilty of biting Italy's Giorgio Chiellini.
Fifa, football's governing body, opened disciplinary proceedings after Uruguay's 1-0 win on Tuesday and has requested television footage.
Chiellini claimed Suarez bit him on the left shoulder, but Suarez said the defender "bumped" into him. Suarez, 27, could be banned for up to 24 matches or two years.
Fifa said in a statement: "The player has the right to be heard and has until 21:00 BST to submit all documentation.
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John Kerry in Baghdad as Isis rebels advance
US Secretary of State John Kerry has vowed "intense and sustained support" for Iraq after meeting key politicians in the capital, Baghdad.
His visit comes as Sunni insurgents expand their control of towns across the country's north and west.
The rebels are bearing down on a vital dam near Haditha, and have captured all of the border crossings to Syria and Jordan from government forces.
The key airport in the northern town of Tal Afar has also fallen to the rebels.
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Stephanie Kwolek inventor of Kevlar dies
The inventor of Kevlar, the lightweight fibre used in bulletproof vests and body armour, has died aged 90.
Stephanie Kwolek was a chemist at the DuPont company in Wilmington, Delaware, when she invented the stronger-than-steel fibre in 1965.
It was initially intended to be used in automobile tyres.
In a statement, DuPont chief executive Ellen Kullman described Kwolek as "a creative and determined chemist and a true pioneer for women in science".
Kwolek is the only female employee of DuPont to be awarded the company's Lavoisier Medal for outstanding technical achievement.
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Sudanese Woman freed from death sentence
A Sudanese woman sentenced to death for abandoning her Islamic faith has been freed from jail, her lawyer has told the BBC.
Meriam Ibrahim's death penalty was overturned by an appeal court, the official Suna news agency reported.
She is married to a Christian man and was sentenced under Sharia law to hang for apostasy in May after refusing to renounce Christianity.
Her husband, Daniel Wani, said he was looking forward to seeing her.
He wanted his family to leave Sudan as soon possible, Mr Wani, who is a US citizen, told the BBC Focus on Africa radio programme.
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Five Die in Kenyan attack Near Mpeketoni
At least five people have been killed in an attack on the Kenyan coast, close to the scene of raids last week in which more than 60 people died.
Officials said an armed gang descended on the village of Witu, about 15km (9 miles) from the town of Mpeketoni.
No group has said it carried out the latest attack.
Somali Islamist group al-Shabab said it was behind the raids on Mpeketoni, near Lamu but President Uhuru Kenyatta has blamed local political groups.
Lamu County Commissioner Stephen Ikua confirmed on Tuesday there had been a new "unfortunate attack" overnight.
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Outcry over Egypts al-Jazeera trio's sentencing
The seven-year jail terms handed out to three al-Jazeera journalists accused of supporting Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood have led to an international outcry.
US Secretary of State John Kerry described the sentences as "chilling and draconian".
James Harding, the BBC's Director of News, said it was an "act of intimidation against all journalists."
Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed were convicted of spreading false news on Monday.
The trio had denied the charges and are expected to appeal against the verdict.
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Blast at Nigerian Kano Health College Kills 8
An explosion has struck a public health college in Nigeria's second city of Kano, in the north, killing at least eight people, police say.
At least 20 others were wounded in the blast at the Kano School of Hygiene.
The city has been targeted in the past by the radical Islamist group Boko Haram, which aims to create an Islamic state in northern Nigeria.
Three states to the east of Kano are under a government-imposed emergency after years of militant attacks.
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Malaysia MH370 jet hunt will move south, Australia says
The next phase of the hunt for missing Malaysian jet MH370 will move hundreds of miles south, officials have said.
The search will focus on an area 1,800km (1,100 miles) off the city of Perth, Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) chief Martin Dolan said.
Nearby areas were previously surveyed from the air, but the undersea hunt was directed north after pings were heard.
The jet vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on 8 March with 239 passengers on board.
Experts had hoped that the pings detected shortly after the plane vanished were from its flight-data recorders.
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Obama presses Putin to stem flow of arms in Ukraine Crisis
US President Barack Obama has urged his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to stop the flow of weapons into Ukraine and halt support for separatists.
The White House said that in the phone call Mr Obama warned of further sanctions if Moscow failed to act.
The Kremlin says Mr Putin urged direct talks between Kiev and the rebels in the east. Russia denies arming them.
The separatists have said they will observe a truce initiated by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
The week-long ceasefire - part of a 15-point peace plan announced by Mr Poroshenko last week - is due to expire on Friday.
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