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Clashes and boycott mar Bangladesh election
There have been violent clashes between opposition activists and police during Bangladesh's general election, amid a boycott by the opposition.
At least 18 people were killed during Sunday's polling. Dozens have died in the run-up to the election.
Scores of polling stations have been torched. Voting ended at 10:00 GMT and was said to be thin.
The opposition has boycotted the vote and called a two-day strike over what it termed a "scandalous farce".
Results are expected to come in during the early hours of Monday morning.
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Lee Rigby murder trial of Michael Adebolajo
A man has admitted killing soldier Lee Rigby but said it was not murder because "I am a soldier of Allah" and "this is a war".
Michael Adebolajo, 28, described the killing as a "military operation".
He also told the Old Bailey he loved extremist network al-Qaeda.
The prosecution says he and Michael Adebowale, 22 - who also denies murder - rammed Fusilier Rigby with a car in Woolwich, south-east London, on 22 May, before attacking him with knives.
They are also both accused of attempting to murder a police officer and conspiracy to murder a police officer.
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Nelson Mandela's death Daughter Makaziwe tells of final moments
Nelson Mandela's daughter Makaziwe has told the BBC about the "wonderful" final hours of the former president, who died aged 95 last Thursday.
Ms Mandela said his wife Graca, the children and grandchildren were all there to say goodbye.
South Africa is observing a series of commemorations over the next week, leading up to the funeral on Sunday.
More than 100 current or former heads of state or government will attend the funeral or Tuesday's national memorial.
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Nelson Mandela: Kadir Nelson on painting New Yorker cover
Nelson Mandela's health had deteriorated in recent years and the world had been preparing for his death long before this week's announcement finally came.
The New Yorker magazine commissioned African-American artist Kadir Nelson to paint a portrait of the South African prisoner-turned-president for its next edition.
Nelson, who has written and illustrated children's books on the lives of Mandela as well as Martin Luther King Jr, chose to depict him as a young man on trial.
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Uganda gives iPads to all MPs
Uganda's parliament has given iPads to all MPs at a cost of $370,000 (£230,000), saying it will make them more efficient.
Parliamentary commissioner Emmanuel Dombo says it means MPs can access official documents while travelling.
He also said the funds had been generated by reducing the budget for paper, which would no longer be needed.
However, the BBC's Patience Atuhaire in Kampala says it has been criticised by many Ugandans as a waste of money.
"Taxpayers are already paying too much to take care of their MPs," opposition MP Semujju Ibrahim Nganda told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme.
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Thai PM Yingluck dissolves parliament and calls election
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has dissolved parliament and called an election after sustained protests in the capital, Bangkok.
All opposition MPs resigned from parliament on Sunday, and protesters marched again on Government House.
Ms Yingluck won a huge majority in the last election in 2011.
But the protesters say her government is controlled by her brother, ousted leader Thaksin Shinawatra, and have vowed to continue demonstrating.
Early on Monday, as protesters set off for Government House, Ms Yingluck announced on television that she would call elections.
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Iraq violence escalates as cafe car bomb kills 11
In a village just north of Baghdad, a car bomb killed three police officers and wounded nine others.
In the south of the capital, a roadside bomb hit a vehicle carrying Sahwa militiamen fighting al-Qaeda, killing two and injuring two others. Another blast targeted an army patrol killing one Iraqi soldier and wounding two others, reports said.
No-one has said they carried out the bombings.
Violence in Iraq this year has reached a level not seen since 2008.
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Bangladesh court orders Abdul Kader Mullah to be hanged
A war crimes court in Bangladesh has ordered prison authorities to hang an Islamist leader, months after he was sentenced to death.
Abdul Kader Mullah of the Jamaat-e-Islami party was found guilty of crimes against humanity during Bangladesh's independence war in 1971.
He could now be hanged at any time unless President Abdul Hamid or the Supreme Court intervenes.
Jamaat-e-Islami has called for a national strike on Monday in protest.
The special court has been trying Bangladeshis accused of collaborating with Pakistani forces and committing atrocities in 1971.
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DR Congo President Joseph Kabila eyes end to war
Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila has told residents of a town held by rebels for more than a year that he wants an end to 20 years of conflict in the region.
He has spent the past week driving from Kisangani in a 70-car convoy, which got bogged down in the region's bad roads.
He has ended his 930km- (575 mile) journey in Rutshuru, which was held by the M23 rebels for more than a year.
During his trip, he warned the region's other militias to disarm.
He told a crowd of thousands of people that he wanted an end to conflict in the area, reports the AFP news agency.
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Malian fugitive Cheibani recaptured by French troops
A Malian man who escaped from prison in Niger where he was serving a sentence for killing four Saudi tourists, and allegedly assassinated a US diplomat has been recaptured, officials say.
French soldiers arrested Alhassane Ould Mohamed, also known as "Cheibani", in northern Mali on Tuesday.
He was among 22 prisoners who escaped from jail in June during an attack by suspected Islamist militants.
Following the mass breakout, the US unsealed an indictment for his arrest.
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