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Niger and Chad launch an offensive against Nigeria’s Boko Haram militants, as officials dismiss the group’s pledge to IS as a sign of weakness.
BBC News – Africa

With just six seconds remaining, Serge Ibaka soared high to grab the ball off the rim, came back down to earth and nearly lost control of
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The Thunder returned to work on Saturday, going through the intensity of a full practice for only the second time since the Feb.
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Large companies will have to reveal differences in pay between men and women after the government agreed to implement the measure.
BBC News – Business

Islamic State militants are destroying the ruins of the ancient city of Hatra, according to Iraq’s tourism and antiquities ministry.
BBC News – Middle East

The Colombian army and Farc rebels agree to work together to remove landmines that have killed and injured thousands in five decades of conflict.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Two men have been detained over the murder of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, the head of the security agency announces.
BBC News – Europe

David Cameron says a post-election pact between Labour and the SNP would be the “worst outcome” if May’s election resulted in a hung Parliament.
BBC News – UK

US President Barack Obama pays tribute to the “heroes” who took part in a landmark civil rights march in Selma, Alabama, on the 50th anniversary of the event.
BBC News – US & Canada

Boko Haram militants pledge allegiance to Islamic State, in a message apparently from the Nigerian group’s leader Abubakar Shekau.
BBC News – Africa

CHICAGO – The Thunder has faced just about every bout
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The new pension freedoms will be an ‘open season’ for fraudsters trying to steal people’s savings, according to the industry.
BBC News – Business

Archaeologists and officials express outrage about the reported bulldozing of the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in Iraq by Islamic State (IS) militants.
BBC News – Middle East

Independent tests show that Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman was deliberately killed, his family says, ruling out accident or suicide.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

EU foreign ministers are due to meet in the Latvian capital Riga with the crisis in Ukraine expected to dominate the agenda.
BBC News – Europe

A further four people are charged with assisting an offender in connection with the murder of Becky Watts in Bristol.
BBC News – UK

US actor Harrison Ford is expected to make a full recovery from injuries suffered when crashing his plane on to a golf course in Los Angeles.
BBC News – US & Canada

Suspected Boko Haram militants kill at least 45 people in a raid on a remote village in Borno state, north-east Nigeria, witnesses say.
BBC News – Africa

CHICAGO – Leaving the huddle out of a timeout, two intense, playoff-tested teams stared down one another as they walked
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With bated breath, the Thunder faithful in Chesapeake Energy Arena waited anxiously to see what the Thunder had left in the tank in its h
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