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South Africa’s justice department is considering intervening to prevent Oscar Pistorius’ early release from prison on Friday.
BBC News – Africa

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Rail fares have risen nearly three times faster than wages over the past five years, new analysis suggests.
BBC News – Business

Iran wants to work with regional powers to promote peace and security after last month’s nuclear deal, Vice-President Masumeh Ebtekar tells the BBC.
BBC News – Middle East

Regional human rights investigators say they have been denied access to military personnel who may have witnessed the disappearance of 43 students in Mexico last September.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

At least nine people die in heavy artillery exchanges in eastern Ukraine, as Russian President Vladimir Putin makes a controversial visit to annexed Crimea.
BBC News – Europe

“Soft-touch” and “hazardous” doctors should be disciplined for prescribing too many antibiotics, a leading NHS figure says.
BBC News – UK

Oil and gas giant Shell has been granted the final permit it needs to begin drilling below the ocean floor for oil in the Arctic.
BBC News – US & Canada

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir fails to sign a peace deal with rebels, despite a deadline to do so or face sanctions.
BBC News – Africa

For years, two of the Thunder franchise’s cornerstone players have dedicated their time and energy in the offseason to honoring their cou
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The season starts and ends with a familiar Western Conference foe, but in between sit another 80 games that will challenge the Thunder at
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Some car insurance companies are charging “eye-watering” fees on top of annual premiums, according to the consumer organisation, Which?
BBC News – Business

At least 80 people have died after government air strikes on a marketplace in the rebel-held town of Douma, near Damascus, activists say.
BBC News – Middle East

Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa declares a state of emergency over increasing activity at the Cotopaxi volcano.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Dozens of migrants on the Greek island of Kos begin registering on a passenger ship which will be their temporary shelter as they apply for asylum.
BBC News – Europe

Labour must be “credible” in order to win back power, Gordon Brown says in an apparent coded warning against electing Jeremy Corbyn as party leader.
BBC News – UK

Democratic presidential hopeful Hilary Clinton hits back at one of her Republican rivals, Jeb Bush, over who is responsible for instability in Iraq.
BBC News – US & Canada

An audio emerges purportedly of Abubakar Shekau in which he denies being replaced as leader of Nigerian-based Islamist militant group Boko Haram.
BBC News – Africa

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A UK financial trader accused of contributing to the 2010 US “flash crash” is freed after his bail conditions were changed.
BBC News – Business