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Before the game, sitting at a podium in the depths of Chesapeake Energy Arena, Thunder Head Coach Scott Brooks didn’t mince words.
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The UK’s inflation rate remained at a record low of 0% in March, official figures show.
BBC News – Business

Islamic State (IS) has lost more than a quarter of its territory in Iraq since US-led coalition air strikes began in August, the Pentagon says.
BBC News – Middle East

Uruguayan author Eduardo Galeano has died in Montevideo aged 74 after suffering from lung cancer.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Fighting continues overnight between government troops and pro-Russian rebels in east Ukraine, despite renewed diplomatic efforts to enforce a truce.
BBC News – Europe

David Cameron wants a “good life” for all as he launches the Conservatives’ manifesto with pledges on tax, childcare and housing.
BBC News – UK

Iraq’s prime minister is to seek a greater US contribution to fighting Islamic State in talks with Barack Obama in Washington on Tuesday.
BBC News – US & Canada

Ceremonies are being staged to mark one year since more than 200 girls were abducted in Nigeria by militant Islamists Boko Haram.
BBC News – Africa

INDIANAPOLIS – When the margin for error is slimmer than a sheet of paper, it’s the small numbers on the stat sheet and
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Employers plan to keep hiring more staff, but concerns remain about the UK’s failure to raise productivity, a new report warns.
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At least 14 people are killed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula in two bomb attacks claimed by a group affiliated to Islamic State.
BBC News – Middle East

Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians join demonstrations across the country against government corruption, the second such protests in less than a month.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The far-right Jobbik party in Hungary has won its first ever individual constituency seat in parliament after a narrow victory in a by-election.
BBC News – Europe

The family of a seven-year-old boy who fell to his death on a skiing holiday in the French Alps describe him as a “daring, outgoing, determined little boy”.
BBC News – UK

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sets out for a tour of key states, after declaring her bid for the US Democratic presidential nomination in 2016.
BBC News – US & Canada

Nigerian opposition makes gains in elections for state governors and assemblies, in the final round of the election process.
BBC News – Africa

INDIANAPOLIS – After a
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Cashback credit cards provider Capital One is cutting the rewards it offers on its products, blaming a European Parliament ruling to cap “interchange fees”.
BBC News – Business

An Egyptian court confirms the death sentence on Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie and 13 others for subversion.
BBC News – Middle East

Spanish police break up an extortion ring run by Chilean jail inmates who allegedly cold-called Spanish civilians demanding kidnap ransoms.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean