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Somalia’s main Islamist militant group al-Shabab says it carried out a bomb attack on a passenger plane that blew a huge hole in its fuselage.
BBC News – Africa

TORONTO – Less than 12 hours after finishing off an emphatic home win over the New Orleans Pelicans, the Thunder duo of
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The A’s cruised into their final weekend of the offseason in splashy style, pulling off a trade with the Brewers for slugging outfielder Khris Davis on Friday afternoon.
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The Independent and Independent on Sunday newspapers are to cease print editions in March, leaving an online-only edition, their owner says.
BBC News – Business

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad vows to retake “the whole country”, but says the involvement of regional powers means it could take “a long time”.
BBC News – Middle East

A British prisoner who was jailed in Peru for drug smuggling says five other women have used an illegal route to get back into the UK while on parole.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The European Union gives Greece three months to fix border controls in a move that could allow other Schengen states to maintain internal controls.
BBC News – Europe

Former entertainer Rolf Harris is to be charged with seven counts of indecent assault, the Crown Prosecution Service says.
BBC News – UK

Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders clash over their support for the president in their first debate since the New Hampshire primary.
BBC News – US & Canada

Twelve senior Nigerian army officers, including six serving generals, are handed over for questioning over alleged involvement in an arms scandal.
BBC News – Africa

The signs of solidarity were everywhere.
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Oakland general manager David Forst was among the crowd of 300 scouts and executives on the first day of MLB’s International Showcase at Estadio Quisqueya Juan Marichal on Wednesday.
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb.
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Surveyors are witnessing a surge of demand from buy-to-let investors which they expect to push up house prices.
BBC News – Business

Fighting in Syria’s Aleppo province has displaced about 50,000 people and the humanitarian situation is deteriorating rapidly, the Red Cross says.
BBC News – Middle East

One of the US’s most senior public health officials reveals the “strongest evidence to date” of the effect on babies of the mosquito-borne Zika virus.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A 94-year former Nazi SS guard at the Auschwitz death camp in Poland is to go on trial in Germany over the murder of at least 170,000 people.
BBC News – Europe

Junior doctors’ leaders have rejected a “final take-it-or-leave-it” offer made by the government in the contract dispute in England.
BBC News – UK

Republican Chris Christie drops out of the US presidential race after a disappointing finish in New Hampshire.
BBC News – US & Canada

The US raises concerns with Rwandan officials over reports suggesting it is involved in “destabilising activities” in neighbouring Burundi.
BBC News – Africa