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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

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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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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

True to their typical offseason ways, the A’s remained active all winter in an effort to revamp a roster that totaled only 68 wins in a last-place season in 2015.
OAK Homepage News

The Thunder’s offense has been spectacular so far this season, scoring 110.1 points per 100 possessions (second best in the NBA) while sh
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A’s beat reporter Jane Lee answers questions from fans, including which prospects could make their A’s debuts in 2016.
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The UK’s goods trade gap with the rest of the world widened by £1.9bn to a record high of £125bn in 2015, official figures show.
BBC News – Business

Up to 300,000 people could be cut off from food supplies if Syrian government forces encircle rebel-held parts of the northern city of Aleppo, the UN says.
BBC News – Middle East

A second report into the disappearance of 43 Mexican students says there is no evidence to support the official version of what happened to them.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

At least 10 people are killed and more than 100 injured as two passenger trains collide in the German state of Bavaria.
BBC News – Europe