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Kenya’s deputy president tells the UN to close the Dadaab refugee camp for Somalis after 147 students in Garissa were killed by Somali militants.
BBC News – Africa

Dion Waiters saw the shot go up, checked on his defensive assignment then planted himself in perfect position.
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The Thunder took a day off on Wednesday to fill up its gas tank. On Thursday, it was time to rev up the engine.
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UK industrial output rose by just 0.1% in February, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics.
BBC News – Business

Pakistan parliament calls for neutrality in Yemen conflict, snubbing Saudi Arabia’s request to join anti-Houthi coalition.
BBC News – Middle East

The US and Cuban foreign ministers meet in Panama ahead of a regional summit, the highest such talks in more than 50 years.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Poland remembers the 2010 Smolensk air disaster which killed its president and top officials – a crash not yet fully explained.
BBC News – Europe

The Conservatives pledge three days paid volunteering leave a year and no above-inflation rail fare rises until 2020, but Labour say neither policy is new or fully funded.
BBC News – UK

South Carolina officials have released a new video showing the moments before a US police officer shot dead an unarmed black man in the back.
BBC News – US & Canada

South Africa’s University of Cape Town removes the statue of British colonialist Cecil Rhodes in front of cheering crowds after weeks of protests.
BBC News – Africa

There are points in any NBA season when
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Officials at the US’s central bank were split about when to raise interest rates, latest minutes from the Federal Reserve reveal.
BBC News – Business

Fresh fighting is reported in the centre of the Yemeni city of Aden between Houthi rebels and militiamen loyal to President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi.
BBC News – Middle East

The US deports Carlos Vides Casanova, a general during El Salvador’s civil war, over alleged abuses while he was in command.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Greek PM Alexis Tsipras did not ask for financial aid from Moscow during talks.
BBC News – Europe

The Conservatives commit to four new nuclear submarines and say Labour could “barter away” the UK’s nuclear deterrent – something Labour flatly denies.
BBC News – UK

The man accused of bombing the Boston Marathon in 2013, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, has been found guilty and now waits to hear if he will face the death penalty.
BBC News – US & Canada

Kenya’s government orders the closure of 13 money transfer firms suspected to be used by militant Islamists, a minister tells the BBC.
BBC News – Africa

From the very start, the Thunder just couldn’t get anything going. On the other end of the floor, it was the exact opposite.
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