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Eleven people have been injured, one critically, after female acrobats fell from an aerial platform at a circus in the US state of Rhode Island.
BBC News – US & Canada

South African athlete Oscar Pistorius’ murder trial resumes on Monday after a two-week break, with his defence team continuing its case.
BBC News – Africa

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation pays $ 415m for Harlequin, a Canadian publisher of ‘bodice ripper’ romance fiction.
BBC News – Business

Gunmen in the Libyan city of Benghazi have raided a security headquarters, sparking clashes in which at least nine people died, officials say.
BBC News – Middle East

Authorities in Honduras are investigating the deaths of at least seven children who may have been murdered after refusing to join criminal gangs.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Pro-Russian sympathisers voice anger at the torching of a trade union building in the Ukrainian coastal city of Odessa where dozens died.
BBC News – Europe

The arrest of Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams is part of an effort by some police officers to “settle old scores”, NI’s deputy first minister says.
BBC News – UK

Samsung is ordered to pay $ 119.6m (£71m) to Apple by a US court for infringing two of its patents, in the latest lawsuit involving the two tech giants.
BBC News – US & Canada

Nigeria is to shut schools and government offices across the capital Abuja during a major international conference, after two deadly bomb attacks.
BBC News – Africa

Oklahoma completed their comeback with a relatively comfortable win in game seven of the series in front of 18,203 fans.  The Grizzlies were missing their top scorer, Zach Randolph who was suspended for punching […]

US drugs giant Pfizer has raised the price it is offering for the UK’s AstraZeneca to £50 a share, valuing the firm at £63bn.
BBC News – Business

At least 18 people including 11 children are killed in two suicide bombings in the Syrian province of Hama, state media has reported.
BBC News – Middle East

Rescuers are using large mechanical diggers to try to reach up to 30 people trapped underground after an illegal gold mine collapsed in Colombia.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Rebels in Ukraine’s eastern city of Sloviansk shoot down two helicopters, killing two people, as government forces launch an operation.
BBC News – Europe

Barrister Constance Briscoe is given a 16-month sentence at the Old Bailey for lying to police over former cabinet minister Chris Huhne’s speeding case.
BBC News – UK

Rob Ford is starting a 30-day treatment course, as police investigate a new video that allegedly shows the mayor smoking crack cocaine.
BBC News – US & Canada

A car bomb attack in the Nigerian capital Abuja, the second in recent weeks, kills at least 19 people and injures dozens more.
BBC News – Africa

Struggling supermarket Morrisons announces it will cut prices by as much as 17% on some products, in a bid to win back customers.
BBC News – Business

Iraq holds its first parliamentary vote since the withdrawal of US troops three years ago, as at least 14 people are killed in sporadic violence.
BBC News – Middle East

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announces a raise in the minimum wage and pensions of 30% ahead of the May Day celebrations.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean