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The size of the UK’s overall economy will surpass its pre-recession peak by this summer, says the British Chambers of Commerce.
BBC News – Business

Starvation of civilians is being used as a weapon of war by Syria, Amnesty International says, with 128 dying as a result in Yarmouk camp in Damascus.
BBC News – Middle East

Both candidates in El Salvador’s presidential election have claimed victory after a preliminary count showed the vote was too close to call.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Tens of thousands of people across Ukraine hold rival pro-unity and pro-Russian rallies, as Moscow continues to strengthen its grip on Crimea.
BBC News – Europe

Labour commits to fund a “jobs guarantee” for the long-term unemployed for the whole of the next parliament, if it wins power.
BBC News – UK

The last surviving grandson of Henry Ford, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, William Clay Ford Snr, dies at the age of 88.
BBC News – US & Canada

The trial of South African athlete Oscar Pistorius for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp enters its second week in Pretoria.
BBC News – Africa

Government forecasts for what it expects to recoup from closing tax loopholes are vulnerable to “great uncertainty”, MPs say.
BBC News – Business

Saudi Arabia designates the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organisation, along with two jihadist groups fighting with the Syrian rebels.
BBC News – Middle East

Thousands of Venezuelan students and opposition supporters take part in an anti-government rally in the capital, Caracas, on Women’s Day.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The US warns Russia that any moves to annex Crimea would close the door to diplomacy, as Moscow tightens its grip on the peninsula.
BBC News – Europe

The brother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence says he wants to take part in the probe into police records after a report showed officers spied on his family.
BBC News – UK

A US Army captain weeps as she tells a court that a general made her perform oral sex on him and threatened to kill her family if she told anyone.
BBC News – US & Canada

Libya’s Prime Minister Ali Zeidan threatens to bomb a North Korean-flagged tanker if it tries to export oil from a rebel-controlled port.
BBC News – Africa

Chaori Solar becomes the first Chinese firm to default on its onshore corporate bonds, say media reports quoting the firm, after failing to make an interest payment.
BBC News – Business

The Libyan government says former leader Col Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Saadi, has been extradited from Niger and is now in custody in Tripoli.
BBC News – Middle East

Venezuela expels Panama’s ambassador and three others as President Nicolas Maduro accuses the country of meddling amid ongoing opposition rallies.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Ukraine’s interim PM says “no-one in the civilised world” will recognise Crimea’s referendum on joining Russia, as Moscow backs the vote.
BBC News – Europe

The head of the Met Police says a report which found officers had spied on the family of murdered Stephen Lawrence is devastating for his force.
BBC News – UK

The US economy added 175,000 jobs in February, figures show, but the unemployment rate rose to 6.7%.
BBC News – US & Canada