Michael Jackson's second posthumous album Xscape is soon to be released worldwide. The first albumreleased after his death in 2009 was poorlyreceived. Each song has been given a modern makeover by Justin Timber lake and other top producers in the ind
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The ceasefire in South Sudan signed on Fridaybetween President Salva Kiir and rebel leader RiekMachar has come into effect. The spokesman forPresident Kiir has told the BBC that the governmenttroops reserve the right to return fire in self-defense if
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In parts of East Ukraine people have been castingtheir ballots in unofficial referendums organized bypro-Russian groups. The militants thus swear theresidence supported self-determination. Onepolling station organizer told the BBC this meant independ
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The families of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped inSouthern Borno state four weeks ago have reactedto the video released by the Islamist group BokoHaram. Some told the BBC that seeing the girls alivehas given them hope, although they were shocked a
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Ukraine's ministry of defense says seven soldiershave been killed in an ambush by separatists nearthe eastern city of Kramatorsk seven others wereinjured.Our reporter Richard Galpin is in the regionalcapital Donetsk. The ministry said a rocket prepar
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Pregnancy significantly increases a woman driver's chances of having a serious car crash. That's according to a study by Canadian journalists for the Medical Association Journal. Pregnant women are usually more concerned about the risks of flying, ri
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Pro-Russian activists in eastern Ukraine have decidedto go ahead with a referendum on self-determination on Sunday, ignoring a call fromPresident Putin to postpone it. Steve Rosenbergreports from Moscow. His proposal yesterday to postpone the referen
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The new military authorities in Thailand havedetained the former prime minister YingluckShinawatra and her family a day after seizing powerin a coup. Mrs. Shinawatra was among dozens ofpoliticians ordered to report to the army. In Bangkok, here is Jo
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Families in the Turkish town of Soma who have beenburying their dead after the countrys worst evermining accident, nearly 300 bodies have beenrecovered from the mine since Tuesdays explosion.Over 100 others are still underground but hopes are fading
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China's official news agency Xinhua says the government in Beijing has begun evacuatingthousands of its citizens from Vietnam.It follows a wave of anti-Chinese riots triggered by amaritime row. XX reports. Xinhua said it had learned from the foreign
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Turkish prosecutors have charged three people with negligence and causing deaths in connection with the country's worst mining disaster.301 people died at the Soma coal mine last Tuesday after an explosion and fire.James Reynolds reports. Turkey's st
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The United States has for the first time charged five foreign military officials with economic cyber espionage.From Washington,here's Barbara Plett Usher. US justice and security officials said the hackers targeted industries such as nuclear power,me
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Two explosions in the Nigerian city of Jos have caused a large number of casualties. The BBC has been told scores have died while an official of the Nigerian National Emergency Management Agency told the French news agency there were at least 118 vic
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After a decade of negotiations,Russia has clinched a huge deal to supply China with naturalgas.The agreement is thought to be worth 400 billion dollars over 30 years.Russia's energygiant Gazprom would only say it was signed on mutually beneficial ter
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A gunman has opened fire inside the Jewish museumin the Belgium capital Brussels, killing three peopleand seriously injuring a fourth. The Belgium PrimeMinister Elio Di Rupo says his country was united inthe face of an evil attack in the Jewish cultu
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Madiba The African Opera will debut at the State Theater in South Africa today. It's a dramatic musical retelling of the early life and times of Nelson Mandela. Little is known about his early childhood and the opera is going to focus on his later ye
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Good evening, it's an honor to declare open the 67th edition of the International Cannes Film Festival. That's what we were hearing just then from the Italian actress and singer Chiara Mastroianni who was officially kicking off what is arguably the w
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Polling stations have closed in all 28 European Union member countries, following four days ofvoting for the European parliament. Exit polls suggest anti-immigration parties hostile to theEU have done well. The far-right Front National party is claim
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The central election commission of Ukraine has confirmed that Petro Poroshenko has wonthe presidential election outright. Officials said he had secured 54% of the votes. David Sternreports from Kiev. Mr. Poroshenko won Sunday's election outright, hav
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