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Here are the latest news stories from the BBC World Service.
- US cuts Pakistan aid over jailing
A US Senate panel says it is cutting $33m in aid to Pakistan after the jailing of a Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA find Osama Bin Laden.
- Patients' ratings 'to boost care'
A new NHS patient rating system - known as the "friends and family test" - is to be introduced to help improve nursing care in England.
- Male 'contraceptive gene' found
It may be possible to develop a new form of male contraceptive after researchers in Edinburgh identified a critical gene for the production of healthy sperm.
- Cookie use deadline approaches
The deadline for UK websites to comply with new cookie regulations is set to pass, with most sites expected to be in breach of the rules.
- Some holiday money rates 'unfair'
The same currency exchange providers can offer significantly different rates across the UK, a consumer group says.
- Police attacked with petrol bombs
A police officer is injured as petrol bombs are thrown during a security alert in Newry.
- Candidates spar as Egyptians vote
Tensions rise between some of the leading contenders on the second and final day of voting in Egypt's first free presidential election.
- Head of Vatican Bank is sacked
The Vatican sacks the director of its bank, Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, who is being investigated in a money laundering case.
- UK police in Libya Fletcher probe
A Metropolitan Police team is to fly to Libya to continue the investigation into the murder of PC Yvonne Fletcher, Prime Minister David Cameron says.
- VIDEO: Olympic flame fun - it's Odd Box
Fun with the Olympic torch, running a half marathon in a hot air balloon and the chocolate record that actually plays.
- VIDEO: Underwater footage of HMS Coventry
The 30th anniversary of the sinking of HMS Coventry during the Falklands conflict will be marked at a ceremony in the city on Friday.
- Argentina drops TBA rail operator
Argentina takes away the concession to run two commuter lines from the railway company involved in a deadly crash in February in Buenos Aires.
- Mars 'has life's building blocks'
New evidence from meteorites suggests that the basic building blocks of life are present on Mars.
- Spanish fishing row off Gibraltar
Tensions over fishing rights around Gibraltar are raised, following an incident involving Gibraltarian police boats and the Royal Navy, and Spanish police.
- Strauss wants to calm Twitter row
England captain Andrew Strauss tries to calm Kevin Pietersen's Twitter row ahead of the second Test against West Indies.
- Business district review warning
The former leader of Cardiff Council is warning that the authority's decision to review plans for a business district could damage confidence in the city.
- Uganda row over LRA rebel amnesty
A senior commander in the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) should be granted amnesty just like other LRA fighters, his lawyer tells the BBC - sparking a row with the public prosecutor.
- Olympic torch takes train journey
The Olympic torch travels on a Severn Valley Railway steam train during the journey from Gloucester to Worcester on day six.
- Libyan talks over Lockerbie bomb
Scotland's most senior law officer meets Libya's interim prime minister in London to discuss further investigations into the Lockerbie bombing.
- Hunt memo reveals BSkyB support
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt sent a note to David Cameron suggesting his support for News Corp's bid for BSkyB before he was put in charge of deciding on the deal, the Leveson Inquiry hears.
- New Facebook app copies Instagram
The social network's new photography app appears to replicate many features of Instagram which it is buying for $1bn.
- Welsh heroes ready to carry torch
Wales rugby captain Sam Warburton and Olympic gold medal winners Lynn Davies and Darren Campbell will carry the Olympic torch as it travels from Worcester to Cardiff.
- Fresh Iran talks called in Moscow
Talks on Iran's nuclear programme end with "significant differences", EU officials in Baghdad say, but the two sides agree to meet again in Moscow in June.
- Butterflies spread in hot summers
Once rare brown argus butterflies have been moving north due to a pattern of hot summers, say researchers.
- McIlroy eight adrift at Wentworth
Rory McIlroy is eight behind leaders David Drysdale and Peter Lawrie after an opening 74 at the BMW PGA Championship.
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