Today's Top Stories:
Come on up!: Canada's Yukon hopes to strike tourist gold
Polling Darfur: Can an election be held in a land of refugees?
Handcuffs asylum use criticised: The use of handcuffs by immigration, escort and security staff to restrain asylum seekers is criticised in a report.
New York agrees 9/11 dust payout: New York City agrees to pay up to $657m (£437m) to thousands of rescue and clean-up workers at the 9/11 attacks site.
Thailand braces for mass protests: Thailand mobilises thousands of troops ahead of mass rallies by planned supporters of ousted former PM Thaksin Shinawatra.
Rove 'proud' of US waterboarding: Former US President George W Bush's advisor, Karl Rove, says he is proud of waterboarding as he believes it prevented attacks.
It's quiz time!: What do humans and bonobos have in common?
BNP teachers will not be banned: Members of groups which may promote racism, such as the BNP, will not be banned from teaching in England, the government says.
Warning on public sector pensions: The amount of money paid as public sector pensions could more than triple in the next 50 years, says the National Audit Office.
Blood pressure move 'stroke sign': Fluctuations in blood pressure could be more important than high readings as a warning sign for stroke, say researchers.
New York banking gains on London: New York and London have been ranked as the joint-top global financial centres according to new research.
How one group of Viking 'visitors' was dealt with by Anglo-Saxons: Fifty-one decapitated skeletons found in a burial pit in Dorset were those of Scandinavian Vikings, scientists say.
Drogba is African Footballer of Year: Ivory Coast and Chelsea striker Didier Drogba is named African Footballer of the Year.
Russians jailed over race murder: Nine members of a Russian white supremacist group are jailed for up to 22 years in connection with the killing of an African man.
Turkey and Sweden in genocide row: Turkey withdraws its ambassador to Sweden after the parliament votes to describe as genocide the killing of Armenians in WWI.
Pinera sworn in as new quake hits: Sebastian Pinera is sworn in as president of quake-hit Chile, as a 6.9-magnitude aftershock strikes the centre of the country.
Man arrested over death in street: Police arrest an 18-year-old on suspicion of manslaughter after a man collapsed and died outside his home in Greater Manchester.
Bosnian fallout: Pressure on UK after arrest of ex-Bosnian president
Iraq results point to tight race: First results from Iraq's election suggest a tight contest may be developing between PM Nouri Maliki and main rival Iyad Allawi.
Biden tries to ease Mid-East row: US Vice-President Joe Biden says Middle East peace talks must resume, despite a row over Israeli settlement plans.
Liverpool sunk by late Lille goal: Liverpool face an uphill task to progress from the last 16 of the Europa League after Eden Hazard's goal gives a lively Lille side a 1-0 first-leg lead.
James Bulger's mother meets Straw: Justice Secretary Jack Straw meets the mother of murdered toddler James Bulger to discuss the return to prison of one of her son's killers.
Obama urges China action on yuan: US President Barack Obama has urged China to change its currency strategy to help re-balance the global economy.
US web censorship rights warning: Freedom of expression on the web has been curtailed in 2009, the US state department says in its annual human rights report.
Thalidomide effect mystery solved: The mechanism by which thalidomide causes malformed limbs is revealed by scientists.
Porn director runs for Parliament: A female pornographic film director is selected as the Lib Dem prospective parliamentary candidate for Gravesham, Kent.
US school prom axed as lesbian student asks to bring girlfriend: A student at a high school in Mississippi says the school board cancelled her school's prom rather than let her attend it with her lesbian girlfriend
Nigeria women protest at killings: Hundreds of Nigerian women protest over last week's violence near Jos, where women and children were massacred.
HSBC in huge Swiss data theft: About 24,000 clients of HSBC's private banking operation in Switzerland had personal details stolen, the bank admits.
Net billionaires: Who has profited from the web's biggest sites?
Extradition for Auschwitz suspect: A Stockholm court rules a Swedish man can be extradited to Poland for trial over the theft of a sign from Auschwitz.
Telegraph poles to take broadband: Virgin Media has begun trials of technology to deliver high-speed fibre-optic broadband over telegraph poles in the UK.
Between friends: US and Israel dodge settlement confrontation
Hamas releases British journalist: Hamas releases a British journalist it had held for a month in Gaza, saying at a news conference that it suspects him of being a spy.
Burma annuls 1990 Suu Kyi poll win: Burma's leaders formally annul the National League for Democracy's 1990 election win, as more details of new poll laws emerge.
Ukraine president forms coalition: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych secures a coalition in parliament and one of his loyalists is confirmed as PM.
Sri Lanka general trial date set: Defeated Sri Lankan presidential candidate Gen Sarath Fonseka is to be put on military trial next week, officials say.
Afghan plea for 'no proxy wars': Afghanistan does not want other countries' "proxy wars" fought on its soil, President Hamid Karzai says in Islamabad.
Tories pledge 'fastest broadband': The Conservatives say they will make Britain the first country in Europe to have widespread super-fast broadband.
Mexican shakes up world rich list: Mexican Carlos Slim overtakes Bill Gates as the world's richest man, according to the Forbes "rich list", with a fortune of $53.5bn.
Deadly clashes in southern Yemen: At least one person is killed in clashes between police and separatists in southern Yemen.
England to make late Broad call: England will make a last-minute call on the fitness of Stuart Broad for the first Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong.
Japan protest over tuna ban plan: Japan voices opposition to a proposed ban on international trade in bluefin tuna, after the EU backs the plan.
Gambia row over wave of arrests: An opposition leader criticises a wave of arrests in The Gambia, saying detainees do not know why they are being held.
Corey Haim was 'tormented soul': Lost Boys actor Corey Haim was a "tormented soul", his friend and fellow actor Corey Feldman says.
Taio Cruz scales Billboard chart: R&B star Taio Cruz sets the record for the biggest jump to the top of US Billboard Hot 100 for an act's first charting single.
'Console killer' launches in June: A gaming service that aims to kill off the traditional gaming console will begin streaming games over the net in June this year.
Scientists to review climate body: The UN secretary general asks the world's leading science academies to review the UN's climate science body.
Can US broker Middle East peace?: Joe Biden is in the region to encourage talks between the Palestinians and Israel. What can be achieved?
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