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  1. Sweden wins Eurovision Song Contest: Sweden's Loreen wins fifty-seventh Eurovision Song Contest with her s... aje.me/LskDLc #news
  2. Remains of 66 Bosnia war victims buried: Bosnians have assembled in the eastern town of Visegrad to hold a colle... bit.ly/LsiJKm
  3. Iran blanks Qatar in AFC futsal cup: The Iranian national futsal team has blanked Qatar 8-0 in its second match ... bit.ly/LsiLSz
  4. Iran abductees’ families call for release: The families of several Iranian engineers abducted in Syria five mont... bit.ly/KEkh6O
  5. Algerian MPs boycott parliament session: Opposition legislators boycott inaugural session of parliament, c... aje.me/KQVmv8 #news
  6. Malian rebels and Islamist fighters merge: Two groups that took control of north Mali agree to merge and c... aje.me/LrXV5S #news
  7. Sabahi filing complaint over vote-rigging: Egyptian presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi plans to file a compla... bit.ly/LRT1oG
  8. Dawkins backs school Bible plan: Prominent atheist Richard Dawkins says he supports the plan to put a Bible in e... bbc.in/LrWm82
  9. AUDIO: Agony aunt 'saved listener's life': Denise Robertson tells of how she saved a woman's life after receivin... bbc.in/KQKhdt
  10. PedalpaloozaLDN: London-wide bit.ly/LFAxEP
  11. 'Oldest' runner, 101, at marathon: The world's oldest marathon runner is set to join more than 27,000 runners on... bbc.in/KQGFrX
  12. Hell-raising: A how-to guide with Anaïs Mitchell: 'My mother gave a mighty shout, opened her legs and let ... bit.ly/JWJTxI #news
  13. Exclusive dispatch: Assad blamed for massacre of the innocents: In a massacre of unprecedented savagery th... bit.ly/JWJWte #news
  14. Postgraduate students are being used as 'slave labour': Postgraduate research students are increasingly be... bit.ly/MKptWL #news
  15. Shareholders await prospectus for Glencore-Xstrata merger: The prospectus outlining the creation of a £50b... bit.ly/MKps51 #news
  16. Günter Grass attacks Merkel for Athens policy: The world's leaders and economists, having put in their eur... bit.ly/MKptWx #news
  17. Swedish Euphoria at Eurovision: Swedish singer Loreen has won the Eurovision song contest in Baku with he... bit.ly/KQDNLG #news
  18. Settler shoots Palestinian in West Bank: An Israeli settler has shot and wounded a 24-year-old Palestinian man d... bit.ly/Ks2HC3
  19. Sweden wins Eurovision contest: Swedish singer Loreen has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Azerbaijan,... bbc.in/KtzZRC
  20. 13 Taliban militants slain in Afghanistan: Afghan security forces have killed 13 Taliban militants and captured ... bit.ly/KQpx5B