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;Armed conflicts and attacks
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**]i warplanes bomb a ] weapons facility in an overnight attack.

;Arts and culture ;Arts and culture
*The world's ] is moved to ]. *The world's ] is moved to ].
*The ] announces that it will return two ] statues to ].


;Business and economics ;Business and economics
*The ], one of ]'s most prestigious universities, is hit by scandal amidst revelation that Justin Jenk, one of its top officials, had forged ] documents about his conviction of insider trading in ]. (Swedish) *The ], one of ]'s most prestigious universities, is hit by scandal amidst revelation that top official Justin Jenk forged ] documents about his conviction of ] in ]. (Swedish)
*Heavy construction equipment manufacturer ] announces it plans to lay off an additional 300 employees by July.


;Disasters ;Disasters and accidents
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**The death toll from the ] in ] rises to 519. **The death toll in ] rises to 547.
**]'s finance minister, Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, downplays the impact of last week's factory-building collapse on his country's garment industry, saying he didn't think it was "really serious", hours after the 500th body was pulled from the debris. **]'s finance minister, Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, downplays the impact of last week's factory-building collapse on his country's garment industry.
**A top investigator probing the ] garment factory disaster says that the vibration from four huge generators placed on the roof of the building had caused it to collapse. , **A top investigator probing the disaster says that vibrations from four huge generators placed on the roof of the building caused it to collapse. ,
*A ] military plane on its way to ] crashes in northern ] when its fuel ignited , *A ] ] tanker aircraft on its way to ] crashes in northern ] after a mid-flight explosion. ,
*]s continue to spread in the ] state of ].


;Law and crime ;Law and crime
*Brian Shivers is acquitted of any involvement in the ]. Mr. Shivers, who has ], has his life sentence overturned, having been jailed since January 2012 in what his solicitor describes as a ]. *] Brian Shivers is acquitted of any involvement in the ]. Mr. Shivers, who has ], has his life sentence overturned, having been jailed since January 2012 in what his solicitor describes as a ].
⚫ *Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali, a prosecutor with ]'s ] leading the prosecution of former ] ] over alleged involvement in the assassination of ], is shot dead on the way to court in ].

*], an ] with the ], is arrested on aggravated assault charges in ].
⚫ *Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali, a prosecutor with ]'s ] leading the prosecution of former ] ] over alleged involvement in the assassination of ] is shot dead on the way to court in ].
*Police in ] arrest more than 900 people as they shutdown a million dollar crime ring that was selling rat meat as ].


;Politics and elections ;Politics and elections
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⚫ *]'s ] retains the ] Parliamentary seat for the party following Thursday's ], but with a reduced majority after the ] secures almost a quarter of the votes cast.
*The UK Independence Party wins 140 seats at the ], achieving 25% of the votes in areas where it fielded candidates. **Results of the elections show gains for ] and ] and losses for the ] and the ].
**The UK Independence Party wins 140 seats, achieving 25% of the votes in areas where it fielded candidates, the party's most significant results to date.
⚫ **]'s ] retains the ] Parliamentary seat for the party following Thursday's ], but with a reduced majority after the ] secures almost a quarter of the votes cast.
⚫ *] calls one of its search engine websites "Google ]" instead of "Google ]".


;Science and technology ;Science and technology
*An international team of scientists announce the discovery in ] of a new meat-eating ] dinosaur, '']'', dating from 161 million years ago. It is the oldest ] known to date.
⚫ *] now recognizes ] as a country, instead of redirecting to the ].

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