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- Nato staff quit Afghan ministriesNato withdraws all its staff from Afghan ministries after two senior US officers are shot dead in the interior ministry in Kabul.
- BMA to ballot on pensions actionThe British Medical Association is to hold a ballot on industrial action over pensions - but has ruled out strike action.
- First Sun on Sunday goes to pressSun owner Rupert Murdoch arrives at a printers in Hertfordshire to oversee production of the first edition of the Sun on Sunday.
- Mandela 'comfortable' in hospitalFormer South Africa President Nelson Mandela undergoes a "diagnostic procedure" in hospital but is not in danger, officials say.
- Bin Laden site being demolishedPakistan begins to demolish the compound where US forces killed Osama Bin Laden in the city of Abbottabad, residents and police say.
- Berlusconi bribe case thrown outItalian judges throw out a bribery case against Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's former prime minister, because it has expired under the statute of limitations.
- Fire destroys Antarctic stationAn explosion caused by a fire at a Brazilian research station in the Antarctic leaves two soldiers missing and one injured, the Brazilian military says.
- Red Cross Homs evacuation setbackRed Cross attempts to evacuate more people from Baba Amr in Syria's city of Homs stall, with reports of more deaths from shelling.
- Livestock virus prompts UK fearsA disease which has caused birth defects and miscarriages in livestock is found on 74 farms in England.
- Obama hails Yemen 'new beginning'US President Barack Obama says Yemen's presidential election signals a "new beginning" for the country and pledges US support.
