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I'm cleverer than critics - Kinnear
Joe Kinnear says he has "more intelligence" than any of the critics who have questioned his return to Newcastle.
'Standing man' leads Turkish protest
A Turkish protester dubbed the "standing man" leads a vigil on Istanbul's Taksim Square days after the authorities evicted demonstrators.
Schools reading contest: e-books win
Nearly half the titles read by children in a national reading competition were consumed online, according to the charity Booktrust.
VIDEO: Saatchi cautioned for Nigella assault
Art collector Charles Saatchi has been cautioned for assault after images of him grasping his wife Nigella Lawson by the neck appeared in a newspaper.
VIDEO: Brazil protests overnight in Brasilia and Rio
As many as 200,000 people have marched through the streets of Brazil's biggest cities, as protests over rising public transport costs and the expense of staging the 2014 World Cup have spread.
In pictures: On solid ground
Marking World Refugee Day
British tennis needs 'big summer'
Sport England warns the Lawn Tennis Association that it must drive up participation figures or face losing valuable funding.
Former archbishop to head university
Former Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams is to become chancellor of the largest university in Wales.
Family tribute to hit-and-run victim
The family of a County Down man killed in a hit-and-run accident in New York remember him as a "man of many talents" who touched people's lives.
China in carbon trading experiment
China, the world's biggest carbon emitter, is to launch its first carbon trading scheme as a pilot project in Shenzhen.
Europe's Mars missions 'on track'
Europe's plans to explore Mars with a satellite in 2016 and a rover in 2018 take a big step forward with the signing of new industrial contracts.
Vodafone faces battle for German firm
Vodafone faces a potential bidding war for Kabel Deutschland after US firm Liberty Global makes a rival offer for the German cable TV firm.
Northern India flood toll rises
The death toll from flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rain in northern India rises to 70, media reports say.
G8 summit traffic and travel
Traffic and travel updates relating to the G8 summit in County Fermanagh.
In pictures: Singapore haze
Forest fires in Indonesia create haze
Call centres in BBC programme fined
Two companies which appear in BBC Three documentary The Call Centre are fined by the regulators in connection with nuisance calls.
Judge to meet child abuse victims
The judge leading a review of the Waterhouse inquiry into abuse at north Wales children's homes holds public meetings, and wants to meet anyone with information.
Woman dies after motorway crash
A woman dies following a two-vehicle crash on the M1 near Portadown, County Armagh.
In Pictures: We will shrink you
Singer Freddie Mercury, artist Lucian Freud and architect Richard Rogers have been shrunk and left in London locations to mark Refugee Week.
Minister defends cost of G8 security
The Northern Ireland secretary defends the multi-million pound cost of security for the G8 conference in County Fermanagh as "money well spent".
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