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Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticises the tactics of his opponents, in a BBC interview ahead of Sunday's constitutional referendum.

Industrial towns in the north east of England may be least able to cope with deep cuts in public spending, BBC-commissioned research suggests.

A blind activist jailed after revealing right abuses under China's one-child policy has been freed after a four-year prison term, a rights group says.

The police say a device left close to a primary school in Crumlin, County Antrim was "viable".

A roadside bomb kills nine people and injures at least four in Pakistan's Kurram tribal region on the Afghan border, reports say.

SEOUL: South Korea's point man on North Korea warned on Thursday of a global "nuclear domino effect" unless the communist state scraps its atomic weapons.

The Northern Ireland Assembly's environment committee is to question government officials about plans for George Best Belfast City Airport later.

Plaid Cymru's conference opens with a pledge to transform, not simply manage, Wales.

Some of the largest conservation bodies in Wales fear they will have to find massive savings following the UK Government spending review.

Newsbeat visits the cast of Merlin on location in a soggy Puzzlewood and speaks to the actors who play Merlin and Morgana.

The BBC's Declan Curry looks at why interest rates matter

BANGKOK: Three unexploded bombs were found in Bangkok and surrounding suburbs in a matter of hours, one of them in front of a school and one in a shopping mall, police said Thursday.

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand : The first job losses from the New Zealand earthquake were announced Thursday, as authorities turned the spotlight on how aftershocks are taking a mental toll on Christchurch residents.

WASHINGTON: The United States on Wednesday hailed new sanctions imposed by South Korea against Iran as increasing pressure on Tehran to return to the negotiating table to address concerns about its nuclear aims.

MANILA: Philippine investigators on Wednesday inspected the bullet-riddled bus where eight Hong Kong tourists died in a hostage crisis, in a bid to establish who was to blame for the killings.

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's parliament on Wednesday passed constitutional reforms enabling President Mahinda Rajapakse to seek a third term, in changes critics say point to the country's slide into autocracy.

BEIJING: Myanmar's leader Than Shwe said on Wednesday he wanted to bolster ties with China, his regime's main trade partner and diplomatic ally, two months ahead of polls decried in the West as a sham.

DILI: Timor Leste's Deputy Prime Minister Mario Carrascalao resigned on Wednesday after a public row with Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao about alleged graft in the finance ministry.