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BBC News - World
The latest stories from the World section of the BBC News web site.

• Argentina train crash 'kills 49'
  A commuter train crash at a station in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, kills 49 people and leaves at least 600 injured, officials say.
• Western journalists die in Homs
  American Marie Colvin of the UK's Sunday Times and French photographer Remi Ochlik are among 60 people killed as Syria steps up its clampdown.
• Six dead in Afghan Koran protests
  At least six people are killed and dozens injured in Afghanistan as protests spread over the burning of the Koran at a US airbase near Kabul.
• Somalia militants lose key town
  Ethiopian and Somali troops capture Baidoa, a strategic stronghold of al-Shabab Islamist militants, as the UN approves extra African Union troops for Somalia.
• More bodies from Concordia found
  Search teams in Italy find eight more bodies in the wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia which capsized on 13 January as the inquiry spreads.
• EU court to rule on Acta legality
  A controversial anti-piracy agreement is to be referred to the EU's highest court due to concerns surrounding internet freedoms.
• Greek MPs consider bailout laws
  Protests take place outside parliament in Greece, as MPs consider emergency laws after a 130bn-euro bailout deal.
• Strauss-Kahn released by police
  Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn is released after two days of questioning over an alleged prostitution ring but will be quizzed again next month.
• Germany criticised for castration
  Europe's top human rights watchdog, the Council of Europe, urges Germany to end the practice of surgically castrating sex offenders.
• South Sudan expels oil firm boss
  South Sudan expels the head of a Chinese and Malaysian-owned oil firm following its investigation into Khartoum's "theft" of oil worth $815m (£518m).