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An arbitration court in The Hague orders the British government to pay $650 million to Iran for an arms deal cancelled following the Iranian Revolution . (Ha'aretz ) (Press TV) (ABC News)
55 people are killed and 85 injured after clashes between Arab nomads from the Darfur region of Sudan and the Southern Sudan army . (Al Jazeera) (BBC) (AFP)
An inquiry is launched as at least 80 schoolgirls in different Kunduz schools are poisoned this week; the Taliban , opposed to female education, denies any knowledge. (BBC) (Japan Today) (Reuters)
Zhou Qiang succeeds Zhang Chunxian as the provincial party secretary of Hunan Province in China. (China Daily) At least five people are killed and 20 others are injured by a bomb blast at a cafe in the Ethiopian town of Adi Haro . (Al Jazeera)
Israeli police clash with Palestinian protesters objecting to an "extremely provocative" march by settlers in Silwan in East Jerusalem , calling for the removal of Palestinians who live in the area. (Al Jazeera) Hungary 's Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union wins a historic two-thirds general election victory , according to second round results. (BBC) (CBC) (The Daily Telegraph ) Heinz Fischer wins the Austrian presidential election, 2010 . (Al Jazeera) (CBC) (The Irish Times ) Nearly 100,000 people rally in Okinawa , Japan , demanding the removal of an American base from the island. (Kyoto) (Washington Post ) (China Daily )
Thousands of people rally in Beirut to ask for the separation of religion and state in Lebanon . (Al Jazeera)
A huge fire destroys hundreds of homes and leaves thousands homeless in Quezon City , Philippines . (ABS-CBN News) (BBC)
The Ladies in White are stopped from marching in Havana but stand silently instead. (BBC) (The Miami Herald )
Cuba 's Speaker of the Parliament Ricardo Alarcón challenges the United States to lift its 48-year embargo on the island "even for a year" if it believes it profits from it as Hillary Rodham Clinton has suggested. (euronews) (Press TV) (Channel News Asia) Iranian Minister for Foreign Affairs Manouchehr Mottaki meets the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna and says Iran remains interested in a nuclear fuel swap drafted by the United Nations . (Al Jazeera) (Press TV) (Xinhua) London Marathon :
Pope Benedict XVI and his upcoming visit to Britain:
South African President Jacob Zuma announces that he is HIV -negative in an effort to promote AIDS awareness. (BBC) (China Post ) (France24) (News24)
Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan reveals he has cirrhosis of the liver . (BBC) (CBC) (The Straits Times ) (The Times ) Professor Stephen Hawking warns humans about the dangers of contacting extra-terrestrials. (BBC) (Fox News) (The Hindu ) (Sky News) (The Sunday Times ) The first passenger flight between Iraq and the United Kingdom in two decades touches down at London Gatwick Airport , nine days overdue because of volcanic ash problems . (BBC)
