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Weather Watch: The Latest UK Forecast
It will be a largely dry, clear and cool night, although there'll be outbreaks of rain for parts of Ireland and Scotland.

Stars pay tribute to Our 'Enry
Tributes flooded in tonight for boxing legend Sir Henry Cooper, a sporting "hero and gentleman", who died at the age of 76.

Coalition seeks to weather AV rows
David Cameron and Nick Clegg have insisted the coalition will weather increasingly bitter clashes over electoral reform as the campaign entered its final stretch.

Venice turns to floating barriers to fight floods
VENICE (AFP) - Flood-prone Venice has launched an ambitious plan to build mobile barriers at the mouth of its lagoon to protect the city from rising sea levels.

Syrian tanks shell Deraa, storm mosque - residents 
AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian forces backed by tanks shelled parts of Deraa and stormed a mosque on Saturday, trying to quell resistance in the southern city at the heart of an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, residents said.

Syria tanks shell Deraa, forces storm mosque - residents 
AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian forces backed by tanks shelled parts of Deraa and stormed a mosque on Saturday, residents said, trying to quell resistance in the city at the heart of an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.

Sunny April sets weather records
The past month has been the warmest April in central England since records began more than 350 years ago, weather experts have revealed.

Westwood off pace as rain stops Ballantine's golf
ICHEON, South Korea (AFP) - Lee Westwood battled to hold on to his position as golf's world number one on Saturday as a thunderstorm forced an early halt to the third round of the Ballantine's Championship.

Flood-hit Australian city launches ferry terminal design contest
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's third-largest city will run an international competition for a "cutting-edge" design to replace ferry terminals lost during devastating floods earlier this year, government officials said on Saturday.

Obama heads to tornado-hit U.S. South to back recovery 
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama (Reuters) - Rescuers in the tornado-ravaged U.S. South searched through debris for survivors and bodies on Friday ahead of a visit by President Barack Obama to the state worst hit by the disaster that killed 310 people.

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