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2 June 2012 Last updated at 06:58 ET

Mubarak jailed for protest deathsFormer Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is seen in the courtroom at his trial in Cairo, 2 June 2012.

A court in Egypt sentences ex-President Hosni Mubarak to life in prison for complicity in the killing of demonstrators in last year's Arab Spring uprising.


Helen JohnstonAid workers freed in Afghanistan

Four aid workers kidnapped in north-eastern Afghanistan last month are freed in a "breathtaking" operation by Nato special forces.

The US Navy's USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier in Hong Kong waters on 27 December 2011US warships in Pacific relocation

Defence chief Leon Panetta gives the first details of America's new naval strategy in Asia, saying most US warships will be based in the Pacific by 2020.

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