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Your week in pictures

Sun, 2013-10-06 04:38
A selection of the photos you have been sending

Face blindness: Seeing but not seeing

Sun, 2013-10-06 04:25
What is it like to live with face blindness?

O'Sullivan 'pushed luck' with drugs

Sun, 2013-10-06 04:24
Five-time world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan feared being caught by drug testers and "pushed his luck" between events.

Military honours for female winchman

Sun, 2013-10-06 04:23
Sgt Rachael Robinson, the only female winchman in the RAF, is among more than 100 people recognised in the latest round of military honours.

Vettel nears title with Korea win

Sun, 2013-10-06 04:03
Sebastian Vettel dominates the Korean Grand Prix to put himself on the brink of a fourth consecutive world championship.

VIDEO: Can India's harvest help economy?

Sun, 2013-10-06 03:53
Sameer Hashmi reports on how India is hoping for a good harvest to boost the country's wider economy.

VIDEO: Balloon fiesta for Albuquerque skies

Sun, 2013-10-06 03:39
Albuquerque is hosting its annual International Balloon Fiesta, which saw 550 hot air balloons take-off together.

Nato soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Sun, 2013-10-06 03:22
Four soldiers with international forces in southern Afghanistan are killed, reportedly by a roadside bomb.

China schools seek to nip young love in the bud

Sun, 2013-10-06 02:43
How some Chinese schools are trying to nip young love in the bud

Assad 'views Germany as mediator'

Sun, 2013-10-06 00:50
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad raises the possibility of Germany acting as a mediator to try to end his country's 30-month-long civil war.

VIDEO: Snow storms hit central US states

Sat, 2013-10-05 22:45
Blizzards have covered large parts of South Dakota and Wyoming in a heavy layer of snow, closing airports and making roads dangerous.

VIDEO: Olympic flame handed to Russia

Sat, 2013-10-05 22:41
The Olympic flame has ended its relay around Greece and has been handed over to the hosts of the 2014 winter Games, Russia.

Tory's pressure on PM over EU vote

Sat, 2013-10-05 21:59
A Tory MP touted as a future party leader says he will try to force the government to hold an early referendum on whether Britain should leave the EU.

Recovering from the Westgate attack

Sat, 2013-10-05 21:20
Nairobi's businesses 'resilient' in wake of Westgate attack

Venezuela to tackle travel scammers

Sat, 2013-10-05 21:08
Venezuela's government plans to use fingerprint machines to check passengers at its borders and prevent a popular travel scam known as "the scrape".

Taliban profit from illicit uniform sales

Sat, 2013-10-05 20:58
How the Taliban access army uniforms and fake IDs with ease

Audio slideshow: Turmoil in Egypt

Sat, 2013-10-05 20:26
A photographer's story of upheaval in Egypt, in sound and pictures

Police 'struggling' with abuse cases

Sat, 2013-10-05 20:20
Figures compiled by the BBC show an increase in allegations of historic child abuse have coincided with a reduction in the number of arrests being made.

The heat-seeking snake that locks on to headlamps

Sat, 2013-10-05 20:19
The heat-seeking snake that locks on to headlamps

Gove pressed over Muslim free school

Sat, 2013-10-05 19:26
Labour asks the education secretary to explain what checks his department have carried out on the Al-Madinah Muslim free school.

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