World News in Pictures

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Thousands of devotees belonging to the Church of Christ gather for a religious rally in Rizal Park in Manila, Philippines.



Men in traditional costumes dance and play music as they celebrate the upcoming Iranian New Year, called Haji Firouz, in Tehran.

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Davy Jones of The Monkees dies aged 66





Davy Jones, Manchester-born lead singer with 60s band The Monkees, has died aged 66, his publicist has confirmed.

He died in his sleep at his home in Florida. His publicist, Deborah Robicheau, said he had had a massive heart attack.

Brought together for a US TV series in 1966, Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork hits included Daydream Believer and I'm a Believer.

Jones was married three times and had four daughters.

The Monkees' TV show was popular in both the US and the UK, and the band had four number one albums in a 13-month period.

They were famous for their clean-cut image and were marketed as the American answer to The Beatles, notching up nine top 40 hits

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Greeks protesting outside Parliament in Athens



A member of North Sudan's national weightlifting team in training for the Olympics

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A policeman pours fuel over 4,200 kg of narcotics in Afghanistan before setting them on fire

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Syria divided



The funeral of a dead protester takes place



The injured British photo journalist Paul Conroy escaped to Lebanon to receive medical treatment



The Syrian ambassador at the UN Human Rights Council walks out after accusing countries of 'inciting sectarianism'

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Deadly tornadoes rip through American midwest

A powerful storm system that produced multiple reports of tornadoes lashed the midwest early Wednesday, laying waste to small towns in Illinois, Kansas and Missouri. At least 13 people were killed in the storms that ripped roofs off homes, ravaged buildings and left debris scattered everywhere



Gene Byrd pauses for a moment while he and his son Devyn Byrd, 14, look over some of the damage sustained to a friend's house after a severe storm hit in the early morning hours on Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, in Harrisrbug, Illinois.









Windows are blown out of a Hilton hotel in downtown Branson.

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Chianocco, Italy: Riot police stand guard during a sit-in protest against the construction of a high-speed train line that will link Turin and Lyon



Dakar, Senegal: Supporters of the presidential candidate Macky Sall attack and beat a supporter of the incumbent president, Abdoulaye Wade

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Mexico City, Mexico: An activist hangs a placard from a sculpture of Mexican hero Leonardo Bravo during a campaign called Breathing Shouldn't Be Something For Heroes, drawing attention to the problems of pollution



Whitley Bay, England: American artist Yvette Mattern's Global Rainbow, which celebrates Martin Luther King Day, lights up the north-east coastline to herald the 2012 Olympic Games



Tehran, Iran: Iranians pray next to the graves of their loved ones at the Beheshte Zahra cemetery

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Gary Speed Memorial Match

It's an emotional night at Cardiff City Stadium where Wales take on Costa Rica in a match that is being held in honour of Wales former manager Gary Speed










The Wales team with line up with Gary Speed's sons Thomas and Edward



The sister of Gary Speed, Lesley Haylock, is seen embracing her and Gary's mother Carol



The Wales team during the minute's applause for Speed






Gary Speed's father Roger hugs his grandsons



The emotion of the occasion can be seen in the eyes of Wales' new manager, Chris Coleman.

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Sam Ricketts wears the nickname of Gary Speed on his boot.



It's a bad start to the match for the home side when in the 6th minute Joel Campbell puts the visitors into the lead after a superb one-two with the captain Bryan Ruiz






Wales fans sing "shoes off for Gary Speed".



Keylor Navas prays before the second half. A great save by Costa Rica's goalkeeper kept out Hal Robson-Kanu's shot. Wales went close on a number of other occasions including when Steve Morison hit the bar with a header and when Robert Earnshaw had a goal disallowed for offside. However they were unable to pull a goal back and the impressive visitors held on for a 1-0 win

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Ohio school shooting tragedy - more pics



An Ohio State highway patrol helicopter leaves the grounds of Chardon High School as students leave the area in Chardon, Ohio February 27, 2012. A 17-year-old student suspected of a shooting rampage at an Ohio high school that killed three teenagers and wounded two others has confessed to opening fire on students he chose at random, prosecutors said.



Suspect TJ Lane is escorted into the Geauga County Courthouse Annex by Sheriff deputies for his court appearance in Chardon, Ohio February 28, 2012, after shooting and killing three students and wounding two others at Chardon High School.

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Cyclist Adam Flint, attached to a bungee rope, pedals off the Garry Bridge near Pitlochry, in Scotland February 28, 2012. The stunt was aimed to promote cycling in Highland Perthshire



Bodies of two who were killed after a heavy shelling by government forces are covered with a mat in Sermeen near the northern city of Idlib February 28, 2012.



Workers receive screening as they return to the J-Village off-site centre after leaving Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)'s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture February 28, 2012. Members of the foreign media were allowed into the plant on Tuesday ahead of the first anniversary of the March 11, 2011 tsunami and earthquake which triggered the world's worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl



Policemen keep watch during a protest rally organised by various trade unions in Mumbai, February 28, 2012. Millions of workers of all political hues will go on strike across the country on Tuesday to express their anger at soaring prices and to back demands for improved rights for employees, trade unions and political activists said.

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Miners, who are on strike, wait for suspended ANC Youth League President Julius Malema to address them outside the Impala platinum mine in Rustenburg, 120 km (75 miles) northwest of Johannesburg, February 28 2012. South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) urged its members on Monday to accept an offer by Impala Platinum to rehire miners at its Rustenburg operation, the scene of a violent illegal strike that has pushed platinum prices higher.



Police officer Vinicius Figueiredo, son of navy officer Carlos Alberto Vieira Figueiredo, cries as he walks past by coffin of navy sargeant Roberto Lopes dos Santos, who also died in a blaze at the Brazilian Antarctic Station "Comandante Ferraz", during a funeral ceremony for Figueiredo and Lopes dos Santos at a military base in Rio de Janeiro February 28, 2012. The fire broke out at Brazil's research station in Antarctica on February 25, killing two navy personnel and forcing the evacuation by helicopter of about 40 other people, the government said. A third navy member was injured but stable after the fire, which broke out in a building housing power generators at the Comandante Ferraz base, the navy said in a statement.



A woman holds a son of Mohamed Ammar, who was killed by Syrian Army, next to his body during his funeral in Al Qusayr February 28, 2012. Syrian forces shelled an opposition stronghold in Hama province, killing 20 people, on Tuesday and hit rebel-held parts of Homs, activists said, as two wounded foreign journalists trapped in the city were reported to have been smuggled safely to Lebanon.

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Lindsey Kidd surveys storm damage to her boyfriend's parents' home in Puxico, Mo



Relatives of Nazir Ahmad Sheikh cry during his funeral in Srinagar, India. Sheikh, who was facing charges of kidnapping and rape, complained of uneasiness while in jail and was shifted to a hospital where doctors later declared him dead. Family members allege he was killed in custody

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People wearing traditional Korean costumes celebrate March First Independence Movement Day in Cheonan, South Korea. The event comemmorates the anniversary of the 1919 uprising against Japanese colonial rule.



A hotel worker tries to put out a fire during a protest by students against cuts in education funding in Barcelona, Spain



A protester with the Occupy movement sits in his makeshift shelter at a camp in Finsbury Square in London



Rescuers search for victims after an avalanche near Col de la Croix mountain in the Swiss Alps near Les Diablerets.



A man holds a baby upside down after feeding him some donkey milk in Mumbai, India. People believe the milk is a cure for persistent coughing



Paramilitary police officers wear their hats upside down during a drill as they prepare for the upcoming National People's Congress meeting in Beijing

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Raoul Moat victim PC David Rathband found dead at home

PC Rathband was shot by Moat as he sat in his patrol car

The police officer shot and blinded by gunman Raoul Moat has been found dead at his house in Northumberland.

The body of David Rathband, 44, was found by police at his home in Blyth on Wednesday night after officers received a report of concern for his welfare.

Police said no-one else was being sought in connection with the death.

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Craig Roy jailed for life for murder of schoolboy Jack Frew

Craig Roy slit Jack Frew's throat and stabbed him 20 times in a ferocious attack

The teenager convicted of the murder of schoolboy Jack Frew has been given a life sentence with a minimum of 18 years in custody.

Craig Roy admitted stabbing the 16-year-old 20 times and slitting his throat in woods in East Kilbride in May 2010.

Sentencing him, a judge at the High Court in Edinburgh described the attack as "brutal, sustained and merciless".

Roy, 19, claimed he had taken a knife to a meeting with Jack to "scare him".

During the trial, the court was told that Roy and Jack were classmates at Duncanrig High School in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire

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Nato says two soldiers shot dead in Afghanistan

Protests erupted in Afghanistan last week over the desecration of the Koran by US soldiers

Nato says two of its soldiers have been shot dead on a base in southern Afghanistan.

It said the shooting in Kandahar Province was carried out by an Afghan National Army service member and another attacker in civilian clothing.

But officials in Zheray district say only one man - who was on the base to teach Afghans literacy - opened fire.

Six Nato personnel have been killed since protests erupted last week over the burning of the Koran by US troops.

The Nato personnel are among more than 30 people who have died in the protests over the past week.

The BBC's Bilal Sarwary in Kabul says it is unclear how a teacher was allowed to stay on the base and have access to a weapon.

Hours earlier the head of Nato forces in Afghanistan, Gen John Allen, told the BBC that recent violence over the burning of the Koran by US soldiers was a "setback" that would be overcome.

Gen Allen said he would be willing to walk, unarmed, into the Afghan Interior Ministry in Kabul, where two Nato military advisers were shot dead on Saturday.

Last Thursday, two US soldiers were shot and killed by a man wearing Afghan army uniform during protests at a Nato base in eastern Nangarhar province.

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Midwest tornadoes - more pics



9 people have be declared dead in the aftermath of a storm that saw several tornadoes sweep across the US

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Life in Pictures: Davy Jones - R,I.P



















The band reunited in 1996 for a tour

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Lib Dem Baroness Tonge quits party over Israel remarks

Baroness Tonge said she was disappointed with Nick Clegg's response

A Liberal Democrat peer has resigned from the party after saying Israel "is not going to be there forever".

Baroness Tonge also told a university audience that the country would "reap what it's sown" in the Middle East - drawing criticism from party leader Nick Clegg and Labour's Ed Miliband.

She later resigned from the Lib Dem whip, saying the remarks had been taken "out of context".

A party spokesmen said her words had been "extremely ill-advised".

It is not the first time Baroness Tonge has had a run-in with the Lib Dem leadership.

She was sacked as a health spokeswoman in 2010 after she claimed Israeli troops sent to Haiti after the earthquake there were trafficking organs.

And, in 2004, when, as Jenny Tonge, she was still an MP, then Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy asked her to resign as children's spokeswoman after she said she "might just consider becoming" a suicide bomber if she was a Palestinian.