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The head of the United Nations observer team for Syria have arrived there to take charge of the advance deployment. The Norwegian general, Robert Mood, and his team will have the job of monitoring a poorly observed ceasefire that's now in its third week. Jim Muir reports.

Major General Mood faces a daunting task, and he knows it. Arriving in Damascus, he said he believed the observer team he will be heading can make a difference, but he cautioned against any expectations that they alone can achieve miracles. So far there are only 30 observers now in the country. Major General Mood said that number would double in the coming days and build up rapidly to the full strength of 300. Some predictions, however, have been that it may take many weeks for that to happen as it's proving a painfully slow process.

Sudan says more than 12,000 citizens from South Sudan must leave the country within a week. The governor of White Nile state, Yousif Al-Shenbali, said their presence in Sudanese territory posed a threat to security and the environment. Sudan and South Sudan have clashed over a disputed oil-rich border area in recent weeks.

Police in Mexico are investigating the death of a journalist in the eastern state of Veracruz. Regina Martinez reported on drug trafficking for the weekly investigative news magazine Proceso. Will Grant has the details.

Regina Martinez's body was discovered in her home after a neighbour had alerted the police. There were signs of heavy blows to her face and body, the state attorney general's office said, and it appears she was asphyxiated. The governor of Veracruz has ordered what he called an exhaustive investigation into her death. Media watchdogs and human rights organisations consider Mexico to be one of the most dangerous countries in the world to be a journalist, and Regina Martinez's murder comes just days after two journalists were among 15 people killed in a shooting in a bar in Ciudad Juarez.

One of the most prominent Libyans to defect from Colonel Gaddafi's regime during the uprising last year has been found dead in Vienna. The former Oil Minister Shukri Ghanem was 69 and had been living in Europe with his family. From the Austrian capital, here's Bethany Bell.

A police spokesman, Roman Hahslinger, told the BBC that Mr Ghanem's body was found in the Danube river in Vienna early on Sunday morning, near a popular recreation area. He said the body did not appear to have been in the water very long and showed no external signs of violence. Mr Hahslinger says the cause of death was not immediately clear and an autopsy has been ordered.

The Red Cross in Pakistan says one of its British aid workers has been killed by his captors in the southwestern province of Balochistan. Doctor Khalil Rasjed Dale was abducted from the city of Quetta in January. Police said his beheaded body was found on Sunday morning along with a note which said he was killed by the Pakistani Taliban. Balochistan province is suffering from a separatist insurgency.

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Gunmen in northern Nigeria's biggest city Kano have attacked a university, killing 16 people and wounding many others. Witnesses said several attackers threw explosives at a church service on Bayero University campus. They then opened fire as worshippers fled the scene. The attack is similar to others carried out by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram.

The dominant party in Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood, says the ruling military council has agreed to reshuffle the cabinet. The state-run news agency said Islamists would be brought in. The announcement came shortly after parliament suspended work for a week in protest at the military's reluctance to sack the interim government and invite the Brotherhood to form an administration.

The English Football Association says it's approached Roy Hodgson about the national team manager's job. He's currently at West Bromwich Albion in the Premier League. The new manager will lead England to the European Championships in Ukraine and Poland. This report from Tim Franks.

This is a decision that is both in its way surprising and conservative. At 64, Roy Hodgson has enormous experience. His last tenure was a brief and unhappy six months at Liverpool, but now at West Brom with relatively meagre resources he's piloted the club to mid-table safety in the Premier League. The surprise is that ever since Fabio Capello walked from the England manager's job in February, the overwhelming favourite among the public and the pundits to take over had been the Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp.

Experts at a meeting in Bangladesh say using new technology is key to saving the critically endangered Bengal tiger. The experts from Bangladesh, India and Britain are promoting new methods, such as camera traps and collecting genetic samples from tiger excrement. They say accurate figures are crucial in understanding trends in the tiger population, but are difficult to collect through traditional methods.

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