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The latest stories from the World section of the BBC News web site.

• Obama: EU 'must focus on growth'
  Speaking after the G8 summit, US President Obama says leaders agree that economies must focus on jobs and growth to boost recovery.
  
  
• Three killed in Italy earthquake
  A magnitude 6.0 earthquake in northern Italy kills at least three people and causes thousands of others to flee into the streets.
  
  
• Sri Lanka general to be released
  Sri Lanka's President Rajapaksa has signed papers to free his political rival General Sarath Fonseka from prison - three years after the civil war ended.
  
  
• Serbia votes for new president
  Voters in Serbia have a choice between a reformist and a nationalist as they vote for a president, months after winning EU candidate status.
  
  
• Sudan's Bashir 'ready for peace'
  After crisis talks with Sudan's Omar al-Bashir, African Union mediator Thabo Mbeki says the president is committed to security agreements with South Sudan.