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United KingdomTemperatures are plummeting across the UK with widespread ice forecast to cause dangerous driving conditions.
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AngolaTwo men accused of involvement in the deadly attack on Togo's football team ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations in January go on trial in Angola.
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EgyptChristian minorities in the Muslim World are coming under severe pressure and especially in Egypt, where an estimated tenth of the population is faithful to the Coptic Orthodox Church.
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United StatesOfficials in Oklahoma execute a prison inmate using a drug cocktail that includes for the first time a sedative typically used to put down animals.
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United StatesDemocrats in the US Senate abandon a fight over a government spending bill combining close to $1.3tn of unfinished budget proposals.
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Afghanistan, United StatesUS President Barack Obama hails "significant progress" in the war in Afghanistan but says it remains "a very difficult endeavour".
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SwedenWikileaks founder Julian Assange says a "smear campaign" is being mounted against him, and vows to continue disclosing material on his website.
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JapanJapanese police arrest a man after a knife attack outside a train station that left at least 13 people injured.
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FranceForensic experts have identified an embalmed head passed between private collectors for centuries as belonging to King Henri IV of France, assassinated in 1610.
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Germany, JapanJapan is marking 150 years of friendship with Germany by hosting a traditional Christmas market.
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BelarusOpposition parties fearing electoral fraud in Belarus's election have called on their supporters to protest publicly if current President Alexander Lukashenko wins.
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IndiaMaoist rebels kill seven villagers in India's West Bengal state, police say.
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North KoreaWomen and North Korea defectors keen to boost South Korean army
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IndiaA subsidiary of the Vedanta mining group in India has cleared forest land apparently in violation of Supreme Court orders, the BBC learns.
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United KingdomAbout 9% of boys in England - up to 15% in some areas - starts secondary school with, at best, the reading skills of a typical seven-year-old, data shows.
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United StatesCalifornia approves the first US carbon-trading scheme, aimed at cutting greenhouse emissions by allowing firms to buy and sell polluting permits.
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United KingdomThe continuing financial problems in the eurozone pose a threat to UK banks, the Bank of England warns.
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QatarFifa boss Sepp Blatter says sorry for suggesting gay football fans should "refrain from sexual activity" if they go to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
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AustraliaMitchell Johnson produces a devastating display of swing bowling as Australia roar back into Ashes contention on day two of a riveting Perth Test, establishing a 200-run lead over England.
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United StatesStrong software sales to new customers help to boost US technology giant Oracle's profits in the three months to the end of November.
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QatarFifa president Sepp Blatter gives his backing to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar being rescheduled to winter.
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Australia, United KingdomAustralia lead England by exactly 200 after reaching 119-3 in their second innings after day two of the third Test in Perth, after Mitchell Johnson takes 6-38.
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United Kingdom, United StatesShares in UK pharmaceutical AstraZeneca drop 5% after US regulators further delay approval of its heart drug Brilinta.
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United StatesThe coffin of John F Kennedy's assassin Lee Harvey Oswald sells at auction in the US for almost $90,000.
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United StatesVeteran US broadcaster Larry King presents the final edition of his long-running CNN talk show after 25 years with the cable news channel.
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United StatesOnline stores that sell fake drugs or pills without prescriptions are being targeted by the US government.
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Belgium, United KingdomThe UK joins forces with France and Germany to demand an EU spending freeze - but critics say the PM should have pushed for a budget cut and reforms.
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Thailand, United StatesA US diplomatic cable obtained by Wikileaks says three influential Thai figures expressed concern about the crown prince becoming king.
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United KingdomThe government has announced it is scrapping a target for ambulances in England to get to less urgent 999 calls within 19 minutes.
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GermanyGerman business confidence hits a fresh post-reunification high as strong exports continue to drive the country's recovery.
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South KoreaThe first female students in South Korea to be allowed on to their college's officer training programme - part of the military's aim to double the number of women in its ranks.
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KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan has a new parliamentary coalition following weeks of political wrangling, after elections failed to produce an outright winner.
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United StatesWhy Mexico's drug war is being fought with American guns
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ChinaJapan makes sweeping changes to its national defence policies, boosting forces to counter the rise of China and the threat of North Korea.
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NigeriaA group of Nigeria's powerful governors say they will back President Goodluck Jonathan for next year's elections - seen as a major boost to his campaign.
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Japan, ChinaJapan has unveiled sweeping changes to its national defence polices, boosting its southern forces in response to neighbouring China's military rise.
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UkraineSeveral Ukrainian opposition MPs are injured after a parliament brawl in which chairs were thrown.
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Czech RepublicRangers face Sporting Lisbon in the last 32 of the Europa League, while Manchester City play Aris Salonika and Liverpool play Sparta Prague.
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United Kingdom, United StatesUS comedian Jerry Seinfeld is to play a one-off show in the UK next year, his first on these shores since 1998.
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ZimbabweZimbabwe president Robert Mugabe has hinted that elections could be held in the first three months of 2011, even though the referendum on a new constitution is yet to be finalised.
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United KingdomEngland batsman Ian Bell says the tourists need early wickets on Saturday to get back into the third Ashes Test.
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IrelandCredit rating agency Moody's makes a sharp cut in its rating of the Republic of Ireland and says more downgrades could follow.
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DenmarkArsenal face Barcelona in the last 16 of the Champions League, while Tottenham take on AC Milan, Manchester United play Marseille and Chelsea meet FC Copenhagen.
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Poland, 
RussiaPolish PM Donald Tusk says a draft report into a catastrophic plane crash which killed Poland's president in April is "unacceptable".
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Zimbabwe, United Kingdom, United StatesZimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe says his country will nationalise US and UK companies in the country unless Western sanctions are removed.
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IndiaBollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan is unveiled as the host of Zor Ka Jhatka, the new Indian version of the obstacle course reality show Wipeout.
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France, 
ChileFourteen officials from Gen Pinochet's military regime in Chile are sentenced to prison for between 15 years and life in their absence in a French court.
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IraqThe UN says thousands of Iraqi Christians are fleeing central provinces for the relative safety of the northern Kurdish region after a deadly church attack.
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United StatesWikileaks founder Julian Assange says the US is conducting an "aggressive" and "illegal" investigation into him and his whistle-blowing website.
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India, United StatesThe Red Cross told US diplomats about widespread torture of prisoners in Indian-administered Kashmir, according to cables obtained by Wikileaks.
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Pakistan, ChinaChinese Premier Wen Jiabao begins an official visit to Pakistan aimed at boosting trade and investment.
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South Korea, North KoreaRussia summons South Korean and US envoys to express "deep concern" about upcoming live-fire military exercises on an island shelled by North Korea last month.
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GhanaGhana's Asamoah Gyan is crowned 2010 BBC African Footballer of the Year, beating Dede Ayew, Samuel Eto'o, Yaya Toure and Didier Drogba.
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ItalySome of Rome's most famous fountains have turned to ice amid sub zero temperatures in the Italian capital.
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Nigeria, United StatesNigeria drops a bribery case against former US Vice-President Dick Cheney after an out-of-court deal with the energy firm he used to head, officials say.
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South Africa, IndiaJacques Kallis smashes his 38th career Test century as South Africa take complete control on day two of the first Test against India in Centurion.
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Belgium, ItalyAn attempt to show live tweets on giant screens at an EU summit in Brussels is hijacked by critics of Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi.
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United KingdomA temporary cap on the number of skilled workers from outside the EU allowed into the UK was introduced "unlawfully", the High Court rules.
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United KingdomSir Paul McCartney performs an intimate lunchtime gig at the 100 Club on London's Oxford Street, a historic music venue threatened with closure.
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United States, 
MexicoThe BBC's Steve Kingstone follows the route of the gun traffickers from the US to Mexico.
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MexicoA Mexican mother who campaigned for justice for her murdered daughter is shot dead in the northern state of Chihuahua.
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Pakistan, United StatesNearly 60 people die in a series of rare attacks by US drones in Pakistan's Khyber region, as the CIA withdraws its top spy from the country.
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HaitiThe United Nations sets up an independent panel to investigate the source of cholera in Haiti, after claims it was introduced by UN peacekeepers.
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United StatesLos Angeles police expect to hear from up to 1,000 women after releasing photographs retrieved from the house of the accused "grim sleeper".
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United KingdomBlizzards and widespread ice in many parts of the UK are causing considerable disruption, with more wintry weather forecast for the weekend.
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United StatesUS boxer Floyd Mayweather Junior faces battery charges after being arrested and freed without bail in Las Vegas.
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ArgentinaManchester City football administrator Brian Marwood says he expects captain Carlos Tevez to continue playing for the club until 2014
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RussiaA Russian Soyuz spacecraft docks with the International Space Station, delivering three new astronauts for the orbiting laboratory.
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Zimbabwe, United Kingdom, United StatesZimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe says his country will nationalise all US and UK companies operating in the country unless Western sanctions are removed.
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United KingdomOntario's top court raises the sentence of a man convicted of participating in an al-Qaeda-inspired plot to bomb British targets in 2004.
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RussiaA Russian Soyuz capsule has docked with the International Space station delivering a multinational crew for a five month stay.
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VenezuelaVenezuela's parliament grants wider powers to President Hugo Chavez for 18 months, but his critics say it is a move towards dictatorship.
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United StatesUS President Barack Obama signs into law a tax compromise agreed with the Republicans, averting a rise in income tax for millions of Americans.
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Sri Lanka, United StatesUS diplomatic cables leaked by Wikileaks criticise both the government of Sri Lanka and the now defeated Tamil Tiger rebels of abuses during the civil war.
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United States, MexicoUS officials investigate the crash of a Mexican drone in a residential neighbourhood in the border town of El Paso in Texas.
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United StatesAmerican musician and artist Don Van Vliet, best known by the stage name Captain Beefheart, has died aged 69.
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TurkeyOne person is missing after a cargo ship crashed into coastal rocks in Turkey on Friday.
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IraqThe BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse reports on living with "scars" of sectarian violence in Iraq.
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