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'Noisy' Buenos Aires tops study
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 0:00related countries:
Argentinarelated places: Buenos Aires
The Argentine capital of Buenos Aires is the noisiest city in Latin America, and the fourth loudest in the world, a study finds.
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South American Way
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 0:01related countries:
United StatesWhat will Latin America's economic direction be in 2011?
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Cold sea cows flee to power plant
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 0:01related countries:
MexicoManatees - large aquatic mammals sometimes called sea-cows - are fleeing the unseasonable cold in the Gulf of Mexico, opting for the warm waters of power plant discharge canals.
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Line of fire
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 0:14related countries:
PhilippinesFacing deadly risks as a Philippine journalist
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Rollercoaster year
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 0:26related countries:
ChileThe 12 months Chile will never forget
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England seal win to retain Ashes
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 1:01related countries:
Australiarelated places: Melbourne
England win the fourth Test in Melbourne to retain the Ashes for the first time in 24 years with a match to spare.
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Fire ravages US apartment block
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 1:14related countries:
United Statesrelated places: Union City
A fast-moving fire has ripped through a three-storey apartment building in Union City, New Jersey in the US.
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Australia v England - 4th Test day four as it happened
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 1:51related countries:
United Kingdom, Australia, 
ArubaEngland retain the Ashes after beating Australia by an innings and 157 runs in the fourth Test in Melbourne.
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Skiers hurt in US chair lift derailment
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 1:57related countries:
United Statesrelated places: Maine, Sugarloaf
Several skiers in the US state of Maine were injured after falling up to 30ft (9m) on to a ski slope when a chair lift derailed at Sugarloaf resort.
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US skiers hurt after lift derails
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 1:59related countries:
United Statesrelated places: Maine
Several skiers in the US state of Maine are injured after falling up to 30ft (9m) on to a ski slope when a chair lift derailed.
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US struggles after snow storms
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 2:24related countries:
United Statesrelated places: Christmas
The north-eastern US tries to get back to normal after blizzards left tens of thousands of passengers stranded and many people without power.
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Cuba commutes last death sentence
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 2:29related countries:
CubaCuba's Supreme Tribunal commutes the sentence of Humberto Eladio Real, the country's last death row inmate, a rights group says.
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Strauss demands Ashes series win
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 2:33related countries:
United Kingdomrelated places: Melbourne
England captain Andrew Strauss urges his side to win the Ashes series after retaining the urn in Melbourne.
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Harris ruled out for three months
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 4:35related countries:
United Kingdom, AustraliaAustralia paceman Ryan Harris will miss the one-day series against England and the World Cup after suffering a stress fracture of the ankle.
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Fireworks explosion at Peruvian market
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 4:37related countries:
PeruSeven police officers are injured in an explosion as they try to confiscate illegal fireworks from vendors in a Peruvian street market.
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Colombia drug lord 'may be dead'
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 4:44related countries:
ColombiaColombian police say they may have killed one of the country's top drugs traffickers, Pedro Guerrero Castillo.
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Home birth
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 4:49related countries:
NetherlandsControversy over where to give birth in The Netherlands
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Ice sculptures impress in Germany
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 5:17related countries:
GermanyA giant snail and flying swans made from ice are impressing crowds at an ice sculpture festival in Roevershagen, northern Germany.
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China to cut rare earths exports
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 8:42related countries:
ChinaChina says it will reduce the quantity of rare earth minerals - vital for many electronic goods - it exports by 10%.
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China media death 'needs probing'
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 9:31related countries:
Chinarelated places: Xinjiang
The death of a Chinese journalist in Xinjiang in suspicious circumstances must be investigated, media rights groups say.
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South Korea backs talks on crisis
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 9:37related countries:
North KoreaThere is no choice but to try to dismantle North Korea's nuclear programme via diplomacy, says South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak.
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China acts on zoo animal abuses
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 9:42related countries:
ChinaChina closes seven zoos and chastises 53 others for mistreating animals used in performances.
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Swine flu kills 22 in Sri Lanka
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 10:06related countries:
Sri LankaAt least 22 people die in the past two months from swine flu in Sri Lanka, officials say.
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Musician on a mission
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 10:07related countries:
IsraelIsraeli Idan Raichel on the power of music in the Middle East
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France marks kidnap anniversary
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 10:54related countries:
Afghanistan, 
Francerelated places: Arc
Images of two French journalists held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan are projected onto the Arc de Triomphe on the anniversary of their capture.
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China corruption 'still serious'
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 11:40related countries:
ChinaChina says its corruption problem is 'still very serious' and sets out new measures to tackle it in a government report.
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German call for airport profiling
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 12:03related countries:
Israel, GermanyGermany's incoming airports chief calls for Israeli-style passenger profiling in a move rejected by the justice minister.
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Danes trapped by snow on Bornholm
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 12:22related countries:
DenmarkDeep snow traps thousands of people in their homes on the Danish island of Bornholm, but extra snowploughs have now arrived.
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40,000 struggle in water crisis
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 12:31related countries:
United KingdomAbout 40,000 people across Northern Ireland struggle to cope without water as officials warn the crisis could continue for several days.
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Police chief killed in north Iraq
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 12:32related countries:
Iraqrelated places: Mosul
Suicide bombers attack a police battalion in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, killing the commander, officials say.
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Floods hit north-east Australia
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 12:34related countries:
AustraliaAbout 1,000 people are evacuated as the worst flooding in decades wreaks havoc across north-eastern Australia.
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Israeli diamond trader expelled
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 13:08related countries:
IsraelAn Israeli trader is expelled from the country's diamond exchange after being accused of "blood diamond" smuggling.
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Angola jails man for Togo attack
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 13:12related countries:
Togo, 
AngolaAn Angolan court sentences a man to 24 years in jail for the deadly attack on Togo's football team in January.
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In pictures
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 13:15related countries:
RussiaEx-tycoon Khodorkovsky faces off with Russian justice
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Danes hold four 'in cartoon plot'
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 13:30related countries:
DenmarkFour men are arrested in Denmark for a suspected plot to attack a newspaper which published Prophet Muhammad cartoons, police say.
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Flu cases rise again, GPs report
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 14:24related countries:
United KingdomFlu cases have risen again in England and Wales, but have not reached epidemic levels, according to figures from GPs.
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False alarm at US Vatican embassy
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 14:41related countries:
United Statesrelated places: Vatican
A suspicious package causes an alert at the US embassy in the Vatican, but proves to be just stationery.
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Afghan hospital chief is sacked
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 14:51related countries:
Afghanistanrelated places: Kabul
The head of military hospitals in Afghanistan is sacked by the defence ministry, accused of neglecting soldiers wounded in a Kabul suicide bombing.
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Russian satellites space sackings
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 14:53related countries:
Russia, United StatesRussia's President Dmitry Medvedev fires two space officials over a failed rocket launch that resulted in the loss of three satellites. It causes a set back for the country's efforts to rival to the US Global Positioning System (GPS).
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India beat SA to set up decider
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 14:53related countries:
South Africa, 
Indiarelated places: Durban
India beat South Africa by 87 runs in Durban to level the three-match series at 1-1.
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Comoros islanders pick new leader
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 14:54related countries:
ComorosResidents of the coup-ridden Comoros islands elect the ruling party's Ikililou Dhoinine as the new president, the electoral commission announces.
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Hamilton Accies v Aberdeen - latest
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 14:54related countries:
Bermuda, United Kingdomrelated places: Hamilton, Aberdeen
Live text coverage of Wednesday's game between Hamilton and Aberdeen in the Scottish Premier League.
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Pakistan leader in 'crisis talks'
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 14:57related countries:
PakistanThe Pakistani president meets a senior member of the MQM party following its decision to withdraw two ministers from the federal cabinet.
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Indian banker 'steals millions'
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 15:34related countries:
IndiaA Citibank employee in India is accused of fraudulently stealing millions of dollars from wealthy individual and corporate clients.
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Kazakh MPs vote to scrap election
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 16:22related countries:
KazakhstanKazakhstan's parliament has backed a plan to scrap the next two presidential elections, allowing Nursultan Nazarbayev to stay in power until 2020.
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Putin scolds transport officials
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 16:54related countries:
Russiarelated places: Moscow
Russian PM Vladimir Putin tells officials to work over the New Year holiday to get Moscow's airports back to normal.
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Iranian bomb 'three years away'
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 17:03related countries:
Israel, 
IranIran's nuclear programme has been hit by technical problems, and it could be still three years from making a nuclear bomb, a senior Israeli official says.
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Colleagues mourn BBC's Hanrahan
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 17:16related countries:
United Kingdomrelated places: London
The funeral of former BBC correspondent Brian Hanrahan, who recently died of cancer, is held in north London.
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Poland's Jaruzelski in hospital
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 17:23related countries:
PolandGen Wojciech Jaruzelski, Poland's last Communist leader, is taken to hospital suffering from pneumonia, Polish media say.
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Avalanche kills man on snowmobile
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 17:35related countries:
Canada, United KingdomAn avalanche in Canada's British Columbia province has killed a man who was out on a snowmobile with family members, police say.
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Anger over slow blizzard clean-up
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 18:17related countries:
United Statesrelated places: New York
Anger is mounting in New York and New Jersey over the slow pace of snow removal following major storms which brought the region to a halt.
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'Winds' blamed for ski lift crash
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 18:23related countries:
United Statesrelated places: Maine
Investigators in the US state of Maine say high winds were primarily responsible for the derailment of a ski lift that injured several people.
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S African poultry makers 'racist'
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 18:28related countries:
South AfricaRecycling chickens past their best-before dates and selling them on to shops serving black communities is 'racist', a South African politician says.
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Canadians face big UAE visa fees
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 18:38related countries:
United Arab EmiratesThe United Arab Emirates is to charge Canadians up to $1,000 for visas, amid a row over airline landing rights.
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Live - Scottish football
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 18:45related countries:
Bermuda, 
Isle of Man, United Kingdomrelated places: Hamilton, Aberdeen
Four Scottish Premier League matches survive the freeze after Aberdeen beat Hamilton in the early kick-off at New Douglas Park.
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China 'to tackle corruption'
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 19:04related countries:
ChinaChina says its corruption problem is 'still very serious' and sets out new measures to tackle it in a government report.
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Taliban given new start for new year
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 19:11related countries:
Pakistanrelated places: Taliban
Dozens of former Taliban are being released from detention in Pakistan to spend the new year with their families.
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Danish police foil terror plot
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 21:30related countries:
DenmarkAuthorities in Denmark have arrested five men suspected of planning an attack the offices of the newspaper which printed a 2005 cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed.
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Australia's 'worst floods in half century'
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 21:59related countries:
AustraliaAustralia's north-east region is facing severe floods which have forced 1,000 people out of their homes.
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Sudan calls time on Darfur talks
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 22:09related countries:
SudanSudan will withdraw from peace talks with Darfur rebels if no deal is reached by Thursday, President Omar Bashir says.
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Falklands oil setback for Desire
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 22:10related countries:
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)Shares in Desire Petroleum fall sharply again after another disappointment over the firm's oil exploration off the Falkland Islands.
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Perez burial dispute 'resolved'
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 22:10related countries:
Venezuela, United Statesrelated places: Florida, Perez
The mistress of Venezuelan ex-President Carlos Andres Perez says she will not now contest plans to have him buried in his homeland.
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Soldier killed by explosion named
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 22:48related countries:
AfghanistanA soldier killed in an explosion in Afghanistan as he helped to clear an area of bombs is named as Warrant Officer Class 2 Charlie Wood.
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'No Anorexia' model dies aged 28
Wednesday 29th of December 2010, 22:53related countries:
FranceFrench model Isabelle Caro, who gained worldwide publicity posing nude for an anti-anorexia campaign while suffering from the illness, dies at 28.
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