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Swiss auction throws light on Russian royalty
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There is growing concern over the fate of a Christian woman, Aasiya Bibi, who is on death row in Pakistan for blasphemy.
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Protesters in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince have clashed with police at a demonstration, demanding the annulment of last week's presidential poll.
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A car driven by a man who had allegedly been using illegal drugs has ploughed into a team of amateur cycle racers in southern Italy, killing seven people.
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A rescue operation is under way in the Colombian city of Medellin where a number of homes have been buried under tonnes of mud.
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Judicial caning in Malaysia has reached epidemic proportions and should be banned, according to an Amnesty International report.
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A fresh round of nuclear talks between Iran and the permanent members of the UN Security Council, plus Germany, is about to start in Geneva.
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Investigators are trying to find out who clubbed 23 protected seals to death in New Zealand over a period of several days.
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Colin Firth's latest film, The King's Speech, scoops five prizes at the British Independent Film Awards while Carey Mulligan wins best actress.
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South Korea begins a nationwide live-fire military exercise, despite warnings from North Korea that the "provocative" actions could trigger a war.
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Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto makes a £2.2bn bid for Riversdale Mining, whose largest shareholder is India's Tata Steel.
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President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives is one of the most vocal advocates of urgent action against climate change. He spoke to Stephen Sackur about why he is disappointed in America and China's failure to act and make binding commitments.
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The alleged mastermind of the Mumbai attacks was running Lashkar-e-Taiba even as he was in prison in Pakistan, cables released by Wikileaks suggest.
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The bodies of two missing US balloonists have been found off the coast of Italy by a fishing boat, Italian officials say.
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A Bangladeshi-flagged cargo ship hijacked by pirates off the coast of India appears to be heading towards the Somali coast, shipping officials say.
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South Korea has begun a series of major live-fire exercises despite warnings from the North against conducting them.
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Egypt's tourism ministry calls in experts from the US and abroad to investigate the shark attacks off the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.
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Australian ex-PM Kevin Rudd said the West should be prepared to use force against China, a cable released by Wikileaks alleges.
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A long list of facilities the US considers vital to its national security is released by the whistle-blowing site Wikileaks.
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A live TV game show in Germany is halted after a stunt goes wrong and leaves a contestant severely injured.
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A poll of Afghans finds increased support for attacks against foreign forces.
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Acts including No Doubt play Beatles songs at a US gala to celebrate the work of Sir Paul McCartney and other Kennedy Center honour recipients.
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A Croatian former defence minister is sentenced to four years in jail for mismanaging state funds and abuse of power.
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A massive forest fire in northern Israel which killed 42 people has finally been extinguished, rescue officials say.
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A suicide bomb attack in the Mohmand region of north-west Pakistan leaves at least 40 people dead, local officials say.
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Every community in Britain will have access to super-fast broadband by 2015, under a new government strategy.
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Spain's prime minister says his government may extend an emergency decree it has put in place to end a 24-hour wildcat air traffic controllers' strike.
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The UN's former top climate official Yvo de Boer has accused developing countries, such as India and China, of trying to rewrite the Bali Action Plan.
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A Paris court blames US carrier Continental for the 2000 Concorde crash which killed 113, but the airline vows to appeal, describing the ruling as 'absurd'.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai has abandoned plans to dissolve private security firms working across the country, the interior ministry says.
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Afghans are more likely to support attacks on foreign troops now than at any time since 2005, a poll for the BBC suggests.
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The US, South Korea and Japan hold high-level talks in Washington on ways to deal with North Korea after its deadly attack on a Southern island.
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Kenya police arrest about 400 people in an apparent crackdown on illegal immigration in a predominantly Somali area of Nairobi.
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UK experts have recommended against a screening programme for prostate cancer, saying its potential harms would outweigh any benefits.
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Germany looks set to block moves that some eurozone partners and the IMF argue could help resolve Europe's debt crisis.
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UK banknote printer De La Rue receives a takeover approach from a French rival, Oberthur.
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Shares in Desire Petroleum fall 50% after it said a key drilling prospect off the Falklands contained mostly water, not oil.
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Kraft asks a US judge to stop Starbucks from cancelling its contract to distribute and sell Starbucks' packaged coffee.
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Officials from Turkey and Israel meet in Geneva to try to heal the diplomatic rift caused by the killing of Turkish citizens in an Israeli raid on an aid flotilla in May.
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India signs a deal to buy nuclear reactors from France, following talks between President Nicolas Sarkozy and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Delhi.
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Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho will only miss one Champions League match after his ban for improper conduct is reduced by Uefa.
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At least 19 "hard-core" criminals break out of a maximum security prison in Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, officials say.
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A British couple who witnessed the latest shark attack in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh have described the "horrendous" event.
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An Iranian cleric says opposing the supreme leader amounts to a denial of God, in an apparent attempt to silence dissent aimed at Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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Arrest warrant arrives in UK for the founder of the Wikileaks website, Julian Assange.
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A nationwide crackdown on investment fraud in the US leads to criminal or civil actions against more than 500 people since August.
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A Swiss bank freezes accounts belonging to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, as a warrant arrives in the UK for his extradition to Sweden.
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A European arrest warrant for the Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, arrives from Sweden.
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Martin Jol quits as manager of Dutch side Ajax after a poor run of form by the four-time European champions.
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Many motorists are stranded on Scotland's roads as fresh snow brings further disruption to many parts of the UK.
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Canada is "deeply concerned" over a reported death sentence given to an Iranian-born Canadian for allegedly designing an adult website.
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Iran and key world powers end their first day of talks on Tehran's nuclear programme in more than a year without a breakthrough.
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England bowl out Australia for 304 to win the second Test by an innings and 71 runs in Adelaide and lead the Ashes series 1-0.
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The US Supreme Court agrees to consider Wal-Mart's challenge to a major class-action lawsuit alleging the retail chain discriminated against female employees.
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US President Barack Obama says a bipartisan agreement has been reached to extend soon-to-expire Bush era tax cuts to all Americans.
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