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United KingdomSir Peter Hall describes cuts to arts funding as "insane" in a speech at the Evening Standard theatre awards in London.
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New ZealandNew Zealand announces an inquiry into the mining disaster in which 29 men died, as the prime minister says the future of the industry is at stake.
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EgyptOpposition supporters in Egypt have protested against what they describe as widespread fraud in parliamentary elections.
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BotswanaBrazilian police and troops find more than 30 tonnes of marijuana after storming a major drug trafficker stronghold in Rio de Janeiro's slums.
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IrelandInvestors are not convinced an 85bn euro bail-out package will end the crisis in Ireland, putting new pressure on the single currency.
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United KingdomMore than 100 Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidates petition Nick Clegg to oppose government plans to raise tuition fees in England.
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United StatesSecret cables sent by US embassies back to Washington have been published by the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks.
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United KingdomAlastair Cook and Jonathan Trott set a number of records as England hit an extraordinary 517-1 to salvage a draw in the first Ashes Test.
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Japan, United StatesRe-elected Okinawa governor Hirokazu Nakaima vows to respect voters' wishes on a controversial US military base relocation plan.
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HaitiTwelve of the 18 candidates in Haiti's presidential election have called for Sunday's vote to be cancelled.
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United KingdomVodafone says it will make it cheaper for UK customers to use their smartphones when travelling in Europe.
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IndiaIndian Congress MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy quits after his television channel airs a programme criticising party leaders.
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CambodiaCambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen says no one will be punished for a festival stampede in which 351 people died.
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ThailandThailand's Constitutional Court dismisses a case against the governing Democrat Party involving the alleged misuse of electoral funds.
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IndiaA court in India's northern Punjab and Haryana state dismisses a petition seeking details of Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi's religious beliefs.
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South AfricaThree men appear in court accused of murdering a woman on her honeymoon in South Africa.
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BotswanaBrazilian authorities say they have found a large haul of drugs after storming a major drug traffickers' stronghold in Rio de Janeiro.
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United Kingdom, 
AustraliaAustralia bolster their seam bowling options ahead of the second Ashes Test in Adelaide following the drawn opener with England in Brisbane.
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AfghanistanHow Afghan conflict denies civilians access to healthcare
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SudanKhartoum-based hip-hop group ReZOULution speak to James Copnall about the importance of keeping their artistic freedom in the face of possible Islamist prohibition.
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United StatesA woman in the US with the Twitter username @theashes makes headlines after complaining about cricket messages.
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United StatesMore than 70 sites alleged to be selling counterfeit goods or offering pirated content are shut down by the US government.
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HaitiTwelve of the 18 candidates in Haiti's presidential election call for Sunday's vote to be cancelled, describing it as fraudulent.
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United KingdomAndrew Strauss says England have the belief to push on and win the Ashes after drawing the opening Test.
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BangladeshThe Bangladeshi Supreme Court rejects an appeal by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia against her eviction from a military-owned house.
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United States, 
MexicoMexican authorities capture alleged gang leader Arturo Gallegos who reportedly admits a string of murders, including that of a US consular employee.
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United KingdomThe number of new mortgages being approved for house buyers has fallen for the sixth month in a row, Bank of England figures show.
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EgyptEgypt's Muslim Brotherhood, the biggest opposition bloc in parliament, says it has won no seats outright in the first round of a poll which it says has been marred by fraud.
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Indian Ocean, India, 
ReunionJulien Absalon is one of hundreds of mountain bikers that have descended on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion to compete in one of the world's most extreme sporting challenges.
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Afghanistan, United Kingdom, United StatesA new leak of US government documents includes serious criticism of UK operations in Afghanistan, according to the Guardian.
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Saudi Arabia, 
Pakistan, United StatesPakistan confirms claims by Wikileaks that the US had wanted nuclear fuel to be removed from a plant, but plays down suggestions unflattering comments were made about President Zardari by the Saudi king.
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United StatesEuropean countries react with irritation as whistle-blowing website Wikileaks reveals the contents of secret US diplomatic cables.
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United KingdomThe British Film Institute and regional agency Film London are to take over roles played by the axed UK Film Council.
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ChinaHow one place's transformation reflects huge changes in China
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IranAn Iranian nuclear scientist is killed and another wounded in separate but similar bomb attacks carried out by motorbike drivers in Tehran.
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United KingdomShareholders of both British Airways and Spain's national carrier Iberia approve the merger between the two companies.
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North KoreaSouth Korean President Lee Myung-bak describes as an "inhumane crime" the North's deadly shelling of a South Korean island last week.
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France, 
ArubaThe French insurer AXA has signed an agreement with Australian wealth manager AMP to divide up the activities of AXA APH.
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FranceA retired electrician in southern France says he has hundreds of previously unknown works by Pablo Picasso, worth about 60m euros.
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KenyaA gay rights activist criticises Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga for saying homosexual people will be arrested.
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KyrgyzstanReports from Kyrgyzstan say four Islamist militants have been killed in a raid by special forces on a hide-out in the southern city of Osh.
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United KingdomBritish Airways cabin crew are to be balloted again over possible new strike action in their long-running dispute with the airline.
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Argentina, MexicoBP confirms the sale of its 60% stake in an Argentina-based oil and gas company to raise funds for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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Pakistan, United Kingdom, United StatesThe publication of confidential US diplomatic cables by Wikileaks has been criticised by governments including Britain, America and Pakistan - the White House described it as "reckless".
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United KingdomThe chief executive of England's 2018 World Cup bid says they feel like underdogs and that it is inevitable negative media stories will have an impact.
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Saudi Arabia, Iran, United StatesIran's President Ahmadinejad dismisses as propaganda leaked US cables of Arab nations urging Washington to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities.
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ItalyItalian police arrest a 69-year-old man on suspicion of carrying out a series of murders in a town in Sicily.
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North KoreaSecretly filmed video of poverty and disobedience in North Korea has emerged, as the South describes the shelling of its territory as an "inhumane crime".
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United KingdomThe independent Office for Budget Responsibility says public sector job losses will not be as high as previously thought.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoA UN report says criminal networks in the DR Congo army are a major cause of insecurity and conflict in the east of the country.
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IrelandThe euro and major European markets fall after ministers agree a 85bn euros bail-out for the Republic of Ireland.
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Zimbabwe, United StatesThe former US ambassador to Zimbabwe thought the then opposition leader, now Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai was a "flawed figure", Wikileaks says.
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United KingdomGeorge Osborne says the UK's economic recovery is "on track", following the upgrading of this year's official growth forecast.
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IranIran's president says some of the centrifuges used in its uranium enrichment programme were sabotaged, affecting their operation.
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FranceA retired electrician in southern France who worked for Pablo Picasso says he has hundreds of previously unknown works by the artist.
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SpainBarcelona produce a sensational performance as they demolish Real Madrid 5-0 in El Clasico in La Liga, with David Villa scoring twice as they go top of the table.
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United StatesSuspicion about the leaks of US diplomatic cables by Wikileaks has fallen on one man - US Army Private Bradley Manning.
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Lithuania, 
RussiaThe remains of 18 soldiers who took part in Napoleon Bonaparte's failed invasion of Russia in 1812 are buried in Lithuania.
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Cameroon, 
Brazil, United KingdomThree senior FIFA officials, due to vote on England's 2018 World Cup bid, are alleged to have taken bribes in the 1990s. The BBC's Panorama reveals that Brazil's Ricardo Teixeira, Paraguay's Nicolas Leoz and Cameroon's Issa Hayatou received payment i
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AfghanistanA gunman in an Afghan police uniform kills six US service members during a training mission in eastern Afghanistan.
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United StatesUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton denounces the leak of classified diplomatic cables as an "attack on the international community".
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SpainLionel Messi's bewitching performance hands Real Madrid their first competitive defeat of the season and sends Barcelona top of the table after a 5-0 win.
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United KingdomHundreds of schools were closed in the north-east of England, Northern Ireland, Cornwall and Scotland on Monday, with snow causing travel chaos.
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Indian Ocean, 
Somalia, IndiaSomalia's prime minister has called for greater international support to help combat jihadist fighters linked to al-Qaeda.
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SpainReal Madrid coach Jose Mourinho denies his team were humiliated in their 5-0 thumping at the hands of champions Barcelona in La Liga.
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Somalia, United StatesA US court sentences a Somali man to 30 years in jail for attacking a US warship off the coast of Somalia in April.
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JapanJapanese manufacturing activity shrank for a third consecutive month in November as a strong yen hit exports.
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BrazilBrazil's President Luiz Lula da Silva says a police operation to take control of a drug traffickers' stronghold in Rio de Janeiro is just the start of an anti-gang offensive.
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