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Troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo blocked entry to a stadium where the main opposition leader planned to inaugurate himself as president.
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The boss of a criminal gang said to control much of Colombia's drugs trade hands himself to the authorities along with more than 280 members.
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How faith helps Norwegian families of Utoeya victims
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Why customers are returning to China's state-run stores
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With temporary ice rinks appearing in towns and cities across the UK, the Society of Sports Therapists is reminding people that ice skating can be a dangerous sport.
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The Japanese kanji "kizuna", meaning bonds or connections between people, comes top of a public poll for the character that best sums up 2011.
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Agency workers in the UK are set to receive a pay and conditions boost as new rights come into effect.
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Brazil fines US oil giant Chevron $5.4m (£3.5m) for breach of its environmental licence when it tackled an oil spill in November.
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In Moscow, tens of thousands of people are expected to join a massive protest against alleged cheating in recent parliamentary election.
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The UN Security Council condemns suicide blasts that killed 44 peoplein Syria's capital Damascus, but remains divided over months-long protests.
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A suicide car bomb attack kills six people, including five soldiers, and wounds at least 12 others in north-west Pakistan, officials say.
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Russia's opposition is due to hold new mass rallies in Moscow and other cities to protest against what it says were rigged elections on 4 December.
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Maria Sharapova is confident of being fit for January's Australian Open despite pulling out of the Brisbane International with an ankle injury.
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Iraq's Vice-President Tariq al-Hashemi says Iraq's government was behind Thursday's series of bombings that killed nearly 70 people in Baghdad.
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The human cost of the economic disaster in Greece is easy to overlook in the focus on the almost daily protests in Athens - but life for many is deteriorating rapidly.
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The head of the British Army, General Sir Peter Wall, has visited servicemen and women in Helmand province to thank them for their work in Afghanistan.
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Cuban President Raul Castro says 2,900 prisoners, including some convicted of political crimes, will be freed in the next few days as a goodwill gesture.
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North Korean state media for the first time describes new leader Kim Jong-un as the "supreme commander" of the country's armed forces.
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Eleven crocodiles and an alligator have been rescued after police raided the house of a fraud suspect in Belgium.
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St Mirren beat nine-man Rangers as Celtic narrow the gap at the top of the table and St Johnstone thump Dunfermline at East End Park.
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Fragments of a Russian satellite that failed to launch properly have fallen in a street named after cosmonauts in a remote Siberian village, residents say.
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A member of the Royal Air Force injured in an explosion in Afghanistan has died in a UK hospital, the Ministry of Defence says.
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Motorists faced disruption following the closure of a major flyover in west London.
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Thousands of Syrians attend the funerals of the 44 people who officials say were killed in two suicide bombings in Damascus on Friday, with many pledging support for President Assad.
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Interpol says the founder of a French firm at the centre of a global breast implants scare is wanted in Costa Rica over a drunk driving charge.
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Deadly clashes erupt again in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, as outgoing President Saleh vows to leave temporarily for the US to ease tension.
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Millions of shoppers hit shops across the UK to secure last-minute purchases ahead of Christmas Day.
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Washington says it is disappointed that US citizen Alan Gross is not among the 2,900 prisoners to be released by Cuba as a gesture of goodwill.
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Libya marks the anniversary of its independence in 1951 - or the first time since the fall of Col Muammar Gaddafi.
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Nearly 70 people have died in days of fighting between Nigerian troops and suspected Islamist gunmen in the country's north-east, officials say.
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