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United KingdomThe number of qualified staff for each vacancy in the City of London is at the highest for two years, according to a financial services recruitment firm.
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Brazil, 
BotswanaBrazil's Labour Minister Carlos Lupi hands in his resignation to President Dilma Rousseff, the seventh minister to go since she took office in January.
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IrelandThe Irish Republic's economy remains fragile and is likely to take years to recover, Taoiseach Enda Kenny warns ahead of an austerity budget.
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ChinaChina's security chief warns that the government needs better methods to deal with social unrest due to a slowing economy.
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CroatiaThe centre-left opposition Kukuriku bloc is on course for victory in the country's parliamentary elections, partial results indicate.
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Hong KongJeweller Chow Tai Fook says it aims to raise up to HK$22bn ($2.8bn) by going public on the Hong Kong stock exchange.
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ItalyThe Italian cabinet has approved a range of austerity measures to try to tackle its debt crisis.
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AustraliaScientists in Australia have succeeded, for the first time, in freezing particles from the Great Barrier Reef.
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India, AustraliaDelhi welcomes Australia's governing Labor party's decision to overturn its long-standing ban on exporting uranium to India.
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PeruPeru's President Ollanta Humala declares a state of emergency in a northern region affected by bitter protests against a huge gold mine project.
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United KingdomTyrannosaur, a drama about friendship and cruelty, triumphs at the British Independent Film Awards, beating Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
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AfghanistanQuentin Somerville reports on the situation in Afghanistan from Margah, on the Afghan-Pakistan border.
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France, 
GermanyFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are to meet to agree on joint proposals aimed at resolving the eurozone debt crisis.
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United KingdomMartin Corry earmarks Northampton's Tom Wood as one of three players who could succeed Lewis Moody as England captain.
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NigeriaAs Nigeria moves towards banning same sex marriage, one gay man talks about the difficulty and hostility faced by people like himself.
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United KingdomWarm tributes are being paid to legendary Bollywood actor-director Dev Anand who died in London on Sunday.
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New ZealandNew Zealand's National Party seals a deal to govern with two small parties, nine days after almost securing an outright victory in the election.
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JapanA dozen luxury sports cars - eight Ferraris, a Lamborghini and three Mercedes - collide in what is likely to be one of Japan's most expensive pile-ups.
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Afghanistan, 
Pakistan, GermanyGermany hosts an international conference to plan Afghanistan's future as Nato troops prepare to leave, but key player Pakistan is boycotting the talks.
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Pakistan, India, AustraliaPakistan says it should be allowed access to uranium from Australia, after a long-standing ban on exporting the substance to India was overturned.
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NigeriaWhy is Nigeria bothering to outlaw same-sex weddings?
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VietnamPol Pot's deputy tells a court the Khmer Rouge were not "bad people", blaming deaths of Cambodians under the Maoist regime on Vietnam.
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GermanyShares in Commerzbank drop after a report suggests that Germany is prepared to nationalise the bank if needed.
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MexicoMexico's President Felipe Calderon vows to continue the fight against drug gangs, warning that the cartels are now interfering in elections.
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United KingdomA recently-discovered pencil portrait is a rare sketch of author Jane Austen, a British academic claims.
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SpainActivity in the eurozone service sector shrank further in November, led by a sharp contraction in Spain, latest surveys suggest.
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IndiaShares in Indian retailers fall after the government puts on hold plans to open up the retail market to global supermarket chains.
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United KingdomUK service sector activity picked up in November after falling in the previous month, a survey suggests.
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NigeriaNigeria's lawmakers seek to further criminalise the country's gay community by proposing a tough new bill.
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FranceEnvironmental activists break into a French nuclear power station, to highlight the "vulnerability" of atomic sites in France.
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RussiaWith most votes counted in Russia's parliamentary poll, Vladimir Putin's United Russia party sees its support drop from two-thirds in 2007 to about 50%.
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United StatesThe social network is opening its first software engineering facility away from the US West Coast, and is also reported to have taken over Gowalla.
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PeruPeru's President, Ollanta Humala, has declared a state of emergency in parts of the country's north.
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Sweden, United KingdomWikileaks founder Julian Assange wins the right to petition the UK Supreme Court in his fight against extradition to Sweden.
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JapanContaminated water leaks from a treatment system at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, with some potentially entering the sea.
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France, GermanyFrance's Nicolas Sarkozy and Germany's Angela Merkel are to unveil proposals on the eurozone debt crisis, at the start of a critical week for the EU.
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United KingdomAnti-police sentiment was a major factor in the summer riots in England, according to a study in which 270 rioters were interviewed.
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Macedonia, 
GreeceThe International Court of Justice rules Greece was wrong to block Macedonia's bid to join Nato because of a row over its name.
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PakistanPakistani actress Veena Malik sues the magazine FHM India over a nude photoshoot that she says was doctored.
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France, GermanyThe leaders of France and Germany are meeting in Paris to work on a plan for tighter financial integration that will be debated at Friday's European Union summit.
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VietnamPol Pot's deputy tells a court the Khmer Rouge were not "bad people", blaming deaths of Cambodians under the Maoist regime on Vietnam
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United KingdomDowning Street says none of the proposed changes being discussed to the future shape of the European Union would trigger a referendum in the UK.
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Afghanistan, PakistanAfghan President Hamid Karzai says international support after foreign forces withdraw in 2014 is crucial if Afghanistan is to remain stable, as he opens talks in Bonn.
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ChinaSmog over Beijing leads to over 200 flight cancellations in the Chinese capital while heavy fog forces motorways to shut down.
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UruguayUruguay's army will not tolerate criminals, its chief says, after the recent discovery on a military base of the body of an activist killed in 1977.
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IrelandThe Irish government begins to outline a fresh round of austerity measures, including a 6,000 drop in the number of staff employed in the public sector.
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IranImprovements in the global economy and tensions in Iran, the world's fourth-largest oil producer, push up the price of oil.
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ThailandThousands of Thais line the streets of Bangkok as King Bhumibol Adulyadej briefly leaves hospital to attend celebrations for his 84th birthday.
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United KingdomThe government doubles the budget for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic ceremonies to more than £80m after David Cameron is shown the original plans.
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RussiaWith most of the votes counted in Russia's parliamentary elections, the party founded by the prime minister, Vladimir Putin, has suffered a significant setback.
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AfghanistanAfghanistan pledges to step up its fight against corruption in return for international support as a major international conference ends in Bonn.
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Portugal, United StatesAn 11-year-old US boy was stunned to get a reply to his message in a bottle from Portugal's Azores Islands - via the more reliable means of email.
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South AfricaFormer South African police chief Jackie Selebi arrives in prison in a wheelchair after failing in a legal bid to delay his 15-year jail sentence for corruption.
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SomaliaThe number of hijackings by Somali pirates was sharply down last month compared to the same period last year, figures show.
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IraqAt least 30 people have been killed in a series of bomb attacks in central Iraq targeting Shia pilgrims marking the festival of Ashura, officials say.
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AfghanistanPresident Karzai of Afghanistan has told an international conference that his country will need outside support for at least another decade.
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RussiaInternational observers cite numerous violations in Sunday's parliamentary elections in Russia as protesters hold a rally in Moscow.
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GermanyCredit ratings agency, Standard and Poor's is reportedly to warn Germany and five other AAA-rated euro members that their rating could be downgraded.
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United StatesThe US Postal Service says it is closing more than half its mail-processing centres in a £3bn (£1.9bn) cost-cutting drive expected to result in 28,000 job losses.
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ChinaChina is emerging as the key deal-maker or deal-breaker as the UN climate talks head into ministerial discussions, the BBC's Richard Black reports.
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RussiaSeveral thousand people take to the streets of Moscow shouting "Down with Putin" after international observers criticise the election.
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SyriaSyria responds "positively" to an Arab League initiative aimed at ending months of deadly unrest, as activists say 34 bodies are found dumped in a city square.
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BelgiumBelgium's King Albert II formally names Socialist Elio Di Rupo as prime minister, ending a record-breaking 18-month political deadlock.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoOne of proposals being considered there is whether countries should be paid to protect the forests which play a such a crucial role in absorbing greenhouse gases.
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Israel, Belgium, United StatesThe White House rejects Republican calls to sack the US ambassador to Belgium, Howard Gutman, over remarks he made about anti-Semitism in Europe.
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France, GermanyFrance and Germany call for a tougher EU treaty to cope with the eurozone crisis, as 15 countries are warned their credit rating could be downgraded.
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United StatesRaj Rajaratnam, a former hedge fund founder, arrives at a US federal prison to begin serving the longest-ever sentence for insider trading.
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RussiaThousands of Russians have gathered in the centre of Moscow to protest at apparent irregularities during Sunday's parliamentary elections, and to call for Prime Minster Putin to resign.
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ChileThe Communist Party in Chile asks for the remains of the poet and Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda to be exhumed, alleging he may have been poisoned.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoCould peace and development threaten Congo's rainforests?
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