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United KingdomThe follow-up care given to stroke patients in England once they leave hospital is often lacking and needs immediate improvement, regulators say.
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United StatesA major US report into the Gulf oil spill calls for wide-ranging reforms of the oil industry and updated regulations to prevent another disaster.
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HaitiWhy has so little of Haiti’s rubble been cleared?
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HaitiWhat happened next to the people of Haiti
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ChinaThe endangered giant panda thrives in old forest that has never been logged, research shows - as China debates ending a logging ban in the region.
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HaitiMatthew Price returns to Haiti to catch up with some of the people he met in the aftermath of the 2010 quake.
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United StatesThree men who say Mark Zuckerberg stole the Facebook concept from them ask a US appeals court to re-open a $65m (£42m) legal settlement.
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United KingdomNew league tables are being published for England's schools, detailing for the first time their progress with the English Baccalaureate.
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VietnamVietnam Communists chart course for the future
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Sudan'X-Factor competition' to find south's new anthem
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VenezuelaVenezuela's parliament scraps a controversial university law after President Hugo Chavez said he would veto it in response to criticism.
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BrazilMudslides and floods kill at least 13 in Sao Paulo state and cause traffic chaos in Brazil's biggest city.
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United StatesA judge in the US orders the personal doctor of Michael Jackson, Dr Conrad Murray, to stand trial for the involuntary manslaughter of the singer.
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CanadaTwo men injured in car collisions with moose in Newfoundland file a class-action lawsuit, claiming the province has not controlled the population.
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United StatesFormer President Bill Clinton says the US political climate must change in the wake of the shooting of a US congresswoman and others in Arizona.
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PhilippinesPhilippine disaster officials say seven more deaths bring the toll from a fortnight of flooding to 40, as one million people are affected.
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AustraliaBrisbane is expected to be swamped by floodwater by the time the river system reaches its peak on Thursday.
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HaitiOne year on, Roudy Colin about the day the earthquake struck and how he has earned a living in the past 12 months.
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Mauritius, United KingdomThree people are due to be charged in connection with the murder of a Northern Ireland woman on her honeymoon in Mauritius, police on the island say.
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United States, ChinaUS Defence Secretary Robert Gates visits China's nuclear warfare headquarters at the end of a visit to try to mend relations between the two militaries.
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PakistanShehrbano Taseer: "My father's stance has been misrepresented and misquoted."
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United KingdomThe severe weather in December cost UK airports operator BAA £24m, the company says, with passenger numbers down nearly 11%.
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HaitiMatthew Price, reported from Haiti at the time of the quake, and now he has returned to assess the slow progress of the recovery.
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Pakistan, United StatesAt least three militants are killed in a US drone strike in north-west Pakistan, say local officials.
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GermanyThe German economy rebounded strongly in 2010, growing by 3.6%, according to the national statistics office.
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South Korea, 
North KoreaNorth Korea has restarted a military hotline with South Korea, but the South says conditions for new talks remain unchanged.
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MexicoEleven inmates die as rioting breaks out in a prison in the Mexican state of Durango - the scene of previous deadly clashes.
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TunisiaFresh protests have broken out in the Tunisian capital, Tunis, as authorities face the country's most serious unrest for decades.
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RomaniaRomanian officials say dozens of birds found dead at the weekend did not die of avian flu, but of alcohol poisoning after eating the leftovers from wine-making.
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United KingdomEngland manager Martin Johnson calls up Charlie Hodgson, Louis Deacon and Joe Simpson into his 33-man elite squad for the Six Nations.
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ArgentinaElectric storms in the Buenos Aires area leave four dead and several injured, Argentina officials say.
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FranceChristian Fraser meets a comedian, Sami Ameziane, who has escaped his own poverty and a stereotype that in France has held plenty of others back.
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Aruba, AustraliaUp to 1% could be cut from Australia's economic growth in 2011 as a result of the floods, a Reserve Bank of Australia policymaker says.
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GermanyJuan Martin del Potro sees his comeback from injury stall with defeat by Germany's Florian Mayer at the Sydney International.
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Germany, ChinaChina has banned imports of German pork and egg goods after a dioxin contamination scare.
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United KingdomEngland beat Australia by one wicket off the last ball of the first Twenty20 international in Adelaide, as Shane Watson stars with bat and ball.
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VietnamVietnam's governing Communist Party begins its five-yearly congress in Hanoi by admitting its programme of economic growth has strayed off course.
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IndiaIndian airline IndiGo signs a $15.6bn deal to buy 180 Airbus jets, thought to be the largest commercial aviation deal to date.
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Australia, United KingdomChris Woakes is the hero on his England debut as they beat Australia by one wicket for a record eighth win in a row in Twenty20 cricket.
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AustraliaUp to 20,000 homes may now be hit in Brisbane, as deadly floodwaters hit Australia's third-largest city, officials in Queensland say.
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United StatesDavid Nelson, the last surviving family member from the 1950s US sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, dies aged 74.
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IndiaNaming a drug-resistant superbug after the Indian capital Delhi was an "error of judgement", the editor of the Lancet medical journal says.
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AustraliaUp to 20,000 homes are now at risk in Brisbane, the Queensland state premier has said, as deadly floodwater surge towards Australia's third-largest city. Rose Jones, from Fairfield in Brisbane, was evacuated from her home on Wednesday
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United KingdomJust one in six pupils in England has achieved the new English Baccalaureate introduced by the government, England's league tables show.
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Switzerland, 
Sri LankaTen suspected Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger members are arrested in Switzerland, prosecutors say.
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BelgiumOne of Belgium's best-known actors urges his fellow citizens not to shave until the country finally forms a government.
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AfghanistanAt least eight people are killed in attacks on Afghan intelligence forces in Kabul and the northern province of Kunduz.
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ArubaDavid Shukman has been looking at why the Australian floods are proving so devastating
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DenmarkBlackburn appoint former Arsenal and Denmark international midfielder John Jensen as the new assistant manager to boss Steve Kean.
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BrazilMore than 30 people die in Rio de Janeiro state as flooding and mudslides continue to hit south-eastern Brazil.
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ArubaThe Australian city of Brisbane is preparing for the worst of its current flooding, with water levels set to peak over the next few hours.
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MauritiusThree hotel staff appear in court in Mauritius charged in connection with the murder of Michaela McAreavey on her honeymoon.
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ChinaChinese demolition workers tear down the Shanghai studio of controversial artist Ai Weiwei, in a move he says is linked to his political activism.
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PakistanA court in Pakistan sentences two Muslim men to life in jail for blasphemy, which normally carries a mandatory death sentence.
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South AfricaFive suspected rhino poachers have been shot dead in South Africa's biggest game park in the last four days, officials reveal.
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PakistanAt least 17 people die as a suicide bomber rams a police station with an explosives-laden pick-up truck in north-west Pakistan.
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TunisiaTunisia's president dismisses Interior Minister Rafik Belhaj Kacem in an attempt to quell weeks of protest over rising prices and unemployment.
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France, 
Central African RepublicA chateau on the outskirts of Paris that once belonged to Central African Republic dictator Jean-Bedel Bokassa is sold at auction for 915,000 euros.
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TunisiaThe Tunisian government imposes a night-time curfew in the capital Tunis, as protesters clash with police after weeks of nationwide unrest.
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PortugalPortugal raises 1.25bn euros in an auction of four and 10-year bonds which has been closely watched by financial markets.
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Germany, United StatesUS actor John Travolta is to receive one of Germany's top entertainment honours, the Golden Camera.
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TurkeyA surgeon charged with the alleged trafficking of human organs in Kosovo is arrested and bailed in his native Turkey.
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United KingdomWales and Cardiff City striker Craig Bellamy is arrested by police investigating an alleged assault in Cardiff city centre.
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LebanonLebanon's national unity government collapses after 11 ministers from the Shia movement Hezbollah and its allies resign.
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TunisiaThe Tunisian president has dismissed his interior minister and ordered the release of most of those detained during recent protests.
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Sri LankaMonsoon rains force Sri Lanka's president to abandon a visit to areas hit by flooding which has displaced nearly 200,000 people and killed 18 others.
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Sudan, United KingdomIn the week that people from southern Sudan voted on whether to split from the north, musicians from both halves of the country gathered at the BBC World Service studios in London.
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Iraq, 
KuwaitIraq and Kuwait pledge to resolve disputes dating from their 1990 Gulf War, during the first visit by a Kuwaiti premier to Baghdad since the conflict.
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RussiaRussia has blamed the Smolensk air crash which killed the Polish president and nearly 100 other people in April on Polish pilot error.
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TurkeyNew rules on the sale of alcohol in Turkey raise fears its food and entertainment industries may be harmed.
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United StatesThe US economy continued to grow moderately in December, but the weak housing market was still acting as a brake, says the Federal Reserve.
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IndiaSouth Africa beat India by 135 runs in the first one-day international in Durban.
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United StatesA winter storm that pummelled southern US states in the last few days hits the New York region, causing travel disruption in the air and on the roads.
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MexicoSusana Chavez, a woman activist who highlighted the killings of hundreds of women in Ciudad Juarez in the 1990s, is found murdered in the border city.
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Poland, RussiaThe crew of the Polish jet that crashed in Smolensk ignored warnings for fear of upsetting President Kaczynski, Russia says.
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LebanonLebanon heads for lengthy political deadlock
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United StatesPresident Barack Obama arrives in Arizona to pay tribute to six people killed in a shooting on Saturday and to praise US lawmaker Gabrielle Giffords.
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HaitiHaiti marks the anniversary of the powerful earthquake that killed 250,000 people and devastated much of the country.
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AfghanistanA gang which smuggled mainly Afghan migrants into Europe is smashed and 26 members are arrested, the European police force Europol says.
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