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IndiaIndian tycoon Vijay Mallya says he owns F1 and IPL teams for sound business reasons, not as a pastime.
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West BankArab nations submit a resolution to the UN Security Council condemning Jewish settlement construction on occupied Palestinian land.
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TunisiaTunisian journalists savour newfound liberty
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China, 
United StatesChinese President Hu Jintao kicks off a four-day US visit with a rare private dinner at the White House with President Barack Obama.
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BoliviaBolivia launches a diplomatic campaign to try to end the international ban on chewing coca leaf, which is a deep cultural tradition in the Andes.
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Pakistan, United StatesAn earthquake of magnitude 7.2 has hit south-western Pakistan, the US Geological Survey says, but reports from the area suggest limited damage.
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SudanThe UN Security Council welcomes the mostly peaceful and orderly referendum in Southern Sudan that is widely expected to result in secession.
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United StatesPresident Barack Obama received hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts from world leaders in 2009, the US Department of State reveals.
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VietnamVietnam's prime minister keeps his job and is joined by two others in a leading trio, as the ruling Communist Party closes its five-yearly Congress.
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IndiaIndia's environment ministry declares a privately built hill station city in Maharashtra state illegal.
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Belarus, 
PolandPoland leads EU effort to challenge defiant Belarus president
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India, 
Democratic Republic of the CongoThe deadly 'Congo fever' kills three people in India for the first time ever, health officials say.
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United KingdomMatt Prior is a shock replacement for Steven Davies as wicketkeeper in England's 15-man squad for the World Cup.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoAn army commander in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been accused of leading the recent mass rape of at least 50 women.
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India, 
BangladeshSenior officials from Bangladesh and India are due to begin talks to discuss security related issues.
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China, United StatesThe Chinese President Hu Jintao and US President Barack Obama have shared a private dinner at the White House at the start of the Chinese leader's four-day trip to the United States.
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United StatesUS computing firm IBM reports strong fourth quarter profits as companies spend more on outsourcing contracts and mainframes.
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ArubaResidents of a south-eastern Australian town are told to leave their homes as the swollen Lodden River rises, amid Australia's worst flood crisis in decades.
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United KingdomComet owner Kesa Electricals reports a drop in sales due to "softer trading" at the UK chain caused in part by bad weather.
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Pakistan, 
New ZealandPakistan draw the second Test with New Zealand to win the series 1-0 - their first Test series win since 2006 - while Daniel Vettori quits as the Kiwis' Test skipper.
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United StatesFormer newspaper editor Piers Morgan makes his debut as presenter of US talk show Tonight with Oprah Winfrey as his first guest.
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IsraelIsraeli campaign against rights groups sparks political row
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RussiaRuud Gullit is appointed head coach of Russian club Terek Grozny on an 18-month contract.
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IndonesiaAn Indonesian tax official has been jailed for seven years for causing millions of dollars in state losses, after a trial that has gripped the nation.
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China, United StatesThe Central Perk cafe immortalised in the US comedy show Friends has opened in the heart of bustling downtown Beijing
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BrazilBrazil's military steps up rescue and supply operations in areas affected by devastating floods and landslides that have killed at least 700 people.
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China, 
Hong KongChinese consumer prices rose 4.6% in the year to December, according to a report from Hong Kong-based Phoenix TV.
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United StatesUS agricultural giant Cargill is to spin off its Mosaic fertiliser business to stakeholders in a deal worth $24bn.
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United StatesA utility worker has been killed by a gas explosion in a residential neighbourhood in Philadelphia, in the eastern United States
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HaitiFormer Haiti leader Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier is charged with corruption and embezzlement just two days after his return.
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HaitiHaiti's former leader Jean-Claude Duvalier has been charged with corruption and embezzlement during his 1971-1986 rule.
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United StatesDon Kirshner, the veteran US rock promoter who helped boost the careers of Neil Diamond, Billy Joel and the Monkees, dies aged 76.
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Paraguay, 
MexicoMexican police arrest an alleged drug dealer over the shooting of Paraguayan footballer Salvador Cabanas in Mexico City last year.
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France, 
GermanyFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy makes a gaffe while addressing farmers in a French border region, saying he is "in Germany".
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IrelandA Vatican department told Ireland's Catholic bishops in 1997 not to report priests suspected of child abuse to the police, a newly revealed letter shows.
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United KingdomIs the British monarchy just for show?
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AfghanistanA roadside bomb kills 13 civilians in eastern Afghanistan, government officials say.
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Denmark, 
SomaliaA Somali man denies trying to murder Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard who was behind caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.
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ItalyItaly's president says the country is in "turmoil" over the sex scandal involving Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
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SwitzerlandA former Swiss banker has gone on trial in Zurich accused of breaching banking secrecy and passing on clients' data.
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GermanyGermany increases its growth forecast for 2011 to 2.3%, with the previously sluggish domestic demand expected to pick up.
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United KingdomMargaret Tyler has been collecting royal memorabilia for the past 30 years. In the run up to the royal wedding, she gave the BBC World Service a tour of her house which contains one of the largest collections of Royal memorabilia in the UK.
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TunisiaTunisian former dissident Slim Amamou, now the minister of youth, defends the government amid divisions over key posts given to members of the toppled regime.
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IndiaIndian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reshuffles his cabinet amid rising food prices and a series of corruption scandals.
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Aruba, 
AustraliaPeople in the Australian town of Kerang have been told to leave their homes due to flooding
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TanzaniaHow tourism is transforming the lives of Tanzania's street children
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United KingdomUK unemployment rose by 49,000 to almost 2.5 million in the three months to the end of November, the Office for National Statistics says.
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Saudi Arabia, 
LebanonSaudi Arabia says it has abandoned efforts to mediate in Lebanon's political crisis, caused by a row over the UN-backed Hariri tribunal.
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ArubaDefending champion Roger Federer is pushed to five sets before beating Frenchman Gilles Simon to reach the third round of the Australian Open.
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RussiaRuud Gullit is appointed head coach of Russian club Terek Grozny on an 18-month contract.
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China, United StatesChinese President Hu Jintao and Barack Obama will try to tackle thorny issues, as the Chinese leader arrives at the White House for talks.
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AfghanistanPolice in Afghanistan hunt for the attacker of journalist Razaq Mamoon who was sprayed with acid in his face while waking home in Kabul.
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TunisiaTunisian prosecutors open an investigation into the foreign assets of toppled President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and his family, according to reports.
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United States, ChinaChina and the US sign a trade deal that includes the $19bn purchase of 200 Boeing aircraft according to a US official.
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UgandaA Ugandan archbishop involved in efforts to end the conflict with the rebel Lord's Resistance Army tells the BBC's Mike Wooldridge that military action is not the answer.
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TunisiaHundreds of chanting demonstrators have gathered in the centre of the Tunisian capital, urging allies of the ousted President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali to stop clinging to power.
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TunisiaTunisian student on finding freedom and a political voice
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United KingdomMinisters have hit back at critics as they unveiled legislation paving the way for the NHS shake-up, saying change is a "necessity not an option".
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IraqA suicide bomber uses an ambulance to attack a Baquba police compound, in the second deadly attack on Iraq's security forces in two days.
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AfghanistanAfghan President Hamid Karzai postpones the opening of parliament by a month as allegations of electoral fraud are investigated.
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IndiaA panel appointed by Reserve Bank of India has recommended drastic changes to the functioning of micro finance institutions.
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Turkey, 
CyprusMusician Boy George agrees to return to the Church of Cyprus an icon of Christ after learning it went missing after the 1974 Turkish invasion.
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Iran, United StatesUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the US is considering imposing additional unilateral sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme.
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SwitzerlandSwitzerland freezes assets held by Ivory Coast's disputed leader Laurent Gbagbo, as the UN approves 2,000 more troops for its Ivorian mission.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoThe army commander at the centre of rape allegations in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been transferred to another post, the army says.
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TunisiaNajib Chebbi, Tunisian opposition leader and newly appointed minister in the unity government, tells Stephen Sackur he will resign if a "free and fair" election fails to materialise within six months.
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Russia, PolandNewly released Russian air traffic control transcripts convey the horror of the jet disaster which killed Poland's president.
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United StatesFormer US vice presidential candidate Senator Joe Lieberman announces he is retiring next year.
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United StatesThe number of new homes being built in the US falls faster than expected, underlining concerns about the strength of America's economic recovery.
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China, United StatesUS President Barack Obama says the US and China have a huge stake in each other's success, as he and his Chinese counterpart hold a White House news conference.
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United States, ChinaChinese President Hu Jintao acknowledges "a lot still needs to be done" in China over human rights, following a meeting with US President Barack Obama.
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SwitzerlandA former Swiss banker who said he gave Wikileaks details of rich tax evaders has been found guilty of breaching Switzerland's strict bank secrecy laws.
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CanadaCanadian children are missing-out on vital exercise and spend most of their time sitting down, according to new research.
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Germany, United StatesA German man admits smuggling live tarantulas into the US after prosecutors said he made $295,000 (£184,548) in the illegal trade.
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United Kingdom, United StatesControversial US pastor Terry Jones has been excluded from the UK for the public good, government sources tell the BBC.
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SwitzerlandSwiss police re-arrest ex-banker Rudolf Elmer over the passing of data to WikiLeaks, hours after he was found guilty of breaching a secrecy law.
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ItalyItaly's prime minister pledges to punish magistrates who mounted an investigation over allegations he paid an under-age prostitute.
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United StatesA gas company employee dies as a giant fireball rips through a residential neighbourhood in the US city of Philadelphia.
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HaitiHaitian activists sue ex-leader Jean-Claude Duvalier for crimes against humanity, days after his surprise return from exile.
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ArubaCoverage of the fourth day of the Australian Open after British number one Andy Murray's second-round victory over Ukraine's Illya Marchenko.
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