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The Chinese women choosing to become bodyguards
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Three French aid workers, kidnapped in Yemen in May, have been released by their captors, the French authorities say.
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The UK labour market faces a "slow, painful contraction" with firms delaying recruitment of more staff, a key report suggests.
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Piecing together five hidden messages in the US flag
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A stricken cargo ship that was threatening a huge environmental disaster has been emptied of oil, say the authorities in New Zealand.
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Police in Germany make a second arrest after the dramatic discovery of evidence linking a self-styled Nazi group to the murder of nine foreigners.
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A corruption scandal looms over India's mining industry with reports of serious violations by iron ore producers in the tourist paradise of Goa.
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The Japanese economy rebounds in the third quarter, growing for the first time since a devastating earthquake in March.
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The UK government's continued failure to meet EU air pollution standards is cutting some people's life expectancy by two years, a report by MPs says.
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US President Barack Obama says China has not done enough to allow its currency to rise in value, speaking at a summit of Apec leaders.
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A Russian spacecraft carrying an astronauts and two cosmonauts has launched successfully from Kazakhstan.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel is calling for a minimum wage in sectors without one in a bid to create a 'fair' labour market in the euro zone's top economy.
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Reya El-Salahi from Oxford is invited into a home in Gaza, where a mother tells her she wants peace but her son wants to grow up to be a fighter.
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A Russian spacecraft carrying an astronaut and two cosmonauts has launched successfully from Kazakhstan on a mission to the International Space Station.
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A group of inmates are believed to be holding a prison guard hostage in a maximum security wing of a jail in the Australian city of Hobart.
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Police in Brazil say they have completed an operation to clear Rio de Janeiro's biggest slum, Rocinha, of drug gangs.
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Centre-back Phil Jagielka is ruled out of England's game against Sweden on Tuesday, with manager Fabio Capello set to give Jack Rodwell, Daniel Sturridge and Kyle Walker their first international starts.
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A Russian spacecraft carrying three astronauts to the International Space Station launches, after a crash in August delayed manned space travel.
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India's annual inflation rate remained high at 9.73% in October, driven by food and fuel price increases.
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Sportsday Live featuring news that Carlos Tevez has not returned to Manchester City and boxing greats are set to turn out for Joe Frazier's funeral.
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China plans to give Tibetan monks welfare benefits in an apparent attempt to improve "stability", according to Chinese news reports.
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Darth Vader star James Earl Jones is handed an Oscar on the London stage, as he and Oprah Winfrey receive honorary Oscars.
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India's Congress party MP Rahul Gandhi launches his party's campaign for upcoming elections in the politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh.
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Actor Robbie Coltrane is honoured for his 'outstanding contribution' to film at the Scottish Baftas.
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At least eight people are killed by a suspected gas explosion at a restaurant in the Chinese city of Xian, officials say.
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Susan Boyle scores a third UK number one album with Someone to Watch Over Me, seeing off competition from Cher Lloyd and The Wanted.
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The Taliban in Afghanistan says it has obtained a government security plan for this week's grand assembly of leaders in Kabul.
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Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem reacts defiantly to the Arab League's suspension of Syria over its crackdown on protesters.
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Clashes in northern Egypt, over the location of a fertiliser plant, leave one man dead and at least 11 people injured.
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Action movie Immortals, the story of Greek hero Theseus, tops the North American box office, taking $32m (£20.1m) in its opening weekend.
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Aung San Suu Kyi gives cautious backing to the process of reform under way in Burma, as she marks a year since her release from house arrest.
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Lewis Hamilton is confident his win in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is the start of a more positive chapter in his career.
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Equatorial Guinea's main opposition dismiss as a sham the referendum on limiting presidents of the oil-rich nation to serving two terms.
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Italy's newly appointed PM Mario Monti starts work on forming a government to lead Italy out of its acute debt crisis, following Silvio Berlusconi's resignation.
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India's beleaguered Kingfisher Airlines is considering proposals, including selling property, to cut its $1.3bn debt by more than 50%, officials say.
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urges world leaders to establish a climate fund to help countries worst affected by climate change.
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How Peru's healing process is proving painfully slow
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Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan regrets acclaimed author Chinua Achebe's rejection of the nation's second highest honour, his spokesman says.
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Gabrielle Giffords, the US congresswoman shot in the head in January, has spoken about her recovery for the first time in an interview with ABC.
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John Terry says it is his duty as England captain to face up to claims he racially abused QPR's Anton Ferdinand.
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The Argentine town of San Antonio de Areco has staged a five-day annual festival celebrating the traditions of nomadic ranchers known as gauchos.
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The Australian authorities have seized cocaine worth an estimated A$78m (£50m; US$80m).
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A judge beginning an inquiry into media practices warns newspapers not to victimise inquiry witnesses who speak out against press intrusion.
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Iran says it is using software to control trojan attacks as researchers elsewhere find a TV show reference in the malware's code.
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Anders Behring Breivik, who confessed to killing 77 people in Norway in July, makes his first appearance in open court.
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At least 10 people, including children, are killed by an explosion at a house in the northern Burmese town of Myitkyina, reports say.
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Swaziland's top Anglican cleric, Bishop Meshack Mabuza, calls on King Mswati III to give up political power in favour of a democratic government.
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Peruvian President Ollanta Humala has said his vice-president Omar Chehade has "stepped aside" over corruption allegations.
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Lawyers for former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn say they will sue after French media allege he had links to a prostitution ring.
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Several days of fighting between rival factions outside the Libyan coastal city of Zawiya leave at least seven people dead, reports say.
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Defence Secretary Philip Hammond tells MPs that ground-to-air missiles will be deployed to protect the 2012 Olympic Games in London if deemed operationally necessary.
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The Republic of Ireland seal their place in the Euro 2012 finals after a 1-1 draw in Dublin secures a 5-1 aggregate play-off victory over Estonia.
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Carlos Tevez's advisors tell BBC Sport the striker is still in Argentina after again failing to attend training at Manchester City.
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Iran influenced Baghdad's decision to refuse to allow the US to keep troops in Iraq beyond the end of this year, a senior adviser to Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki tells the BBC.
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A court in Egypt overturns a ban on former members of the Mubarak-era ruling party from running in the country's first free elections in decades.
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The Nyamulagira volcano in the Democratic Republic of Congo is spewing out lava in what volcanologists say may be its biggest eruption in 100 years.
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Italy has to pay more to borrow money at its latest bond auction, as the cost of borrowing also rises for Spain.
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Bolshoi Ballet principal dancer Ivan Vasiliev and prima ballerina Natalia Osipova are leaving Moscow to join St Petersburg's Mikhailovsky Theatre.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the murders of nine immigrant workers and a policewoman by suspected neo-Nazis are "shameful" for Germany.
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Rising food and fuel prices cause public resentment in India as few feel the benefit of economic growth
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The US Supreme Court will decide the constitutionality of President Obama's health care reform law, with a ruling expected just months before the 2012 election.
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The first ICC Test Championship, expected to take place in England in 2013, will not now be played before 2017.
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Europe faces its biggest challenge since World War II, the German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said.
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Greek interim PM Lucas Papademos urges MPs to back structural reforms, blaming previous economic policy for the recession.
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Chelsea Clinton, daughter of former US President Bill Clinton and current Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, is unveiled as a reporter for US TV network NBC.
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King Abdullah of Jordan tells the BBC that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should step down in the interest of his country.
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A criminal case against a Chilean Catholic priest accused of abusing minors is dismissed, but the judge says the allegations are "truthful".
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Deutsche Bank's chief Josef Ackermann is to leave next year, ending his nine-year reign at the top of Germany's largest lender.
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Three French aid workers, kidnapped in Yemen in May, return home to France after having been released by their captors.
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The Mexican military finds 140 Central American migrants hidden behind a false wall in a trailer heading north on a Mexican highway.
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A UK-based lobby group, Publish What You Fund, calls for greater transparency in how international aid money is spent.
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